How to Edit Files in Microsoft Notepad (Windows 11)

This tutorial covers:

How to Edit a Notepad File
How to Select Text in Notepad
How to Select All Text With Menu
How to Select All Text With Right Click
How to Select All Text With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Copy Text With Menu
How to Copy Text With Right Click
How to Copy Text With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Cut Text With Menu
How to Cut Text With Right Click
How to Cut Text With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Paste Text With Menu
How to Paste Text With Right Click
How to Paste Text With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Undo With Menu
How to Undo With Right Click
How to Undo With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Redo With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Delete Text With Menu
How to Delete Text With Right Click
How to Delete Text With Keyboard
How to Find Text With Menu
How to Find Text With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Find Next With Menu
How to Find Next With Click
How to Find Next With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Find Previous With Menu
How to Find Previous With Click
How to Find Previous With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Apply Match Case to the Find Window
How to Apply Wrap Around to the Find Window
How to Clear the Find Search Bar
How to Exit the Find Window With Click
How to Exit the Find Window With Keyboard
How to Replace Text With Menu
How to Replace Text With Click
How to Replace Text With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Use the "Go to" Window With Menu
How to Use the "Go to" Window With Keyboard Shortcut
How to Clear the "Go to" Window Search Bar
How to Exit the "Go to" Window With Click
How to Exit the "Go to" Window With Keyboard
How to Change the Font With Menu
How to Change the Font With Settings
How to Change the Reading Order
How to Insert Unicode Control Characters
How to Show Unicode Control Characters
How to Apply Reconversion

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How to Edit a Notepad File

Step 1: Click inside a Notepad window, or click a Notepad tab. Type any text.

In the first two images, the left image displays the cursor right clicking inside the Notepad window. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited". In the second set of images, the left image displays the cursor clicking one of the two tabs at the top of the Notepad window. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited".

How to Select Text in Notepad

Method 1: Double click the text.

The open Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". A blue rectangle surrounds the word "edited". The word "edited" is selected and highlighted in light blue.

Method 2: Click, hold, drag, and release the mouse.

The open Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". Underneath the text, a blue arrow points to the left. A blue rectangle surrounds the word "edited", indicating the starting point of the cursor. The cursor clicks and drags from the word "Edit", continues to the left, and stops to the left of the word "This". The words "This file has been edited" is selected and highlighted in light blue.

Method 3: Hold the Shift key and press the arrow keys.

The open Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". A graphic of the keyboard keys "Shift" and the left arrow key appear at the bottom of the Notepad window. The text "This file has been edited" is selected and highlighted in light blue.

How to Select All Text With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of the edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

The open Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". The cursor clicks the "Edit" button in the upper left of the Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Select all".

The left image displays a menu below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Select all" option in the menu. The right image displays the Notepad window where the text "This file has been edited" is selected and highlighted in light blue.

How to Select All Text With Right Click

Step 1: Right click inside the edited Notepad window.

The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". The cursor right clicks the middle of the Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Select all".

How to Select All Text With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + A.

The left image displays the edited Notepad window with the text "This file has been edited". A graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl" and "A" appears at the bottom of the window. The right image displays the edited Notepad window where the text "This file has been edited" is selected and highlighted in light blue.

How to Copy Text With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of an edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". The word "edited" is selected and highlighted in light blue. The cursor clicks the "Edit" button in the upper left of the Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Copy".

A menu appears below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Copy" option in the menu.

How to Copy Text With Right Click

Step 1: Right click inside an edited Notepad window.

The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". The words "been edited" are selected and highlighted in light blue. A blue rectangle surrounds the words "been edited" as the cursor right clicks this part of the Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Copy".

A menu appears where the Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor clicks the "Copy" option in the menu.

How to Copy Text With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + C.

How to Cut Text With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of an edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Cut". The cut text disappears from the window.

The left image displays a menu below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Cut" option in the menu. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been" as the word "edited" has been cut.

