WordPad
| WordPad | |
|---|---|
Screenshot of WordPad in Windows 11 | |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Initial release | August 24, 1995 |
| Final release | 10.0.19041.6280
/ August 21, 2025 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows 95 and higher |
| Platform | IA-32, x86-64, and ARM |
| Predecessor | Microsoft Write |
| Successor | Microsoft Word or Windows Notepad (suggested) |
| Type | Word processor |
| Repository | WordPad Sample: MFC WordPad Application (early version) |
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.