On Nov 21, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Robert Derman 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.
You have confused WordPad (formerly known as Windows Write), a low-function word processor, with Windows Notepad, a plain text editor. The only thing WordPad can do that OOo can not is start quickly. And neither one was ever designed for writing BASIC. Microsoft has never had a BASIC for DOS or Windows that did not include its own editor. Notepad is, however, useful for BAT files and CONFIG.SYS. -- John W Kennedy "The first effect of not believing in God is to believe in anything...." -- Emile Cammaerts, "The Laughing Prophet" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
