Apps Use Summarize in Notepad app to Enhance Writing with AI in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to use the Summarize feature in the Notepad app to enhance your writing with AI in Windows 11.

Notepad is a fast and simple text editor that can be used to view, edit, and search through plain text documents instantly.

Notepad in Windows includes Rewrite, Summarize, and Write—three AI-powered features that help you refine, shorten, and generate text with the assistance of GPT. Whether you want to fine-tune your writing or distill complex information, these AI features help you work more efficiently in Notepad.

Summarize quickly shortens long-form text into high-level overviews, extracting key points from documents, notes, or articles to streamline your workflow.

Starting with Notepad version 11.2508.28.0 to Windows Insiders in Windows 11, Notepad now supports AI features like Summarize, Write, and Rewrite on Copilot+ PCs, with no subscription required. If you have a subscription, you can seamlessly switch between local and cloud models based on your needs. If you’re not signed in or don’t have a subscription, you can use the local model to accomplish your tasks. For now, these features support English only, making premium AI more accessible and flexible for everyone.

Starting with Notepad version 11.2510.6.0 to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, Microsoft is improving the experience for Write, Rewrite, and Summarize with streaming result responses. Results will start to appear quicker without the need to wait for the full response, providing a preview sooner that you can interact with. Streaming support for Rewrite is limited to results generated locally on Copilot+ PCs at this time. To use Write, Rewrite, and Summarize in Notepad, you will need to sign in with your Microsoft account.

Starting with Notepad version 11.2512.28.0, Copilot AI features have been renamed to Writing tools.

AI features like Write, Rewrite, and Summarize use AI credits from a required Microsoft 365 Personal or Family subscription.

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Here's How:

1 Open the Notepad app.

2 Highlight the text you want to summarize with AI. (see screenshots below step 3)

If you don't highlight specific text to summarize, the AI will work with all text instead.

3 Perform an action below you want to use to Summarize: (see screenshots below)

• Press the Ctrl + M keys.
• Click/tap on the Copilot button on the toolbar, and click/tap on Summarize.
• Right click in Notepad, and click/tap on Summarize.

4 If you have a Copilot+ PC, click/tap on the Choose model button, and click/tap on the On Device or Enhanced model you want to use. (see screenshot below)


5 To customize the summary length, you can click/tap on Length, click/tap on Short (default), Medium, or Long for what you want, and click/tap on the Try again button to refresh the summary. (see screenshot below)


6 You can also cycle through summaries, Copy the summarized text, Try again to summarize again, and Discard the summary. (see screenshot below step 7)

7 When finished, you can click/tap on the Insert below button to insert the summarized output directly into your document.




That's it,
Shawn Brink