How does "Word Pad" that you can get for Windows 7 compare to the Word processor that came with VISTA?

Question

WHY Windows 7 never came with a real word processor and you had to get it somewhere else? I think they want you to pay 100 dollars for Office..but can get a cheap word processor called "Word Pad" for free or "open office? which isnt compatible with a lot of files created on teh word procesor or Vista or XP?

how did the word processor on Windows VISTA work and how compared to Word pad and why?

please explain what you can.

thansk for your answers!

Answer 1

Microsoft Windows has come bundled with two text editors for as long as I can remember (ok technically not true; but as long as matters anyway). There's notepad (notepad.exe) which is a plain text editor, and Word Pad (wordpad.exe;write.exe) which is a rich text editor. These two applications have been included in all three versions of Windows you mentioned; although their appearance may have changed slightly (most notably with Windows 7's introduction of the Ribbon UI in WordPad).



If you've used Vista before and found it to feature a more fully-featured Word Processor chances are it was not part of the Operating System. This was more-than-likely an aftermarket product such as Microsoft Word or OpenOffice.org Writer.



Microsoft Office is a great suite of programs however is heavily priced. Free alternatives do exist; I would recommend LibreOffice or OpenOffice.org. I'm not sure where you got the info about compatability as I've never had an issue with OpenOffice.org or LibreOffice when using them in combination with Microsoft Office XP (2002) at uni.



OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice can open documents saved using any version of Microsoft Office (up to and including 2010 and the *.docx, *.pptx, etc formats). There is occasionally a small amount of alteration when viewing a file created in one suite with another suite, however this is minimal and providing you're not using heavily advanced features chances are you'll never notice.

Answer 2

The word processor that came with Windows Vista was called Wordpad, just the same as it was in Windows XP and Windows 7.



OpenOffice files ARE compatible with word processors on Windows XP and Windows Vista ... Windows 7 too. You just need to save the files in the correct format. i.e. you click on File > Save As, and then choose Microsoft Word 97-2003 (.doc) format. These files can be easily opened, edited and saved again using any Microsoft Office program from Microsoft Office 97 up to and including Microsoft Office 2010.

Answer 3

Actually WordPad has been in every copy of Windows going back to Windows 98 and maybe earlier. I'm not sure what word processor you're referring to that came with Vista because Notepad and WordPad are the only two apps that come with Windows. You may be thinking of Microsoft Works or another application that came bundled with your laptop, but it definitely didn't come with Windows.



OpenOffice and LibreOffice are two good open source MS Office equivalents that have a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, and database applications.

Answer 4

once you're questioning Microsoft observe, no, Ms observe is a factor of the Microsoft workplace equipment. It does not contain abode windows -- workplace is bought seperately. now and back it may contain a tribulation version of workplace 2007 put in -- which has a 30-60 day hindrance. This in straightforward terms occurs in the event that they OS grow to be bought to you purchase a branded enterprise -- area of an settlement between the enterprise and Microsoft. you are able to the two % to purchase it, or you are able to uninstall it and use loose selections like Abiword, Google scientific docs or the ever so popular OpenOffice.

Answer 5

Windows 7 does come with a Microsoft Works Word Processor but it has less features than Microsoft Office.