How to Cut Text With Right Click

Step 1: Right click inside an edited Notepad window.

The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been". A blue rectangle surrounds the word "been" which is also selected and highlighted in light blue. The cursor right clicks the space to the right of the word "been".

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Cut". The cut text disappears from the window.

The left image displays a menu where the Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor clicks the "Cut" option in the menu. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has" as the words "been edited" were cut out.

How to Cut Text With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + X. The cut text disappears from the window.

The left image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has". A graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + X" appears at the bottom of the Notepad window. The word "has" is selected and highlighted in light blue. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file" as the word "has" was cut.

How to Paste Text With Menu

Step 1: First copy or cut text. Go to the upper left of the edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

The left image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited". A graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + C" appears at the bottom of the Notepad window. The text "This file has been edited" is selected and higlighted in light blue. The right image displays the cursor clicking the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Paste". The copied or cut text is pasted where the insertion point was in the Notepad window.

The left image displays a menu below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Paste" option in the menu. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited" on line one and the pasted text of "This file has been edited" below on line three.

How to Paste Text With Right Click

Step 1: First copy or cut text. Right click inside the edited Notepad window.

The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited" on line one and "This file has been edited" below on line three. The text on line three is selected and highlighted in light blue. Below this text, the cursor right clicks inside the Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Paste". The copied or cut text is pasted where the insertion point was in the Notepad window.

The left image displays a menu where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor clicks the "Paste" option in the menu. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited" only on line one as the line three text was cut. The right image displays the edited Notepad window where the text of "This file has been edited" appears on line one and below on line three after the text was pasted.

How to Paste Text With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: First copy or cut text. Click inside the edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + V. The copied or cut text is pasted where the insertion point was in the Notepad window.

The left image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited" on line one and on line three. The text on line three is selected and highlighted in light blue. A graphic of the keyboard keys of "Ctrl + V" appears at the bottom of the Notepad window. The right image displays the edited Notepad window where the text "This file has been edited" appears on line one, line three, and below on line five where the text was pasted.

How to Undo With Menu

Step 1: Type any text into a Notepad window. Go to the upper left of the edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Undo". The last action is undone.

How to Undo With Right Click

Step 1: Right click inside an edited Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Undo". The last action is undone.

The left image displays a menu where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". The cursor clicks the "Undo" option in the menu. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This fil" as the rest of the text was undone.

How to Undo With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + Z. The last action is undone.

The left image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited". A graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + Z" appears at the bottom of the Notepad window. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been" as the "edited" part of the text was undone.

How to Redo With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: First Undo an action. Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + Y.

The left image displays the edited Notepad window with the text "This file has been". A graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + Y" appears at the bottom of the Notepad window. The right image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited" as the "edited" part of the text was redone.

How to Delete Text With Menu

Step 1: First select any text. Go to the upper left of the edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Delete". The selected text is deleted.

The top image displays a menu below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited Notepad window. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited". The cursor clicks the "Delete" option in the menu. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been" as the "edited" part of the text was deleted.

How to Delete Text With Right Click

Step 1: First select any text. Right click inside the edited Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Delete". The selected text is deleted.

The top image displays a menu where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been". The cursor clicks the "Delete" option in the menu. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has" as the "been" part of the text was deleted.

How to Delete Text With Keyboard

Method 1: Select any text, and on the keyboard press the "Delete" key. The selected text is deleted.

The top image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This note has". The word "has" is selected and highlighted in light blue. A graphic of the keyboard key "Delete" appears at the bottom of the Notepad window. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This note" as the "has" part of the text was deleted.

Method 2: Click to the right of any text (this places the insertion point to the right of the text). On the keyboard press the "Backspace" key until all the text is deleted.

The top image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This n". The insertion point, or blinking vertical line, is to the right of the "This n". A graphic of the keyboard key "Backspace" appears at the bottom of the Notepad window. The bottom image displays the empty Notepad window as the text was deleted by pressing Backspace.

