Notepad already supports the Ctrl + left arrow and Ctrl + right arrow keyboard shortcuts to move through whole words at a time. Use a Keyboard Shortcut to Delete the Previous Word Microsoft made other small changes and improvements to Notepad. Other Changes, Improvements, and Bug Fixes Notepad automatically inserts the selected text into the Find what box on the Find dialog box, allowing you to quickly start your search. Select the text you want to find and press Ctrl + F. Say you want to find other occurrences of specific text in your file. Microsoft also added another handy feature- Search Autofill. Notepad also remembers the options you select now, so when you check the Wrap around box, it will stay checked the next time you use the Find dialog box to search. When you press Ctrl + F and enter a word or phrase in the Find what box, check the Wrap around box to search the whole file. In the new improved Notepad, Microsoft added an option to wrap the search around so you can search the whole text file from wherever the cursor is in the file. Previously, when you started searching in the middle of a text file in Notepad, the search would go to the end of the file or the beginning of the file (depending on the selected direction), but not search the whole file. Wrap Around, Find and Replace, and Search AutoFill
