{"id":3049,"date":"2023-09-28T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yourtechupdates.com\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2023-09-28T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T00:05:00","slug":"end-of-an-era-goodbye-wordpad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzinganet.net\/end-of-an-era-goodbye-wordpad\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of an era: Goodbye WordPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/864871457?h=be785f1cc7\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Can you believe it? After 30 years of faithful service, Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on WordPad. The app that debuted with Windows 95, and lets you open a .doc file if you don\u2019t have Word installed, is being shown the door.<\/p>\n<p>But why now and what does it mean for your business?<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft recently announced plans to stop updating WordPad and eventually remove it from Windows altogether. It was a quiet reveal, and it&#8217;s unclear when this will happen, but it&#8217;s in the works.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest though\u2026 how many times have you accidentally opened a document in WordPad when you were aiming for Notepad?<\/p>\n<p>Notepad is what you use for plain text. WordPad is more like a word processor. Everyone gets them confused.<\/p>\n<p>Could this common mix-up be the reason behind WordPad&#8217;s impending demise? Or perhaps Microsoft is trying to nudge more people towards paying for Microsoft Word, a key part of its Microsoft 365 suite.<\/p>\n<p>In an excerpt from Microsoft&#8217;s recently updated Windows deprecated features list, they recommend using Microsoft Word for rich text documents and Windows Notepad for plain text documents. So, in other words, &#8220;WordPad who?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But let&#8217;s not get too sentimental here. As a lifelong Windows user, I can confess that I&#8217;ve mostly opened WordPad only by mistake. And if it does vanish, I won&#8217;t be losing sleep. There are plenty of other word processors out there, and I&#8217;m quite fond of Word.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you&#8217;re a diehard WordPad fan, don&#8217;t despair just yet. Microsoft is asking for feedback via the Windows Feedback Hub app. So, if there&#8217;s an outpouring of support, who knows? Maybe Microsoft will reconsider and allow WordPad to stick around, even if it&#8217;s just as an optional, rarely-updated app from the Microsoft Store.<\/p>\n<p>If we can help you discover the best apps for your business, get in touch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times have you opened WordPad in Windows when you meant to open Notepad? It looks like that problem will soon be gone for good. 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