o to file and then page set up and click in the box page numbers and will remove them
Anonymous
12 years ago
When I open wordpad the screen does not cover my computer screen. It’s just a small rectangle within the complete screen. How do I get wordpad to expand to take up the entire screen? Maximize/minimize don’t help. Thank you. [email protected]
joanl little
12 years ago
I would like to know how to change the defaults in and how to enlarge the toolbar icons. Also, is there a way to capitalize the 1st letter in a new line automatically?
Reginald Therrien
11 years ago
I spent 15 minutes creating a template for my private use. When I saved the template in a text format (this is what I needed the template for), it did not save any of my settings.
Sister Maria
11 years ago
How does one change the right margin? A Plain & Simple Windows 7 book says to drag the indent markers to set R. L, and indent margins. I tried, and nothing moves or changes. Sister
When preparing a document 2 or 3 columns
in width, how do you set tabs?
example:
Blah, blah, blah,blah How are you doing at
blah blah. Blah, blah, the new job? I hope it
blah! it works out.
Mary Hieke
11 years ago
when I copy & paste my document, only the copy is highlighted not the paste, where & how can I copy & paste?
Lynda A
10 years ago
When I insert the cursor to make a correction in a document, then type the correction, the next letter disappears. How do I stop this unrequested deletion?
Press the Insert key and see if this still happens.
pyotr
10 years ago
If I wanted a full fledge word processor, I’d use one.
I don’t want a “Rbbon” taking up screen space to offer forty-11 fonts in 18 sizes, buttons to edit pictures/images/ videos and sound files. All the while hiding the “basic” purposes of a wordprocesing : enter text, edit text and store text.
And what is with the default “double space” folderol?
No, Wordpad for Windows 7/8 is not “improved” – save as a means of improving sales or downloads of alternatives. Like so many MS “improvements” it is more … stuff to get in my way, and nto improve my “experience”.
If you don’t want the ribbon to take up space, double click on any of its tabs and it will be minimized. Then, you will have a full screen writing and reading experience.
I agree with you, and Windows 10 is no better. If anything, it is more confusing. Thinking if I can’t find the help I need in wordpad with windows 10, I am gonna hook my printer back up to my windiws xp computer.
Helen
10 years ago
I edit documents. This job requires the option of inserting Comments. Does WordPad offer this very basic tool? If so how do I access it? And if not … why not?
Or you can use Libreoffice for free. (Or WPS office, though it lacks many spell checking features in Libreoffice and MS Office) It has commenting on it. With Libreoffice, I don’t even see the need to use Wordpad
Lisa
10 years ago
Help Please… When I open a document the typing is lined up and it looks good til I go to print it, All words are misaligned and large spaces between words and numbers. Can any one help me fix this or tell me what I’ve done wrong
When you print, click on the Preferences button for the printer you want to use. Then, edit your printing settings to be as you want them to be. Also, you will find a Preview before printing setting. Enable it, so that you can view how the document will look when printed, before printing it.
1. Open File Explorer. Browse to where you saved the document. Then, right click on it and select Rename. Type the new name and press Enter.
2. Open File Explorer. Browse to where you saved the document. Then, select it and press Delete on your keyboard. Confirm that you want to delete the file.
Travis
10 years ago
How do you view page breaks for writing papers or reports for students? Thanks in advance.
ka
10 years ago
how to i make a template in the word pad from 2007?
Wordpad does not have this feature. You can create document templates in more complex software like Microsoft Word (found in the Microsoft Office package) or LibreOffice.
Lisa Madewell
10 years ago
I would like to be able to view the top & botton margins at all times, without clicking on Print Preview. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
Megan Popple
10 years ago
How do I vertically align text?
mike s.
10 years ago
I typed some stuff on word pad with windows 7 and saved it to the stick, when I put the stick in the laptop with windows 8 and I click on word pad and open it, everything I typed and saved on the stick is just a bunch of weird letters, how come my original stuff I typed doesn’t come up?
Maybe you used a font that you don’t have in Windows 8 or, a language with special characters that are not is not installed in Windows 8 or the encoding of the file is not supported by Windows 8.
EWARTY
10 years ago
excuse my ignorance but Im at in page two of my doc and it wont let me type anymore ???
