How to Open .Doc in WordPad. The WordPad program is a simple word processing program that is included with every copy of Windows. Even though Microsoft removed the ability to save a document in ...

Notepad, Paint, WordPad Are Optional in Windows 10 Preview When was the last time you opened these Windows apps?

How to Open WordPad in Windows 7. Included with every version of Windows 7 is WordPad, a lightweight program that gives you the basic functionality of a word processor.

Microsoft Paint and WordPad might be optional features for Windows 10 in the future. Both apps appeared in the Optional Features section of a recent Insider build of Windows 10.

After a 30-year run, Microsoft WordPad is being put out to pasture in favor of newer software. Microsoft says there is no need to worry, however, as it offers two options to take its place.