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Difference Between Wordpad and Microsoft

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WordPad is an acronym for a word processor, it is one of the simplest word processors which comes with most of the versions of windows. It is free for use and it is also built by Microsoft.

Microsoft Word is computer software that has been built by Microsoft for the purpose of word processing. It supports various operating systems like Windows, Mac, Android etc. It is a paid software but its trial is available for free to use for a certain time period.

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Below is a table of differences between WordPad and Microsoft Word:

 

Microsoft Word

WordPad

1. Microsoft Word is word-processing computer software that has been built by Microsoft. WordPad is a simple word processing software/text editor built by Microsoft. 
2. It is a paid software with a trial version for users to check the functionality. It is free software that comes with Windows operating system.
3. It supports Windows 7 and higher. It supports Windows 95 and higher.
4. It comes with MS Office. It is not part of MS Office.
5. It has features like spell check and grammar check. It lacks features of spell check and grammar check.
6. It can save files in .docx format. It does not have a .docx file saving option.
7. It has a number of formatting options for text. There are not many formatting features available.
8. Default file format is .doc The default file format is Rich Text Format (.rtf)

Last Updated : 07 Feb, 2022
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