Changing default settings for MS Wordpad?


  1. Posts : 124
    Windows 10
       #1

    Changing default settings for MS Wordpad?


    Is there some way to change the default settings for MS Word in Win10?

    Specifically, I would the following to be default:

    Line spacing: 1.00

    Add 10 pt space after paragraph (FALSE)

    Word wrap: Wrap to window
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  2. Posts : 42,988
    Win 10 Pro (22H2) (2nd PC is 22H2)
       #2

    see
    Trying to set Wordpad default to single space

    There used to be a program one could run that did this: wordpadfix.msi
    Wordpad Double Spacing issue
    - it still seems to work.

    Otherwise, use one of the various free small editors- plenty to choose from.
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  3. Posts : 124
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Is the old WinXP style wordpad in Win10, hidden somewhere? Or can it be downloaded from somewhere?

    (I don't know whether Win7 or 8 wordpad is different, I went from WinXP->Win10, but I'd like the kind of wordpad that was in XP)
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  4. Posts : 124
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
       #4

    dalchina said:
    see
    Trying to set Wordpad default to single space

    There used to be a program one could run that did this: wordpadfix.msi
    Wordpad Double Spacing issue
    - it still seems to work.

    Otherwise, use one of the various free small editors- plenty to choose from.
    So this works in 10? It says in the link that its for Win7.
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    Alfred001 said:
    Is the old WinXP style wordpad in Win10, hidden somewhere? Or can it be downloaded from somewhere?

    (I don't know whether Win7 or 8 wordpad is different, I went from WinXP->Win10, but I'd like the kind of wordpad that was in XP)
    I think it will look different due to the Ribbons styling. I have been able to install Office 2000 on the Insider Preview/IP version of Win10, basics work fine but wouldn't count on Outlook or Access to do the same, they are more powerful programs.
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  6. Posts : 42,988
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       #6

    Alfred001 said:
    So this works in 10? It says in the link that its for Win7.
    It did work once in the session in which I installed it again, but not thereafter. No surprise really.

    Best advice: simply use a different editor.
    Example: Polyedit lite if you want something smaller than an office program with more capability including spell check:
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    Last edited by dalchina; 17 Feb 2017 at 02:16.
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