WordPad
Sign in to saveWordPad is a discontinued word processor software designed by Microsoft that was included in versions of Windows from Windows 95 through Windows 11, version 23H2. Similarly to its predecessor Microsoft Write, it served as a basic word processor, positioned as more advanced than the Notepad text editor by supporting rich text editing, but with a subset of the functionality of Microsoft Word. Microsoft removed WordPad in Windows 11 24H2 and it has no successor.
Key facts
- Software.name
- WordPad
- Software.logo
- Microsoft Wordpad logo.png
- Software.logo size
- 80px
- Software.logo alt
- The WordPad Logo
- Software.screenshot
- Wordpad screenshot.png
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of WordPad in Windows 11
- Software.developer
- Microsoft
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.latest release version
- 10.0.19041.6280
- Software.repo
- (early version)
- Software.programming language
- C++
- Software.replaces
- Microsoft Write
- Software.replaced_by
- Microsoft Word or Windows Notepad (suggested)
- Software.operating system
- Windows 95 and higher
- Software.platform
- IA-32, x86-64, and ARM
- Software.genre
- Word processor
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- Features
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- Discontinuation
- See also
- References
WordPad is a discontinued word processor software designed by Microsoft that was included in versions of Windows from Windows 95 through Windows 11, version 23H2. Similarly to its predecessor Microsoft Write, it served as a basic word processor, positioned as more advanced than the Notepad text editor by supporting rich text editing, but with a subset of the functionality of Microsoft Word. Microsoft removed WordPad in Windows 11 24H2 and it has no successor.
Earlier versions primarily supported a subset of the Rich Text Format (RTF, .rtf) and Microsoft Word 6.0 formats, although later versions are also capable of saving Office Open XML (OOXML, .docx) and OpenDocument Text (.odt) files.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “WordPad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.