MeMe
10 years ago
I would like to see the number of words and pages, and how do I turn on autocorrect?
judy murphy
10 years ago
I make lists. How do get my lists, whatever they are, alphabetized? For instance, I have a long list of books, and their authors. I want them alphabetized. How do I do that?
Benny G. Sørensen
10 years ago
When trying to send Wordpad Document as e-mail I get the error “Send Post could not send message”, No e-mail program attached. If I check standard programs in the control panel the outlook mail program which is in use are marked as the standard program for protocol MAILTO and MS-MAIL. ANy sugestions ?
I am having the same problem with e-mailing my document. Did you ever get an answer or find out how to fix this?
Lynn M Williams
10 years ago
Help! I have just found out that my resume does not print properly. For some reason there is missing and misaligned information in the last section. This is NOT a printer problem, as it has printed this way for several different prospective employers to whom I have sent it. I’m devastated and embarassed. IT LOOKS FINE ON PRINT PREVIEW! What could be the problem? The problem area is in my listing of references, which are listed as a name, a gap, title, a gap, and phone number. Could the problem be in the tabbing or leaving of spaces between those? Help please!
Ronald Conyers
10 years ago
Three Questions.
1. Is there spell check ? If so how do I access it?
2. When typing my resume, I don’t see all of the little bells and whistles such as large dot’s & squares.
3. How do I upload my resume onto a job application?
word pad re: ribbon bar; paragraph; line spacing.
referenced line spacing is set at 1.5 and space after paragraph. i changed the ‘line space’in the ribbon bar to 1.0 and do not space after paragraph. i also checked the same in the top bar. when i start typing, the ‘line space’ changes back to 1.5 and space after paragraph. how do i keep my change from reverting back to 1.5 and space aftr paragraph?
on the top number bar; click the print form icon which will show the line spacing selections. click the “space after paragraph” turning that off. hold down the control (ctrl) key and select the 1.0 in the list of selections.
James Braun
10 years ago
when i tried to do the above today; the “space after paragraph” would turn itself back on. I kept doing the above until it finally worked.
Robert Miles
10 years ago
Some but not all of my Wordpad documents ( i.e. RTF files) increase their file sizes disproportionally to the amount of content in them. I am referring to RTF documents containing only text content and not containing any inserted pictures or objects.
For example; a file that was originally 50 KB will increase to 100 KB in size
after I have re-opened it and to saved it and where I have only made minor editions to the document.
Each time that I open and save the file, its file size increases significantly, if not exponentially.
I suspect that this is only occurring to the RTF files in which I have copied-and-pasted text content
from the internet and I suspect that there are some embedded objects which have been pasted
into the RTF document along with the text … which I am unable to see on the page.
I didn’t have this problem until recently and I would like to be able to continue
copying-and-pasting text content from the internet into WordPad without their file sizes bloating up.
I copy-and-paste text content from the internet into Wordpad in order to compile excerpts of information,
so that I can (i) avoid the risk of infecting my computer from downloading webpages in their entirity ;
(ii) minimize the file size to maintain freespace on my HDD and to make the file easier to work with ;
and (iii) edit documents in a word processor with basic formatting capabilities.
Does anyone know the cause of the problem I have described and if so,
then how can I reduce the filesizes of the boated RTF files on my HDD
and how can I prevent this problem from re-occurring ?
Any solutions you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Miles.
FYI: I am using WordPad version 6.1.7601.17514 on the WIN 7 Pro SP1 ( 64-bit ) platform.
Hello Robert, did you solve the problem with the size of rtf files? For I have quite a same problem, not with all my rtf files, but sometimes it happens – that a file containing just moderately formated text (and some web links) suddenly becomes really huge – like tens or even hundreds of megabytes.
It naturally helps to reduce the size back if I save the text as a simple txt file (and subsequently possibly transfer back from txt to rtf) – but in this way the text of course looses all its formating.
…Well, just now I tried to copy all the text from a rtf file (opened in Wordpad) to MS Word (2010, 64b) and then let Word to save it as rtf – and so far this seems to work the best of what I’ve tried.
Best regards, Jan
(W7 Ultimate SP1 64b, Wordpad 6.1.7601.17514)
Wrenn
10 years ago
On the Windows 8 version of WordPad, how can I get it to show the page breaks? I am a student and I really need to see where I am on the page without referring back to print preview all of the time.
