Instructions to Enable Text Formatting in Notepad Windows 11

This updated guide explores instructions to enable text formatting in notepad Windows 11 with practical details, clear explanations, and useful takeaways. Starting with Notepad version 11.2504.50.0 and later for Windows Insiders in Canary and Dev on Windows 11, Microsoft is rolling out basic formatting for text in Notepad, providing more options for you to change the text.

How to Format Text in Notepad Windows 11

Step 1:

Users select the gear icon in the top right corner of the interface to access the settings interface for Notepad.

Step 2:

Next, we select Formatting and then activate On mode to enable formatting for Notepad on Windows 11 computer.

Step 3:

Back to the Notepad interface, we will see the text formatting customization toolbar as shown below.

If Notepad on your computer does not have this text formatting feature, you can enable it with the ViVeTool command: vivetool /enable /id:41073112.