Everything about WordPad
Basic word processor formerly included with Microsoft Windows
WordPad is a discontinued word processor application 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 starting with Windows 11 24H2 and it has no successor. In September 2026, Microsoft announced that support for WordPad on editions of Windows 10 which are not in the Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) will end on May 11, 2027. Microsoft recommends the use of Microsoft Word for editing DOCX and RTF files and Notepad for editing TXT files instead. The last edition to include WordPad is Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, supported until January 13, 2032, at which point WordPad support fully ends. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: WordPadA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Welcome to computers for ESL studentsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Reusable photonic wordpad with water as ink prepared by radical polymerizationCited 30 times
- Go sideways: Microsoft WriteA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Windows NotepadA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
đź“š Books worth reading
Welcome to computers for ESL studentsOlivia Adendorff · 2006
Welcome to computers for ESL studentsLois Wooden · 2012
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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