: It did not include modern additions like Dark Mode , Tabs , Spellcheck , or Autocorrect .
In Windows 8, Notepad maintained a minimalist interface consisting of a , Menu Bar , and a Text Area . It continued to serve as the default text editor for creating and editing unformatted .txt files, scripts, and basic code like HTML or batch files.
: Users had access to basic editing functions such as Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo/Redo, and simple Search (Find/Replace).
: Although Notepad was still a built-in system tool, Microsoft introduced the Microsoft Store in 2012 (with Windows 8), which eventually allowed future versions of Notepad to be updated independently of major OS releases.