How to Find Text With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of an edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

The cursor clicks the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited, maximized Notepad window. The text describes two boys named John and Ben, who appear to explore an old haunted house in search of a girl named Annie.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Find".

A menu appears below the "Edit" button in the maximized, edited Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Find" option in the menu.

Step 3: In the Find window that opens, type any text to search for and click the magnifying glass button on the right. Notepad highlights the resulting text that matches the search term.

How to Find Text With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + F.

The top image displays the edited, maximized Notepad window. A graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + F" appears on the right side of the Notepad window. The bottom image displays the Find window around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window.

Step 2: In the Find window that opens, type any text to search for and on the keyboard press Enter. Notepad highlights the resulting text that matches the search term.

The top image displays the word "John" inside the search bar of the Find window. The Find window is around the top of the maximized, edited Notepad window. The bottom image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue in the maximized, edited Notepad window.

How to Find Next With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of an edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Find next".

A menu appears below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited, maximized Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Find next" option in the menu.

Step 3: In the Find window that opens, type any text to search for. Keep clicking the "Edit" button and the "Find next" option to continue searching for the next instance of that text.

The top image displays the word "John" in the search bar of the Find window which is around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Edit" button in the upper left of the Notepad window and the "Find next" option in the menu below the "Edit" button. There are three images below the top image. The leftmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue in the middle of the Notepad window. The middle image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue at the bottom of the Notepad window. The rightmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue at the top of the Notepad window.

How to Find Next With Click

Step 1: In an edited Notepad window, open the Find window.

Step 2: Type any text to search for, and click the "Search down" or down arrow button. Keep clicking the "Search down" button to continue searching for the next instance of that text.

Alternatively, keep clicking the magnifying glass button to continue searching for the next instance of that text.

The top image displays the word "John" inside the search bar of the Find window which is around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. The cursor clicks the magnifying glass button on the right side of the Find window. There are three images below the top image. The leftmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue around the top of the Notepad window. The middle image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue around the middle of the Notepad window. The rightmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue around the bottom of the window.

How to Find Next With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press F3 (some computers accept this shortcut as Fn + F3).

The top image displays the edited, maximized Notepad window. A graphic of the keyboard key "F3" appears at the top of the Notepad window. The bottom image displays the Find window around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window.

Step 2: In the Find window that opens, type any text to search for. Keep pressing F3 or Fn + F3 to continue searching for the next instance of that text.

The top image displays the word "John" inside the search bar of the Find window, which is around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. A graphic of the keyboard key "F3" appears at the top of the Notepad window. There are three images below the top image. The leftmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue in the middle of the Notepad window. The middle image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue at the bottom of the Notepad window. The rightmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue around the top of the Notepad window.

How to Find Previous With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of an edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Find previous".

A menu appears below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the maximized, edited Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Find previous" option in the menu.

Step 3: In the Find window that opens, type any text to search for. Keep clicking the "Edit" button and "Find previous" option to continue searching for the previous instance of that text.

How to Find Previous With Click

Step 1: In an edited Notepad window, open the Find window.

Step 2: Type any text to search for and click the "Search up" or up arrow button. Keep clicking the "Search up" button to continue searching for the previous instance of that text.

How to Find Previous With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Shift + F3 (some computers accept this shortcut as Fn + Shift + F3).

A graphic of the keyboard keys "Shift + F3" appears on the lower right side of the edited, maximized Notepad window.

Step 2: In the Find window that opens, type any text to search for. Keep pressing Shift + F3 or Fn + Shift + F3 to continue searching for the previous instance of that text.

The top image displays the word "John" inside the search bar of the Find window, which is around the top of the maximized, edited Notepad window. A graphic of the keyboard keys "Shift + F3" appears at the top of the Notepad window. There are three images below the top image. The leftmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue at the bottom of the Notepad window. The middle image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue in the center of the Notepad window. The rightmost image displays the word "John" highlighted in blue around the top of the Notepad window.

