Editing WordPad (section)

{{short description|Basic word processor formerly included with Microsoft Windows}}
{{distinguish|Windows Notepad|Microsoft Write|Microsoft Word}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox software
| name = WordPad
| logo = Microsoft Wordpad logo.png
| logo caption = 
| logo size = 80px
| logo alt = The WordPad Logo
| screenshot = Wordpad screenshot.png
| caption = Screenshot of WordPad in Windows 11
| developer = [[Microsoft]]
| released = {{Start date and age|August 24, 1995}}
| discontinued = yes
| latest release version = [[Windows 11, version 23H2]]<!-- Build 26016-->
| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/microsoft/VCSamples/tree/master/VC2010Samples/MFC/Visual%20C%2B%2B%202008%20Feature%20Pack/WordPad
|WordPad Sample: MFC WordPad Application}} (early version)
| programming language = [[C++]]
| replaces = [[Microsoft Write]]
| replaced_by = <!--[[Microsoft Word]] or [[Windows Notepad]] (suggested)-->
| operating system = [[Windows 95]] and [[Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions|higher]]
| platform = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]], and [[ARM architecture|ARM]]
| genre = [[Word processor]]
}}

'''WordPad''' is<!-- Do not change to "was". Discontinued software are not things that no longer exist. --> a [[word processor]] software designed by [[Microsoft]] that was included in versions of [[Microsoft Windows|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 [[Windows Notepad|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]]<ref> {{Cite web |last=Blog |first=Windows Insider |last2=Team |first2=Windows Insider Program |date=2024-05-22 |title=Releasing Windows 11, version 24H2 to the Release Preview Channel |url=https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/05/22/releasing-windows-11-version-24h2-to-the-release-preview-channel/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=Windows Insider Blog |language=en-US}}</ref> and it has no successor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=mestew |date=2024-02-09 |title=Deprecated features in the Windows client - What's new in Windows |url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=learn.microsoft.com |language=en-us}}</ref> 

Earlier versions primarily supported a subset of the [[Rich Text Format]] (RTF, .rtf) and [[Doc (computing)|Microsoft Word 6.0 formats]], although later versions are also capable of saving [[Office Open XML]] (OOXML, .docx) and [[OpenDocument Text]] (.odt) files.