2023-09-03 18:38:30
Microsoft has updated the official Windows documentation with a notice regarding the deprecation of WordPad. The company says WordPad is no longer under development, will not receive any new features or updates, and a future Windows update will remove the program from the operating system.
28 years ago, Microsoft announced WordPad, the successor to another text editor called Microsoft Write. WordPad was integrated into Windows 95, the newest and most powerful operating system from Microsoft at the time. Since then, WordPad has been incorporated into every version of Windows, providing users with basic text editing capabilities with support for RTF, DOC, ODT, and other popular formats. Almost thirty years later, Microsoft is ready to put an end to WordPad.
WordPad is no longer updated and will be removed in a future version of Windows. We recommend Microsoft Word for rich text documents such as .doc and .rtf and Windows Notepad for plain text documents such as .txt. Fortunately, there is no shortage of WordPad alternatives, both first- and third-party. You can use Notepad for basic text editing (the app recently got a tabbed interface and autosave session feature) or upgrade to more advanced editors, such as Microsoft Word. The latter is available for free on the web or as a standalone application in the Microsoft 365 subscription.
WordPad isn’t the only component Microsoft is removing from Windows. The company recently turned off Cortana, its neglected voice assistant, and announced the end of Microsoft Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT). In addition, Microsoft will soon disable older transport layer security protocols to make Windows 11 more secure.
It should be noted that deprecating and removing a feature are two different things, which means that WordPad will remain accessible for some time before Microsoft removes it from Windows. Besides, Windows enthusiasts will most likely find a way to restore WordPad for those who aren’t ready to give up this thirty-year-old application for something more modern.
Source : Microsoft
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