How to Apply Match Case to the Find Window

Step 1: First open the Find window. On the far right side of the Find window, to the left of the "Close" or "X" button, click the "More options" button.

The top image displays a graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + F" on the lower right side of a maximized, edited Notepad window. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "Notepad NOTEPAD". Below the top image, the middle image displays the Find window around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. Below the middle image, the bottom image displays the cursor clicking the "More options" button on the far right side of the Find window , to the left of the "Close" or "X" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Match case" to toggle this option on or off.

The top image displays the word "notepad" in the search bar of the Find window, which is around the top of edited, maximized Notepad window. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "Notepad NOTEPAD". A menu appears above the "More options" button on the far right side of the Find window. The cursor hovers over the "Match case" option in the menu, and a check mark appears to the left of the "Match case" option. The bottom image displays an error message above a grayed out Notepad window. The error message reads "Cannot find 'notepad' ". The cursor clicks the "OK" button in the error message window.

-With Match case on, a check mark appears to the left of the "Match case" option in the menu. The Find window searches for text that matches the exact same capital or lowercase letters as the search term. If no text matches these conditions, a message displays stating that no match was found.

-With Match case off, no check mark appears to the left of the "Match case" option in the menu. The Find window searches for any text that matches the search term regardless of capital or lowercase letters.

The top image displays the word "notepad" in the search bar of the Find window, which is around the top of the edited Notepad window. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "Notepad NOTEPAD". A menu appears above the "More options" button on the far right side of the Find window. The cursor hovers over the "Match case" option in the menu. No checkmarkk appears to the left of the "Match case" option. The bottom image displays the word "Notepad" highlighted in light blue as the cursor clicks the magnifying glass button on the Find window.

How to Apply Wrap Around to the Find Window

Step 1: First open the Find window. On the far right side of the Find window, to the left of the "Close" or "X" button, click the "More options" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Wrap Around" to toggle this option on or off.

The top image displays the word "John" in the search bar of the Find window, which is around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. A menu appears above the "More options" button on the far right side of the Find window. The cursor hovers over the "Wrap around" option in the menu. A checkmark appears to the left of the "Wrap around" option. The bottom image displays the word "John" highlighted in light blue at the top of the edited Notepad window. A message that reads "Found next from the top" appears below the Find window.

-With Wrap around on, a check mark appears to the left of the "Wrap around" option. The Find window searches for text from the top to the bottom of the Notepad window over and over again.

-With Wrap around off, no check mark appears to the left of the "Wrap around" option. the Find window searches for text from the top to the bottom of the Notepad window only once. Once the Find window searches the bottom of the Notepad window, an error message displays saying the search term was not found.

How to Clear the Find Search Bar

Step 1: In the open Find window, click the "Close" or "X" button on the right side of the search bar. The search bar clears as the previous search term disappears.

Step 2: Click anywhere inside the Notepad window to deselect the previously highlighted, found text. The next time the Find window opens, the search bar will be empty.

The top image displays an empty search bar in the Find window, which is around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. The word "John" is highlighted in light blue in the center of the Notepad window. The cursor clicks in the lower middle part of the Notepad window. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window with an empty search bar in the Find window and without any highlighted text.

How to Exit the Find Window With Click

Step 1: In the open Find window, go to the far right side and click the "Close" or "X" button. The Find window closes.

The top image displays the cursor clicking the "Close" or "X" button on the far right side of the Find window, which is around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. The bottom image displays the edited, maximized Notepad window without a Find window.

How to Exit the Find Window With Keyboard

Step 1: With the Find window open, on the keyboard press the Esc key. The Find window closes.

The top image displays the word "John" inside the search bar in the Find window, which is around the top of the edited, maximized Notepad window. A graphic of the keyboard "Esc" key appears on the right side of the Notepad window. The bottom image displays the edited, maximized Notepad window without a Find window.

