Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor first included with Microsoft Windows 95 and all versions since. Although capable of doing more than Notepad, WordPad is not as advanced as Microsoft Word. However, it does give you additional features, such as the capability of inserting pictures and text formatting. The picture below shows an example of Microsoft WordPad.

Microsoft WordPad is capable of editing and saving plain-text file (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), and OpenDocument text (.odt) format files.

Note:- all versions of WordPad support all above formats. Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows XP does not support the .docx format. Windows 7 introduced the support of .odt files, so early versions of Windows do not support this format as well.

How to open Microsoft WordPad.

Users who are using a version of Microsoft Windows that supports WordPad can run Microsoft WordPad (wordpad.exe) by following the steps below.

Windows 10.

Click the Start menu.

Type WordPad and press Enter.

Windows 8

On the Start screen, type WordPad.

In the search results, click the WordPad

Windows 7 and earlier

Click the Start menu.

Click the Run option.

Type WordPad or write, and then press Enter.

OR

1. Click the Start menu.
2. Click Programs and then Accessories.
3. Click the WordPad icon.

File menu (Alt+F)

Send in Email:-This command is use to send our WordPad file with support of via internet or network connection to other computer user.

Home/Font Tab

Font: – This option is use to changing the selected font style/face you want.

Font Size: – This option is use to size changing the selected font size by increasing or decreasing.

Grow font: – This option is use to Increases the selected font size.

Shrink font: – This option is use to Decreases the selected font size.

Bold: – This option is use to Make the text Bold where it is selected.

Italic: – This option is use to Italicize the selected text.

Underline: – This option is use to Underline the selected text.

Strikethrough: – This option is use to Add a line through the middle of the text where you select.

Subscript:- This option is use to Make the selected letter or number smaller to the base of any text or number/s in the Font Group in Microsoft Word Document

Superscripts:- This option is use to Make the selected letter or number smaller to the power of any text or number/s in Font Group in Microsoft Word Document

Text highlight color: – This option is use to Highlight the selected text with color.

Font Color: This option is use to Change the text in different colors where it is selected

Decrease indent: This option is use to move our selected paragraphs from right to left side in page.

Increase indent: This option is use to move our selected paragraph from right to left side of page.

Bullets: This option is use to set continues special symbols, starting with paragraphs.

Paragraph space: This option is use to adjust spacing between paragraphs.

Left align: This option is use to type our paragraph from left to right side of page.

Center align: This option is use to type our paragraph from center of page.

Right align: This option is use to type our paragraph from right to left side of page

Justify: This option is use to type equals from both side of page, this remove unnecessary space between words.

Show/Hide: This is a paragraph symbol, which identify the paragraphs old or new.

Picture:- This option is use to insert picture in our WordPad file such as .jpg,.tif,.gif,.bmp etc.

Paint drawing:- This option is use to insert bitmap picture from paint program, not to yet save our paint file.

Date and time:- This option is use to insert current date and time in many formats.

Insert Object:- This option is use to insert any picture or file created from any utility program with support of WordPad program.

Find:- This option is use to find any special text or character in our file.

Replace:- This option is use to replace any exiting text or word.

Select all:- This option is use to select all story in our file at once.

View Tab

Zoom in :- This option is use to make our page in large size

Zoom out :- This option is use to make our page in small size

100% :- This option is use to set our page in actual size on screen.

Ruler :- This option is use to enable/disable ruler in WordPad window.

Status bar :- This option is use to enable/disable status bar in WordPad window.

Word wrap :- This option is use to wrap our paragraph in line to window or window to line.

Measurement unit :- This option is use to set ruler measurement unit of worpad.