WordPad Description

WordPad is a text-editing program that allows you to create and edit text files, insert pictures and add links to other files. WordPad can open and save text files, rich text files, Word documents (.docx), OpenDocument text file (.odt), and Word documents (.txt). Files in other formats may not open as plain text files. WordPad doesn't support certain features like annotations, headers, footers and footers. WordPad will not allow you to open files with these features. You can save the file with a new name if you need to make changes to such a file. This allows you to make changes to a copy of the file, but keeps the original content intact. To see more information about each button, press and hold it (or, if you're using the mouse, point at the button).

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Company Details

Company:
Microsoft
Year Founded:
1975
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
hs.windows.microsoft.com/hhweb/content/m-en-us/p-6.2/id-7479c387-8dc4-40b6-9506-cc7a58c61f0a/

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Product Details

Platforms
Windows
Android
Type of Training
Documentation
Customer Support
Online

WordPad Features and Options

Text Editors

API
Auto-Complete
Code Folding
Column Editing
Customizable Themes
Debugging
Formatting / Table Editing
Keyboard Shortcuts
Multi-Monitor Editing
Syntax Highlighting
WYSIWYG

WordPad User Reviews

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Junior software develepor
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Undervalued

    Date: Feb 09 2024

    Summary: It's a great free tool for note taking and writing something without intending to print it out. But compared to word it of course seriously lacks features but the price difference is very compelling.
    Most people compare it to word but you really should compare it to notepad.

    Positive: It comes free with windows and is perfect for just writing something down or taking notes. It also seems to really be meant for writing (without printing) since it doesn't format into A4 papers.

    Negative: It doesn't have all the features of word and most annoying it doesn't show the shortcuts for the features. Still don't know how to increase/decrease the indent without needing to stop typing and click the button.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Retired from Government
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
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    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    NEEDS SOURCE OF "HOW TO" INFORMATION

    Date: Mar 13 2022

    Summary: I'm just very frustrated right now after trying for 2 days to find out how to type a business address on an envelope.

    Positive: Came with my new computer, so I didn't have to pay for it. I only needed to occasionally type a letter or a document, and it serves my purpose for that.

    Negative: I have been unable to find out how to type an address on an envelope! Doesn't do me a lot of good to type a business letter when I can't type an official looking envelope for it! Needs a source to search for information with "How To" instructions!

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Administrative assistant
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Frustrated as hell

    Date: Dec 06 2022

    Summary: There are no words for my frustration with WordPad and the inability to use it with existing Word documents. I cannot format, I cannot even find the tools for formatting. I have wasted several precious hours trying to figure out how to even insert a page break or set margins. Why did Windows 11 give us this new form of word processing? If my computer weren't so expensive, it would literally be thrown out the window and smashed in the driveway below.

    Positive: Nothing. There are no pros.

    Negative: There isn't anything to like about WordPad. Nothing is good so everything is bad. I cannot figure out how to use it so isn't that a con enough. We were conned into getting this feature when there was an updated to Windows 11. Thank you very little!

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