How to Replace Text With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of an edited Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

The cursor clicks the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited Notepad window. The edited Notepad window describes a story about happy animals in a barn, but the last sentence describes a sad dog and cat.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Replace".

A menu appears below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Replace" option in the menu.

Step 3: In the Find and Replace window that opens, type the text to search for in the top search bar. Type the text that will replace the found text in the lower search bar, and click the "Replace" button. Notepad finds and replaces the corresponding text. Keep clicking the "Replace" button to replace multiple instances of text.

The top image displays the open Find and Replace window. The word "sad" is inside the Find search bar at the top and the word "happy" is in the Replace search bar at the bottom. The cursor clicks the "Replace" button on the right side of the Find and Replace window. The last sentence of the edited Notepad window reads "The sad dog wagged its tail. The sad cat purred". The bottom image displays a blue rectangle surrounding the word "happy" at the bottom of the edited Notepad window, as the word "sad" was replaced only once.

Click the "Replace all" button to replace multiple instances of text at one time.

How to Replace Text With Click

Step 1: First open the Find menu, then on the left side click the "Open replace options" or down arrow button.

The top image displays a graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + F" on right side of the edited Notepad window. The middle image below displays the Find window that opens around the top of the edited Notepad window. The bottom image below displays the cursor clicking the "Open replace options" or down arrow on the left side of the Find window.

Step 2: In the Find and Replace window that opens, type the text to search for in the top search bar. Type the text that will replace the found text in the lower search bar, and click the "Replace" or "Replace all" buttons. Notepad finds and replaces the corresponding text.

How to Replace Text With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside an edited Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + H.

The top image displays the keyboard keys of "Ctrl + H" at the bottom of the edited Notepad window. The bottom image displays the open Find and Replace window around the top of the edited Notepad window.

Step 2: In the Find and Replace window that opens, type the text to search for in the top search bar. Type the text that will replace the found text in the lower search bar, and click the "Replace" or "Replace all" buttons. Notepad finds and replaces the corresponding text.

How to Use the "Go to" Window With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of a Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

The cursor clicks the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited Notepad window. The edited Notepad window displays the number "1" on line one, "2" on line two, "3" on line three, "4" on line four, and "5" on line five.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Go to".

A menu appears below the "Edit" button which is in the upper left of the edited Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Go to" option in the menu.

Step 3: In the "Go to" window that opens, type a line number in the search bar and click the "Go to" button. The insertion point jumps to the corresponding line number in the Notepad window.

The top image displays the open "Go to" window above the grayed out Notepad window. The number "3" is inside the search bar in the "Go to" window. The cursor clicks the "Go to" button at the bottom of the "Go to" window. The bottom image displays the insertion point, or blinking vertical line, to the left of the number "3" on line three of the edited Notepad window.

How to Use the "Go to" Window With Keyboard Shortcut

Step 1: Click inside a Notepad window and on the keyboard press Ctrl + G.

The top image displays a graphic of the keyboard keys "Ctrl + G" at the bottom of the edited Notepad window. The bottom image displays the open "Go to" window above the grayed out Notepad window.

Step 2: In the "Go to" window that opens, type a line number in the search bar and on the keyboard press Enter. The insertion point jumps to the corresponding line number in the Notepad window.

The top image displays the open "Go to" window above the grayed out, edited Notepad window. A graphic of the keyboard "Enter" key appears at the top of the "Go to" window. The number "3" is inside the search bar in the "Go to" window. The bottom image displays the insertion point, or blinking vertical line, to the left of the number "3" on line three of the edited Notepad window.

How to Clear the "Go to" Window Search Bar

Step 1: In the "Go to" window, type a number in the search bar and click the "Close" or "X" button on the right side. The search bar clears as the search term disappears.

The top image displays the open "Go to" window above the grayed out, edited Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Close" or "X" button to the right of the search bar in the "Go to" window. The number "1" is inside the search bar. The bottom image displays the "Go to" window with an empty search bar.