Thanks in advance!
Get Libreoffice, WPS office, or just use Google docs. I prefer Libreoffice, of all the free ones.
Sören Robertsson
10 years ago
How can I sort Words in a list after the first letter i the Words? I have Windows 7.
John
9 years ago
This new wordpad sucks. The old one was much better (from screenshot 1). The main problem is that they tried to turn it into Microsoft Office’s Word – but if I wanted to use that, I’d use that. I used to use wordpad because it was a better version of the notepad. Now it’s just a worse version of Word… so what’s the point of even using it any longer? Guess it’s back to using the notepad… ugh.
Alaa Aref
9 years ago
what if i forgot to save a document and closed it .
Howard Wolfman
9 years ago
I use Office 2010, all of the sudden, when I open MS Word and save a document it is saved in Wordpad, How can I get back to saving in MS Word.?
angela cotton
9 years ago
I am trying to print something from the wordpad obviously its in the wrong format because on print preview and printing it looks like a bunch of jiberish instead of the document im trying to print? ? What do i need to do.ive tried changing formats not letting me.
shirley
9 years ago
how can I set defaults so that every new document is created using a certain font type and size?
Maggie
9 years ago
How do I transfer the document I created to Facebook?
Elizabeth
9 years ago
Why is my WP document printing differently than it looks on screen? Different placement of text?
I. van Rhyn
9 years ago
I had Windows XP before and created columns on Wordpad to keep records of my guest house (about 7 different columns with for example name of guest, date of arrival, length of stay etc. When I upgraded to Windows 8.1, I discovered with a shock that when all this data for the past 10 years was transferred to my new computer it did not work any longer as nothing is aligned at all. I want to know how I can fix this problem as I am already 2 months behind with all the new data that needs to be added . I don’t like Excell because it is way too complicated
Leroy Ahlers
9 years ago
Document as typed looks good but when printed or looked at in print preview it changes from the original. Paragraph indents are all messed up. How can I print it to look like I have it typed out? Very frustrating. I have tried saving etc. If I could correct it on the print preview page but that is not an option?
Bob
9 years ago
When I paste a printed document with a graph or chart, the charts and graphs do not paste. Why? How can I fix it.
Donald G. Wilson
9 years ago
I used to run Micro Basic Office 2007 on my other computer. My new computer is running Windows 8 and although I have the CD for Basic Office it will not take it. So, I am using Wordpad
to type letters but I would like to make my own return address labels. I have Avery #18160 for template 5160. I asm lost and cannot seem to make it work and I do not want to buy anything more.
tina downahm
9 years ago
thank you for this tutorial. Am I able to print an insert for a card. I usually go into format but cant find it on wordpad
Phil
8 years ago
Please, how do I get around the “double space” problem?
How do I skip to the next page when typing for a new chapter, ect.?
why is “Wordpad” so unreliable when using the “Save AS’ feature on a simple .txt file, saving to .dos. Edlin was reliable
Steve B.
8 years ago
Was typing along in WordPad and the page I was typing simply dissapeared! Nowhere to be found. I continued typing my closing, wrongly assuming that the initial page was somewhere….all I got was the last sentence….What gives?
James Robinson
8 years ago
I have an existing resume and I want to add info to it. Also I need my headline to be in a box
wanda
8 years ago
I HATE Windows 10. Working on my new lap top and got printer hooked up, only 2 discover in windows 10, word pad only double spaces, so there goes my cookbook I was printing. Wish I could go back to XP. Can anyone tell me how to single space in word pad for windows 10?
When you press enter to go to the next line, hold down the shift key, probably with your left hand, and it should only go down one line, instead of two. It’s not only windows 10 but other versions such as 8.1 also seem to have this problem. Also, try not to think like a human, rather we must all go to roboton thinking, or should we resist?
wanda
8 years ago
Now I had to uninstall and reinstall my printer as it would NOT print if I did not save everything i printed. One thing I see missing when using wordpad NOW, is in the upper left corner was something like a clipboard, that you clicked on to say save or not. Well I could click do not save and all was cool. It just showed a blank screen to post again. NOW as of about 3 hrs, the only way to click save or not save, is to the click the arrow in right hand corner, which closes the wordpad completely. Any suggestions? I have tried and tried to get that clipboard icon back with no luck. Thanks.
