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Microsoft has been gradually improving its built-in Notepad app on Windows 11 in recent years, and now, it\u2019s finally getting a character count. In a new Canary channel test version of Windows 11, Microsoft has added the character count at the bottom much like Microsoft Word\u2019s count of the number of words in a document.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWhen text is selected, the status bar shows the character count for both the selected text and the entire document,\u201d explains Microsoft\u2019s Windows Insider team in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cIf no text is selected, the character count for the entire document is displayed, ensuring you always have a clear view of your document\u2019s length.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This is the latest addition in a line of changes to Notepad this year, with the app recently getting a new autosave option that lets you close it without seeing the pop-up save prompt every time. Microsoft has also added tabs<\/a> to Notepad, a dark mode<\/a>, and even a virtual fidget spinner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Alongside the Notepad changes in this latest Windows 11 test build, the widgets section of the OS is also getting some improvements. You\u2019ll soon be able to just <\/em>show widgets and hide the feed of news and articles that appear inside the widgets screen. I\u2019m personally glad you\u2019ll be able to hide this because it\u2019s typically full of low-quality news articles and junk that I don\u2019t want to see inside a built-in feature in Windows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n