The word processor that comes with Windows, starting with Windows 95. Superseding Write, which came with Windows 3.1, WordPad supports Microsoft Word, RTF (Rich Text) and standard TXT (text) file formats. It offers rudimentary word processing capabilities and is nowhere near as extensive as Word. See Notepad.
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- Software downloads 2009-11-24
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- Software downloads 2009-11-10
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- Software downloads 2009-10-27
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- Software downloads 2009-10-27
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
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- Software downloads 2009-09-22
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- Software downloads 2009-09-20
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- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
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- Software downloads 2009-07-28
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- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
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- Software downloads 2009-07-11
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- Software downloads 2009-07-10
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- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
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- Discussion threads 2009-06-23
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- Software downloads 2009-06-11
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- Software downloads 2009-06-09
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- Software downloads 2009-06-05
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- Discussion threads 2009-05-16
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- Software downloads 2009-04-27
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- Discussion threads 2009-04-18
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