Microsoft is previewing new options for Windows 11, with a particular deal with Notepad. Last yr, the corporate started including its synthetic intelligence (AI) capabilities to the Windows working system. Copilot on Windows 11 exists each as a chatbot and as particular options inside apps equivalent to Paint, Photos, Clipchamp, and extra. Now, Notepad is being added to the listing of Windows apps to get new AI capabilities. Additionally, the Snipping Tool can be getting a small enhance.
Dave Grochocki, Principal Product Manager Lead for Windows Inbox Apps at Microsoft, by a Windows Insider weblog, introduced the brand new Windows 11 options. The light-weight Notepad app (model 11.2401.25.0) is getting a brand new characteristic referred to as Explain with Copilot, which is able to assist customers perceive the content material in a file. Users will merely have to spotlight a portion of textual content within the app and right-click to open the choices menu to entry this characteristic. On deciding on, it is going to summarise and clarify the highlighted log recordsdata, code segments, or any chosen content material. Users may use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + E to rapidly boot up Copilot.
“This feature is available on devices that have Copilot in Windows, but there is a known issue where some users might not see this new feature in Notepad right away,” Grochocki stated, imploring customers to share suggestions utilizing the WIN + F keyboard shortcut.
The Snipping Tool already has AI capabilities. Users can use it to robotically redact delicate textual content from screenshot photographs. However, now it’s getting the power so as to add shapes to screenshots. After getting a seize, customers can choose the brand new shapes button within the toolbar and choose the specified form within the picture. Users will be capable of add rectangles, ovals, traces, and arrows to spotlight a textual content or a part of a picture and annotate it higher. The shapes might be resized, moved, or modified in color. These options can be found to Windows Insiders within the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11.
The tech large additionally just lately confirmed that Windows 11 24H2 would be the subsequent main characteristic replace to reach this yr. The new model is anticipated to incorporate a complicated Copilot. Microsoft would possibly present its personal DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling)-like Super Resolution expertise throughout the upcoming Windows 11 24H2 replace for improved gaming efficiency. The expertise makes use of AI to make supported video games run easily with enhanced framerates.
