This tutorial covers how to enable and use Write or Rewrite AI feature in Notepad on Windows 11. The Write feature helps to automatically generate text or content with the assistance of GPT. Rewrite helps to refine text in Windows Notepad with a powerful AI model named GPT. AI credits are given to rephrase a sentence, change the tone of a paragraph, or rewrite the entire text document. Whether you want to make sentences formal or more casual, make sentences shorter or longer, or change the formatting to list, paragraph, etc., Rewrite will help you do that with a few mouse clicks. A separate box opens for the rewritten text with 3 to 5 variants.
Rewrite uses an Azure online service to process the text and provide the output. The service doesn’t store the generated content or text; thus, your data remains private and secure. Currently, Rewrite is available to users in the United States, UK, Canada, France, and Italy, and 50 credits are given to use it. You can also use AI credits for Rewrite in Notepad if you are in Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, or Taiwan region and have a Copilot Pro subscription or Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription.
How to turn on or enable Rewrite AI in Notepad
If your region is not supported, you can still turn on or enable Rewrite in Notepad on your Windows 11 PC and start using it. For this, follow these steps:
- Open the Windows 11 Settings app using Win+I hotkey
- Navigate to Time & language > Language & region
- Set the Country or region to the United States or any of the supported countries mentioned above
- Update the Notepad app to the latest version
- Sign out and sign in to your PC.
Now open Windows Notepad and sign in with your Microsoft account. You will see a Rewrite icon in the top-right part (before your profile icon).
If the Rewrite icon is not there, open Windows Notepad Settings and scroll down to the AI Features section. There you will see a Rewrite option. Use the toggle to turn in on/off.
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How to use Rewrite in Notepad on Windows 11
Open a text document or start with a new TXT file. Click on the Rewrite button in the toolbar and you will see the following options that are self-explanatory:
- Rewrite: As the name indicates, this option rewrites the entire document. You can also use the Ctrl+I hotkey to use this option
- Make shorter
- Make longer
- Change tone: To make a sentence sound more Formal, Inspirational, Casual, Humor, and Persuasive
- Change format: Use this option to change the sentence format to List mode, Paragraph, Business, Marketing, Academy, and Poetry.
So, once you have selected a sentence, use these options based on your preferences. You can also use the right-click context menu of Notepad to access and use all these options.
When you select an option, one AI credit is used, and the rewriting text process starts which takes a few seconds only.
Now a pop-up appears that you can move anywhere on your desktop screen which I find quite helpful. In that box, you will see different versions of rewritten text. Choose the variant that you find best and use the Replace button to add that version to your document.
You can also select the text of your choice and copy it to the clipboard. The option to edit or make changes to a particular version is not present there, but you have the Length, Tone, and Format options to rewrite the text again. You can adjust the options and use the Try again icon for this. However, do note that each time you start the rewriting process, it will cost you one AI credit.
Apart from customization options, you can use the Copy and Discard options in that box. An icon to see the number of remaining credits is also visible in the bottom right corner. To close the pop-up, use the Discard icon and then you can start again.
How to use Write AI feature in Notepad on Windows 11
Like Rewrite, the Write AI feature can be used in Notepad using AI credits with a Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription (60 credits per month). Your AI credits reset each month and do not roll over to the next month. The Write feature helps to automatically generate text or content with the assistance of GPT to enhance your writing. You can use Write AI to generate new content from a blank page or from the selected text (to use as a reference). To use Write in Notepad:
- Open a new document or an existing file in Notepad
- Select the existing text if you want to use it as a reference. Or else, you can start with a blank page
- Press the Ctrl+Q hotkey or select the Write option from the context menu. This will open a prompt dialog. You can also click on the Copilot icon in the top-right corner and select the Write option to open the prompt dialog
- Now you can describe the content (like a blog post idea about productivity tips, a list of key points from the selection, a short email, a list of productive hobbies, etc.) that you want to generate
- Press the Send button, and Notepad will generate the output
- You can use the Keep text button to add the generated text or discard it. You can further refine the output using the follow-up prompts if needed
- When you are done, you can close the prompt dialog.
That’s all. I hope it helps.
Also read: How to turn off Overtype in Notepad in Windows 11
How do I enable old Notepad on Windows 11?
To enable or restore the Classic Notepad in Windows, open the Settings app. After that, navigate to Apps > Advanced app settings > App execution aliases. Look for Notepad (notepad.exe) in the list and turn it off. Now access C:\Windows and execute the notepad.exe application file. Alternatively, you can access the C:\Windows\System32 folder and double-click on the notepad.exe file. This will launch the classic Notepad. You can also switch back to the new version of Notepad by enabling the notepad.exe option in the App execution aliases when needed.
Where are Notepad settings in Windows 11?
To access Notepad settings on a Windows 11/10 PC, open Notepad, and click on the gear icon (or Settings) in the top-right corner. Now you can change the app theme, adjust the Text Formatting, use Spelling options, etc., from the Settings page.
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