How to Exit the "Go to" Window With Click

Step 1: In the "Go to" window click the "Cancel" button. The "Go to" window closes.

The top image displays the open "Go to" window above the grayed out, edited Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Cancel" button in the bottom right of the "Go to" window. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window without a "Go to" window.

How to Exit the "Go to" Window With Keyboard

Step 1: With the "Go to" window open, on the keyboard press the Esc key. The "Go to" window closes.

The top image displays the open "Go to" window above the grayed out, edited Notepad window. A graphic of the keyboard "Esc" key appears at the top of the "Go to" window. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window without a "Go to" window.

How to Change the Font With Menu

Step 1: Go to the upper left of the Notepad window and click the "Edit" button.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Font".

A menu appears below the "Edit" button in the upper left of the edited Notepad window. The cursor clicks the "Font" option in the menu.

Step 3: In the Notepad Settings window that opens, click the drop-down arrows to adjust the font family, style, and size. After clicking the back arrow in the upper left corner, the Notepad window displays the newly adjusted font.

The top image displays the Notepad Settings window. Under the "Font" section, the cursor clicks the drop-down menu to change the font family. Below this drop-down menu are the "Style" and "Size" drop-down menus. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This file has been edited" in a bold, 12 point, Candara font.

How to Change the Font With Settings

Step 1: Go to the upper right of the Notepad window and click the "Settings" or gear button.

The cursor clicks the "Settings" or gear button in the upper right of the edited Notepad window. The edited Notepad window displays the text of "This file has been edited" in a bold, 12 point, Candara font.

Step 2: In the Notepad Settings window that opens, click the drop-down arrows to adjust the font family, style, and size. After clicking the back arrow in the upper left corner, the Notepad window displays the newly adjusted font.

How to Change the Reading Order

Step 1: Right click inside a Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Right-to-left reading order" to toggle this option on or off.

A menu appears where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor hovers over the "Right-to-left reading order" option in the menu. A checkmark appears to the left of the "Right-to-left reading order" option. The edited Notepad window has the text of "This file has been edited" on the right side of the window.

-With "Right-to-left reading order" on, a check mark appears to the left of the "Right-to-left reading order" option. The text displays on the right side of the Notepad window. This option is intended for right-to-left languages such as Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew.

-With "Right-to-left reading order" off, no check mark appears to the left of the "Right-to-left reading order" option. The text displays on the left side of the screen. This is the default option.

A menu appears where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor hovers over the "Right-to-left reading order" option in the menu. No check mark appears the the left of the "Right-to-left reading order" option. The edited Notepad has the text of "This file has been edited" on the left side of the window.

How to Insert Unicode Control Characters

Step 1: Right click inside a Notepad window.

The cursor right clicks the space to the left of the text "This text reads from left to right" in the Notepad window.

Step 2: In the menu that opens, hover over "Insert Unicode control characters". In the second menu that opens, click one of the options to insert it. If "Show Unicode control characters" is turned on, the inserted Unicode control character will appear in the Notepad window.

The left image displays a menu that appears where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor hovers over the "Insert Unicode control characters" option in the menu. The right image displays the second menu that opens to the right of the "Insert Unicode control characters" option. The cursor clicks the "LRO Start of left-to-right override" option in the second menu.

Note: If "Show Unicode control characters" is not turned on, then inserted Unicode control characters are not visible. See the next section on how to turn "Show Unicode control characters" on.

How to Show Unicode Control Characters

Step 1: Right click inside a Notepad window.

The cursor right clicks inside the edited Notepad window which displays the text of "This file reads from left to right".

Step 2: In the menu that opens, click "Show Unicode control characters" to toggle this option on or off.

The top image displays a menu that opens where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor hovers over the "Show Unicode control characters" option in the menu. A check mark appears to the left of the "Show Unicode control characters" option. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This text reads from left to right". A blue rectangle surrounds the space to the left of the word "This" and a left-to-right override Unicode control character inserted there. A second blue rectangle surrounds the space to the right of the word "right" and the pop directional formatting Unicode character inserted there.

