Actually Word97 at least will save in .txt if you choose. It defaults to .doc but it will save in a variety of formats. My version of Wordpad saves only in .doc as Notepad saves only in .txt but Word itself can save in most file types. Tori donelias@xxxxxxxx wrote: > For me, it is that NotePad is so simple and WordPad is a little > more trouble. What I do is use NotePad for "small" jobs and > switch to MS Word for bigger jobs - I don't normally use > WordPad. NotePad saves files with NO formatting as TXT > files - very simple. WordPad's default is to save them as > DOC files, which is also the default for Word documents. > So if I want to open a DOC file saved from WordPad, > I have to convert it to a MS Word 97 file - a small problem > but an extra hassle. > > Don Elias > > On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:03:00 -0500 Tori <verse@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > I can never figure out why anyone uses Notepad instead of Wordpad > > in the first place. It's far more limited in options as well as > > size. Takes > > no longer to do it in Wordpad and have a nicer looking finished > > product > > that doesn't give error messages or size limitations. Aren't both > > standard > > in all versions of Windows? > > > > Tori > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/