Wordpad

[Summer1]

Hi.

I was going to buy Word 2000 then I noticed that Wordpad comes with XP and
is very similiar.

Anyone know if and how I can add 'line dividers' (separate sections) like in
Word 2000 (Under the 'Insert' menu). Also, I know that I can align 'bullets'
left, centre, or right but can I adjust them anywhere along the line?

 

[philo]

Hi.

I was going to buy Word 2000 then I noticed that Wordpad comes with XP and
is very similiar.

Anyone know if and how I can add 'line dividers' (separate sections) like in
Word 2000 (Under the 'Insert' menu). Also, I know that I can align 'bullets'
left, centre, or right but can I adjust them anywhere along the line?

Wordpad is very limited

if you want a free, full-featured word processor try Open Office

 

[Summer1]

The file is over 160 GB.

Any smaller program with all the same features as Word 2000?

 

[Olórin]

The file is over 160 GB.

Any smaller program with all the same features as Word 2000?

160GB I very much doubt; MB, perhaps. It's a whole office suite, not just a
WP. Many people like AbiWord - never used it myself, but "Take a Tour" to
compare features with Word at

http://www.abisource.com/tour/

Download is 6MB.

 

[Jackson]

The file is over 160 GB.

Any smaller program with all the same features as Word 2000?

"philo" wrot

I have it with all the bells and whistles and it is exactly
100 MBs.

Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I was going to buy Word 2000 then I noticed that Wordpad comes with
XP and is very similiar.

Anyone know if and how I can add 'line dividers' (separate
sections) like in Word 2000 (Under the 'Insert' menu). Also, I know
that I can align 'bullets' left, centre, or right but can I adjust
them anywhere along the line?

Wordpad is *not* very similar to Microsoft Word (even an antiquated version
like Word 2000.) Microsoft Word versions - for PC - I can think of since
1995: Word '95, Word '97, Word 2000, Word XP (2002), Word 2003, Word 2007

OpenOffice is a fine choice if - much better than purchasing (I suppose you
were going to buy it used someplace) Microsoft Word 2000.

The full download of OpenOffice is 142MB. It installs and includes a viable
replacement (some would argue that point - but giving what version of Office
you were about to buy - I doubt you would) for Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
It will even save in formats those products can utilize (and vice-versa to
some extent.)

WordPad *is not* going to do what you need (given what you have.)

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi.

I was going to buy Word 2000 then I noticed that Wordpad comes with XP and
is very similiar.

Your choice, of course, but I don't think it's very similar at all.
The only way it could be considered similar would be if your use of it
was very simple indeed.

WordPad is essentially a text editor, not a word processor. If you are
interested in producing documents with any complexity at all, you need
a word processor, of which there are several choices, including Word
(in any of its versions, not just 2000, which is an old version),
WordPerfect (my personal choice), and the free OpenOffice.

 

[Don Phillipson]

WordPad is essentially a text editor, not a word processor. If you are
interested in producing documents with any complexity at all, you need
a word processor, of which there are several choices, including Word
(in any of its versions, not just 2000, which is an old version),
WordPerfect (my personal choice), and the free OpenOffice.

WP and Open Office Writer and MS Word are all "full-featured"
word processors, thus take a long time to load (including all
sorts of fancies seldom or never used, e.g. watermarks, graphic
editors etc. The OP's needs may best be met by WRITE as
supplied 15 years ago with Win3.1.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

WP and Open Office Writer and MS Word are all "full-featured"
word processors, thus take a long time to load (including all
sorts of fancies seldom or never used, e.g. watermarks, graphic
editors etc. The OP's needs may best be met by WRITE as
supplied 15 years ago with Win3.1.

Three points:

1. If the computer is a moderately good performer, none of these take
an unpleasantly long time to load, in my experience.

2. Write and WordPad are essentially the same product. What existed 15
years ago and what exists today differ to some extent, but not
greatly.

3. Please note the first word of my second sentence you quoted above:
"if." I don't know what his needs are, and I am not telling him what
to use. I am providing some choices, *if* he needs the ability to
produce more complex, fancier documents.

 

[John John (MVP)]

WordPad is essentially a text editor, not a word processor. If you are
interested in producing documents with any complexity at all, you need
a word processor, of which there are several choices, including Word
(in any of its versions, not just 2000, which is an old version),
WordPerfect (my personal choice), and the free OpenOffice.

WP...[is a] "full-featured" word processors,

If you mean WordPad then I guess your definition of "full-featured" is
different than mine.

John

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

WordPad is essentially a text editor, not a word processor. If you are
interested in producing documents with any complexity at all, you need
a word processor, of which there are several choices, including Word
(in any of its versions, not just 2000, which is an old version),
WordPerfect (my personal choice), and the free OpenOffice.

WP...[is a] "full-featured" word processors,

If you mean WordPad then I guess your definition of "full-featured" is
different than mine.

No, I'm sure he means WordPerfect, which I referred to in the message
he replied to, quoted above.

 

[John John (MVP)]

Don Phillipson wrote:

WordPad is essentially a text editor, not a word processor. If you are
interested in producing documents with any complexity at all, you need
a word processor, of which there are several choices, including Word
(in any of its versions, not just 2000, which is an old version),
WordPerfect (my personal choice), and the free OpenOffice.


WP...[is a] "full-featured" word processors,

If you mean WordPad then I guess your definition of "full-featured" is
different than mine.

No, I'm sure he means WordPerfect, which I referred to in the message
he replied to, quoted above.

I kind of thought that was what he meant, but being that the subject was
about WordPad I was wondering...

John

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Hi.

I was going to buy Word 2000 then I noticed that Wordpad comes with XP and
is very similiar.

Anyone know if and how I can add 'line dividers' (separate sections) like
in
Word 2000 (Under the 'Insert' menu). Also, I know that I can align
'bullets'
left, centre, or right but can I adjust them anywhere along the line?

Summer

If you want a cheap solution to your problem, go here..

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/default.mspx


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[Shenan Stanley]

I was going to buy Word 2000 then I noticed that Wordpad comes with
XP and is very similiar.

Anyone know if and how I can add 'line dividers' (separate
sections) like in Word 2000 (Under the 'Insert' menu). Also, I know
that I can align 'bullets' left, centre, or right but can I adjust
them anywhere along the line?

Wordpad is *not* very similar to Microsoft Word (even an antiquated
version like Word 2000.) Microsoft Word versions - for PC - I can
think of since 1995: Word '95, Word '97, Word 2000, Word XP (2002),
Word 2003, Word 2007
OpenOffice is a fine choice if - much better than purchasing (I
suppose you were going to buy it used someplace) Microsoft Word
2000.
The full download of OpenOffice is 142MB. It installs and includes
a viable replacement (some would argue that point - but giving what
version of Office you were about to buy - I doubt you would) for
Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It will even save in formats those
products can utilize (and vice-versa to some extent.)

WordPad *is not* going to do what you need (given what you have.)

Random additional information...

Through December 1, 2008, you could get Microsoft office 2007 Home and
Student Edition for $69.99 (for $6.99 - $16.99 more, you could get a CD
and/or license digital lockbox...)

http://office.microsoft.com/

Not a bad deal - considering it allows you to install on up to three of your
machines.

*shrug*
Thought I would throw it out there, given you were about to buy an obsolete
product. This would at least give you more (Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote
for up to three of your computers) and have you current (2007 vs. 2000) for
a bit longer.