WordPad is a basic word processor available in every version of Microsoft's operating systems since Windows 95. It can be used to create and modify documents. Although slower to load than Notepad, it can handle graphics and rich formatting, unlike notepad, along with handling larger files. WordPad is well preferred for taking quick notes and text-based writing.

How to open Microsoft WordPad

i.Click the Start menu.

ii.Click All Programs and then Accessories.

iii.Click the Wordpad .

Or

Press “Win key + R”
i. The “Run” command box will appear
ii. Inside the “Open” drop-down box type “WordPad or write”
iii. Then press “enter key” for “OK”


                 Element of wordpad window

 

Microsoft WordPad is capable of editing and saving plain-text file (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), and Open Document text (.odt) format files.

Home Tab

Clipboard Group

Same as paint

Font Group


 Font Family

This option is used to change the different type of font style on selected text.

 Font size

This option is used to change the font size on selected text.

 Grow font (ctrl+>)

This option is used to increase the font size on selected text.

  Shrink font (ctrl+<)

This option is used to decrease the font size on selected text.

 Bold (ctrl+B)

This option is used to bold the selected text.

 Italic (ctrl+I)

This option is used to Italic the selected text.

 Underline (ctrl+U)

This option is used to underline the selected text.

 Strikethrough

This option is used to draw a line through the middle of the selected text. Ex.-STERLIATE

 Subsscript (ctrl+=)

This option is used to create small letters below the text baseline of the selected text.

           E.g.:- H2O,K2SO4, Sterliate Educations  etc

 Superscript (ctrl+shift+=)

superscript is a number or letter that's written slightly above another character.

E.g.:- x2, sterliate,(a+b)2=a2+2ab+b2 etc

*                      Text highlight color

This option is used to highlight the text with a highlight pen.

E.g.:-STERLIATE EDUCATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED

 

* Font color

This option is used to change the text color.

 

Paragraph group

*   Decrease indents (Ctrl+Shift+M)

This option is used to decrease the indent level of the paragraph of selected text.

*    Increase indents (Ctrl+M)

Bullets

This option is used to create bulleted list.

E.g.:-

·        Santosh kumar

·        Gagan kr singh

·        Rajeev ranjan

·        s.k choudhary

·        Shubham

·        Sapna sinha

·        Srijan

·        somu

*  Line spacing

This option is used to changes the spacing between lines of selected text or paragraph. You can also add or remove the 10pt space after paragraphs.

Align Text Left (Ctrl+L)

This option is used to left align move the selected text or paragraph.

Align Text Centre (Ctrl+E)

This option is used to move in center the selected text or paragraph.

Align Text Right (Ctrl+R)

This option is used to right align move the selected text or paragraph.

Align Text Justify (Ctrl+J)

This option is used to both align text the left and right margin of selected text or paragraph.

*  Paragraph

  This option is used to create a paragraph at indentation margin (Left & Right),set the first line to indent to indent only the first line of a paragraph ,line spacing,add space after paragraph  & alignment text (Left,Right,centre ,Justified).

Tabs

This option is used to insert the tab position for the marking the tabular text with table. By default tab position is 0.5”.

 

Insert Group

Picture

This option is used to insert a picture from a file.

Paint Drawing

This option is used to insert drawing created in paint.

Date and Time

 

This option is used to insert the set of system date or time inserting point in document.

Insert object

 

This option is used to insert any object in document to prepare new object.

 

Editing Group

          Find(Ctrl+F)

This option is used to search any specified text,or other content in document.

 

Replace (Ctrl+H)

This option is used to replace text in the document.

Select all (Ctrl+A)

This option is used to select whole text or graphics of the current document

 

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