MSPaint for Windows 7 rocks too
would be nice if both Paint and WordPad could be available for Windows XP 🙂
How do I get “draft 10cpi” font that was available in Wordpad in Windows 98, which I had before going to Windows 7?
How do I get it to not print page numbers?
o to file and then page set up and click in the box page numbers and will remove them
When I open wordpad the screen does not cover my computer screen. It’s just a small rectangle within the complete screen. How do I get wordpad to expand to take up the entire screen? Maximize/minimize don’t help. Thank you. [email protected]
I would like to know how to change the defaults in and how to enlarge the toolbar icons. Also, is there a way to capitalize the 1st letter in a new line automatically?
I spent 15 minutes creating a template for my private use. When I saved the template in a text format (this is what I needed the template for), it did not save any of my settings.
How does one change the right margin? A Plain & Simple Windows 7 book says to drag the indent markers to set R. L, and indent margins. I tried, and nothing moves or changes. Sister
Can you explain better what you are trying to do?
How do you change the vertical spacing on windows 8? We have it set on 1 but it gives us a space and a half (1 1/2) between lines.
Yes, how do you change the vertical spacing for wordpad on windows 8?
I would like each line below the one above it with no space between.
I want to single space my document. I select 1, but still get double spacing.
How do I set tabs so I can print vertical columns
in wordpad with windows8?
I do not understand your question.
When preparing a document 2 or 3 columns
in width, how do you set tabs?
example:
Blah, blah, blah,blah How are you doing at
blah blah. Blah, blah, the new job? I hope it
blah! it works out.
when I copy & paste my document, only the copy is highlighted not the paste, where & how can I copy & paste?
When I insert the cursor to make a correction in a document, then type the correction, the next letter disappears. How do I stop this unrequested deletion?
Press the Insert key and see if this still happens.
If I wanted a full fledge word processor, I’d use one.
I don’t want a “Rbbon” taking up screen space to offer forty-11 fonts in 18 sizes, buttons to edit pictures/images/ videos and sound files. All the while hiding the “basic” purposes of a wordprocesing : enter text, edit text and store text.
And what is with the default “double space” folderol?
No, Wordpad for Windows 7/8 is not “improved” – save as a means of improving sales or downloads of alternatives. Like so many MS “improvements” it is more … stuff to get in my way, and nto improve my “experience”.
If you don’t want the ribbon to take up space, double click on any of its tabs and it will be minimized. Then, you will have a full screen writing and reading experience.
I agree with you, and Windows 10 is no better. If anything, it is more confusing. Thinking if I can’t find the help I need in wordpad with windows 10, I am gonna hook my printer back up to my windiws xp computer.
I edit documents. This job requires the option of inserting Comments. Does WordPad offer this very basic tool? If so how do I access it? And if not … why not?
Or you can use Libreoffice for free. (Or WPS office, though it lacks many spell checking features in Libreoffice and MS Office) It has commenting on it. With Libreoffice, I don’t even see the need to use Wordpad
Help Please… When I open a document the typing is lined up and it looks good til I go to print it, All words are misaligned and large spaces between words and numbers. Can any one help me fix this or tell me what I’ve done wrong
When you print, click on the Preferences button for the printer you want to use. Then, edit your printing settings to be as you want them to be. Also, you will find a Preview before printing setting. Enable it, so that you can view how the document will look when printed, before printing it.
I have same problem. Have u found a solution?
How do I rename document saved as rich text using windows 8?
How do I delete document saved as rich text using windows 8?
1. Open File Explorer. Browse to where you saved the document. Then, right click on it and select Rename. Type the new name and press Enter.
2. Open File Explorer. Browse to where you saved the document. Then, select it and press Delete on your keyboard. Confirm that you want to delete the file.
How do you view page breaks for writing papers or reports for students? Thanks in advance.
how to i make a template in the word pad from 2007?
Wordpad does not have this feature. You can create document templates in more complex software like Microsoft Word (found in the Microsoft Office package) or LibreOffice.
I would like to be able to view the top & botton margins at all times, without clicking on Print Preview. Is there a way to do this?
