WordPad
Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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Initial release | August 24, 1995 |
Stable release | |
ARM | |
Predecessor | Microsoft Write |
Successor | Microsoft Word or Windows Notepad (suggested) |
Type | Word processor |
WordPad is a
Earlier versions primarily supported a subset of the
In 2023, Microsoft announced that it plans to remove WordPad from future versions of Windows. In January 2024, WordPad was no longer auto-installed with the release of the Windows 11 Build 26020 and it was announced that it will not be available for reinstallation. Microsoft suggests Word or Notepad as a replacement. There will be no successor.[2]
Features
WordPad can format and print text, including font and bold, italic, colored, and centered text, and lacks functions such as a
A character not on the keyboard can be entered into WordPad by typing its hexadecimal code point in Unicode followed by Alt+X. Likewise, the code point of a character from another application can be determined by copying it into WordPad followed by Alt+X.
WordPad does not support all the features defined in the RTF/Word 2007 specification.[citation needed] Earlier versions of WordPad also supported the "Word for Windows 6.0" format, which is forward compatible with the Microsoft Word format.[3]
In Windows 95, 98, and 2000, WordPad uses Microsoft's RichEdit control, versions 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0, respectively.[4] In Windows XP SP1 and later,[5] and Windows 7, it uses RichEdit 4.1.[6]
A similar word processor, also called WordPad and with simple functionality, is supplied by some vendors on a
icon.History
File format | Description |
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.doc | Microsoft Word Binary File Format; support for this format was removed in Windows Vista[3] |
.docx | Office Open XML Document formats; added in Windows 7[8] |
.odt | OpenDocument text format; added in Windows 7[8][9] |
.rtf | Rich Text Format |
.txt | Text file |
.wri |
WordPad was introduced in Windows 95, replacing
The default font used in Windows 95 to Windows Vista was 10pt Arial; in Windows 7 it was changed to 11pt Calibri.
WordPad for
In Windows Vista support for reading Microsoft Word
In Windows 7 the program's user interface was updated to use a ribbon, similar to those in Microsoft Office.[16]
In January 2020, a
Discontinuation
In September 2023, Microsoft announced that WordPad will be removed from "a future release of Windows", recommending Notepad and Microsoft Word.[18][19]
In January 2024, WordPad was no longer auto-installed after a clean installation of the OS with the release of the Windows 11 Build 26020 Insider Preview’s Canary Channel. Furthermore, Microsoft stated that WordPad will be officially removed in future updates, and it will not be available for reinstallation.[20][21]
Microsoft recommended using Microsoft Word for rich text documents like
See also
- Jarte – a word processor based on the WordPad engine
- List of word processors
- Comparison of word processors
References
- ^ "April 23, 2024—KB5036980 (OS Builds 22621.3527 and 22631.3527) Preview". Microsoft Support. Microsoft.
- ^ mestew (9 February 2024). "Deprecated features in the Windows client - What's new in Windows". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-010 - Critical". Microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "RichEdit Versions 1.0 through 3.0 – Murray Sargent: Math in Office". Blogs.msdn.com. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "RichEdit versions – Murray Sargent: Math in Office". Blogs.msdn.com. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 23 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "WordPad Numbering Limit – Murray Sargent: Math in Office". Blogs.msdn.com. 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ WordPad (Compact 7) | Microsoft Docs
- ^ PC Magazine. Ziff Davis. 30 September 2010. Archived from the originalon 11 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ a b "[MS-WPODF]: WordPad ODF 1.1 Standards Support". Microsoft Docs. Microsoft. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Error message when you open a document file in Windows XP Service Pack 2". Archived from the original on 3 August 2015.
- ^ No programme will display old *.wri files correctly
- ^ How to open WRI files in Windows 7/8?
- ^ "WORDPAD Sample: The Windows Application". Msdn2.microsoft.com. 26 December 2016. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
- ^ "Enabling Text Correction for Custom Ink Collectors (Windows)". Msdn2.microsoft.com. 26 December 2016. Archived from the original on 13 September 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Using WordPad". Windows portal. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- Penton Media. Archived from the originalon 13 March 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^ Hruska, Joel (22 January 2020). "Microsoft is Testing Ads in Wordpad You Might Actually Be Glad to See -". ExtremeTech. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Warren, Tom (3 September 2023). "Microsoft is removing WordPad from Windows after nearly 30 years". The Verge. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Main, Nikki (4 September 2023). "Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin". Gizmodo.
- ^ a b Rashid, Dua (6 January 2024). "RIP Microsoft WordPad. You Will Be Missed". Gizmodo. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ a b Kaur, Gagandeep (8 January 2024). "Microsoft bids adieu to WordPad". Computerworld. Retrieved 13 January 2024.