It’s even easier to enable dark mode in Notepad on Windows 11. Alternatively, you can also enable and customize dark mode on your laptop, which will usually affect multiple apps across the OS.

To see the commands that control these elements, run Help in Notepad, click the Index tab, then double-click Headers. Once you’ve got Notepad’s settings right, try this trick: Open Windows ...

To turn off overtype in Notepad in Windows 11/10, press the Insert key, and you'll switch back to Insert mode where your text behaves normally.