I hope I am replying to all who offered the good and appreciated comments to my inquiry.
My ignorance here. I have had Word installed in my PC's for many years and never questioned that WordPad was a product of Word. *I was wrong*. As pointed out, it is a product of my basic Windows installation and I now have a shortcut to it on my Quick Launch bar as I've had for years. Unless something else crops up, I do not plan to reinstall Word on this freshly rebuilt PC. I sincerely thank and appreciate those who responded to my question so quickly. Especially for being gracious enough to not make an issue of my ignorance. 70 years old and still getting an education every single day. My one remaining unanswered question is if Writer will print address bar codes on envelopes along with addressee information. I certainly cannot find any way yet but have posted my question for any suggestions. Incidentally to the person who inquired about my application of WordPad---I use it for quick notes or copying and pasting items of a temporary nature. I like it for that because it opens almost instantly and is simple and easy to use. With my older PC's, Writer takes a fair bit longer to open and it is really overkill for some of my needs. Thank you all, Robert On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Robert Derman < [email protected]> wrote: > Robert Holtzman wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 07:03:21PM -0900, Duffield wrote: >> >> >>> Does Open Office Writer have any feature comparable to WordPad? I have >>> searched but find no reference yet to any quick and easy feature for >>> brief >>> notes as provided by WordPad. I keep WordPad in my Quick Launch Bar and >>> use >>> it often. With this feature, and having a couple other minor questions >>> answered, I could probably totally abandon my use of the Microsoft >>> product >>> in favor of Open Office. >>> >>> >> >> >From what I remember of Windows WordPad, is a separate application, not >> part of an office suite (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). You >> may want to use gedit on Linux or if you really mean quick and dirty >> notes look at Tomboy. >> >> > This is exactly correct, WordPad is part of the Windows Operating System > and it will be on you computer if you are using any version of Windows from > Windows 95 on, unless you have intentionally deleted it. It is NOT a part > of the MS Office package. It is a simple text editor, not a word processor, > and it was first included to permit writing code for BASIC. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Sent from my PC