Thanks
How do I vertically align text?
I typed some stuff on word pad with windows 7 and saved it to the stick, when I put the stick in the laptop with windows 8 and I click on word pad and open it, everything I typed and saved on the stick is just a bunch of weird letters, how come my original stuff I typed doesn’t come up?
Maybe you used a font that you don’t have in Windows 8 or, a language with special characters that are not is not installed in Windows 8 or the encoding of the file is not supported by Windows 8.
excuse my ignorance but Im at in page two of my doc and it wont let me type anymore ???
I would like to see the number of words and pages, and how do I turn on autocorrect?
I make lists. How do get my lists, whatever they are, alphabetized? For instance, I have a long list of books, and their authors. I want them alphabetized. How do I do that?
When trying to send Wordpad Document as e-mail I get the error “Send Post could not send message”, No e-mail program attached. If I check standard programs in the control panel the outlook mail program which is in use are marked as the standard program for protocol MAILTO and MS-MAIL. ANy sugestions ?
I am looking for a fix to the same problem.
I am having the same problem with e-mailing my document. Did you ever get an answer or find out how to fix this?
Help! I have just found out that my resume does not print properly. For some reason there is missing and misaligned information in the last section. This is NOT a printer problem, as it has printed this way for several different prospective employers to whom I have sent it. I’m devastated and embarassed. IT LOOKS FINE ON PRINT PREVIEW! What could be the problem? The problem area is in my listing of references, which are listed as a name, a gap, title, a gap, and phone number. Could the problem be in the tabbing or leaving of spaces between those? Help please!
Three Questions.
1. Is there spell check ? If so how do I access it?
2. When typing my resume, I don’t see all of the little bells and whistles such as large dot’s & squares.
3. How do I upload my resume onto a job application?
so far so good
word pad re: ribbon bar; paragraph; line spacing.
referenced line spacing is set at 1.5 and space after paragraph. i changed the ‘line space’in the ribbon bar to 1.0 and do not space after paragraph. i also checked the same in the top bar. when i start typing, the ‘line space’ changes back to 1.5 and space after paragraph. how do i keep my change from reverting back to 1.5 and space aftr paragraph?
on the top number bar; click the print form icon which will show the line spacing selections. click the “space after paragraph” turning that off. hold down the control (ctrl) key and select the 1.0 in the list of selections.
when i tried to do the above today; the “space after paragraph” would turn itself back on. I kept doing the above until it finally worked.
Some but not all of my Wordpad documents ( i.e. RTF files) increase their file sizes disproportionally to the amount of content in them. I am referring to RTF documents containing only text content and not containing any inserted pictures or objects.
For example; a file that was originally 50 KB will increase to 100 KB in size
after I have re-opened it and to saved it and where I have only made minor editions to the document.
Each time that I open and save the file, its file size increases significantly, if not exponentially.
I suspect that this is only occurring to the RTF files in which I have copied-and-pasted text content
from the internet and I suspect that there are some embedded objects which have been pasted
into the RTF document along with the text … which I am unable to see on the page.
I didn’t have this problem until recently and I would like to be able to continue
copying-and-pasting text content from the internet into WordPad without their file sizes bloating up.
I copy-and-paste text content from the internet into Wordpad in order to compile excerpts of information,
so that I can (i) avoid the risk of infecting my computer from downloading webpages in their entirity ;
(ii) minimize the file size to maintain freespace on my HDD and to make the file easier to work with ;
and (iii) edit documents in a word processor with basic formatting capabilities.
Does anyone know the cause of the problem I have described and if so,
then how can I reduce the filesizes of the boated RTF files on my HDD
and how can I prevent this problem from re-occurring ?
Any solutions you can provide will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you, Miles.
FYI: I am using WordPad version 6.1.7601.17514 on the WIN 7 Pro SP1 ( 64-bit ) platform.
Hello Robert, did you solve the problem with the size of rtf files? For I have quite a same problem, not with all my rtf files, but sometimes it happens – that a file containing just moderately formated text (and some web links) suddenly becomes really huge – like tens or even hundreds of megabytes.
It naturally helps to reduce the size back if I save the text as a simple txt file (and subsequently possibly transfer back from txt to rtf) – but in this way the text of course looses all its formating.