-With "Show Unicode control characters" on, a check mark appears to the left of the "Show Unicode control characters" option. The Notepad window displays any inserted Unicode control character.

-With "Show Unicode control characters" off, no check mark appears to the left of the "Show Unicode control characters" option. Any inserted Unicode control characters are not visible in the Notepad window.

The top image displays a menu that appears where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor hovers over the "Show Unicode control characters" option. No check mark appears to the left of the "Show Unicode control characters" option. The bottom image displays the edited Notepad window with the text of "This text reads from left to right". A blue rectangle surrounds the space to the right of the word "right", indicating that the pop directional formatting Unicode control character that was there previously is now not visible.

How to Apply Reconversion

Step 1: First download a language pack from the Windows 11 settings (if a language pack is already installed, skip to step 9). Go down to the taskbar and click the Start (four blue squares) button.

The computer screen displays the Desktop. The cursor clicks the Start or four blue squares button on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.

Step 2: In the Start window that opens, click the "Settings" button.

In the open Start window, the cursor clicks the "Settings" button.

Step 3: In the Settings window that opens, go to the left menu and click "Time & language".

The cursor clicks the "Time & language" option in the left menu of the Settings window.

Step 4: In the "Time & language" window click the "Language & region" button.

The cursor clicks the "Language & region" button in the "Time & language" window.

Step 5: In the "Language & region" window click the "Add a language" button.

The cursor clicks the "Add a language" button on the far right side of the "Preferred languages" section in the "Language & region" window.

Step 6: In the "Choose a language to install" window, type a language, click a language in the list, and click the "Next" button.

A "Choose a language to install' window appears above the grayed out Settings window. A blue rectangle surrounds the word "Japanese" in the search bar at the top of the "Choose a language to install" window. A second blue rectangle surrounds the Japanese option in the list below the search bar. A third blue rectangle surrounds the "Next" button at the bottom of the "Choose a language to install" window.

Step 7: Click the "Install" button.

The cursor clicks the "Install" button at the bottom of the "Choose a language to install" window.

Step 8: Wait for the language pack to install, then exit the Settings window by clicking the "Close" or "X" button in the upper right corner.

The cursor clicks the "Close" or "X" button in the upper right corner of the Settings window. The Settings window indicates that the Language pack, basic typing, and handwriting features were installed.

Step 9: Go down to the taskbar and click the "ENG" button.

The computer screen displays the Desktop. The cursor clicks the "ENG" button on the lower right side of the taskbar at the bottom of the computer screen.

Step 10: In the menu that opens, click the installed language option such as "Japanese Microsoft IME".

The computer screen displays the Desktop. A menu appears above the "ENG" button on the lower right side of the taskbar at the bottom of the computer screen. The cursor clicks the "Japanese Microsoft IME" option in the menu.

Step 11: Open a Notepad file, then go down to the taskbar and click the "A" button. The text input should change from the English alphabet to the installed language pack.

The top image displays an open Notepad window on the Desktop. The cursor clicks the "A" button on the bottom right side of the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. The second image displays the open Notepad window on the Desktop. A blue square surrounds the "A" button which now displays a Japanese hiragana character.

Step 12: Click inside the Notepad window, type and select any text, and right click inside the Notepad window.

The edited Notepad window displays the typed Japanese hiragana for "kokoro" which is selected and highlighted in light blue. The cursor right clicks inside the edited Notepad window.

Step 13: In the menu that opens, click "Reconversion". In the menu that opens, click an option. Notepad replaces the selected text with the chosen Reconversion option.

The top image displays a menu where the edited Notepad window was right clicked. The cursor clicks the "Reconversion" option in the menu. There are two images below the top image. The leftmost image displays the Reconversion menu that lists various Kanji characters. The cursor clicks the first Kanji suggestion in the list. The rightmost image displays the edited Notepad window where the hiragana characters are now replaced with the single Kanji character.

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