…Well, just now I tried to copy all the text from a rtf file (opened in Wordpad) to MS Word (2010, 64b) and then let Word to save it as rtf – and so far this seems to work the best of what I’ve tried.
Best regards, Jan
(W7 Ultimate SP1 64b, Wordpad 6.1.7601.17514)
On the Windows 8 version of WordPad, how can I get it to show the page breaks? I am a student and I really need to see where I am on the page without referring back to print preview all of the time.
Thanks in advance!
Get Libreoffice, WPS office, or just use Google docs. I prefer Libreoffice, of all the free ones.
How can I sort Words in a list after the first letter i the Words? I have Windows 7.
This new wordpad sucks. The old one was much better (from screenshot 1). The main problem is that they tried to turn it into Microsoft Office’s Word – but if I wanted to use that, I’d use that. I used to use wordpad because it was a better version of the notepad. Now it’s just a worse version of Word… so what’s the point of even using it any longer? Guess it’s back to using the notepad… ugh.
what if i forgot to save a document and closed it .
I use Office 2010, all of the sudden, when I open MS Word and save a document it is saved in Wordpad, How can I get back to saving in MS Word.?
I am trying to print something from the wordpad obviously its in the wrong format because on print preview and printing it looks like a bunch of jiberish instead of the document im trying to print? ? What do i need to do.ive tried changing formats not letting me.
how can I set defaults so that every new document is created using a certain font type and size?
How do I transfer the document I created to Facebook?
Why is my WP document printing differently than it looks on screen? Different placement of text?
I had Windows XP before and created columns on Wordpad to keep records of my guest house (about 7 different columns with for example name of guest, date of arrival, length of stay etc. When I upgraded to Windows 8.1, I discovered with a shock that when all this data for the past 10 years was transferred to my new computer it did not work any longer as nothing is aligned at all. I want to know how I can fix this problem as I am already 2 months behind with all the new data that needs to be added . I don’t like Excell because it is way too complicated
Document as typed looks good but when printed or looked at in print preview it changes from the original. Paragraph indents are all messed up. How can I print it to look like I have it typed out? Very frustrating. I have tried saving etc. If I could correct it on the print preview page but that is not an option?
When I paste a printed document with a graph or chart, the charts and graphs do not paste. Why? How can I fix it.
I used to run Micro Basic Office 2007 on my other computer. My new computer is running Windows 8 and although I have the CD for Basic Office it will not take it. So, I am using Wordpad
to type letters but I would like to make my own return address labels. I have Avery #18160 for template 5160. I asm lost and cannot seem to make it work and I do not want to buy anything more.
thank you for this tutorial. Am I able to print an insert for a card. I usually go into format but cant find it on wordpad
Please, how do I get around the “double space” problem?
How do I skip to the next page when typing for a new chapter, ect.?
Thank you!
How do I change the double space to single space?
why is “Wordpad” so unreliable when using the “Save AS’ feature on a simple .txt file, saving to .dos. Edlin was reliable
Was typing along in WordPad and the page I was typing simply dissapeared! Nowhere to be found. I continued typing my closing, wrongly assuming that the initial page was somewhere….all I got was the last sentence….What gives?
I have an existing resume and I want to add info to it. Also I need my headline to be in a box
I HATE Windows 10. Working on my new lap top and got printer hooked up, only 2 discover in windows 10, word pad only double spaces, so there goes my cookbook I was printing. Wish I could go back to XP. Can anyone tell me how to single space in word pad for windows 10?
When you press enter to go to the next line, hold down the shift key, probably with your left hand, and it should only go down one line, instead of two. It’s not only windows 10 but other versions such as 8.1 also seem to have this problem. Also, try not to think like a human, rather we must all go to roboton thinking, or should we resist?
Now I had to uninstall and reinstall my printer as it would NOT print if I did not save everything i printed. One thing I see missing when using wordpad NOW, is in the upper left corner was something like a clipboard, that you clicked on to say save or not. Well I could click do not save and all was cool. It just showed a blank screen to post again. NOW as of about 3 hrs, the only way to click save or not save, is to the click the arrow in right hand corner, which closes the wordpad completely. Any suggestions? I have tried and tried to get that clipboard icon back with no luck. Thanks.