When you open WordPad, all the fonts that are installed on your computer should appear in the drop-down list in your font menu bar. Please explain what you mean when you say that you are not able to save a "specific font" so it's available to be used next time. If it's installed in your font folder within Windows, it's available.
Notepad (as it comes installed on Windows) does not have the capability to drag and drop. You must highlight your text, cut, and paste it to a new location. There are some shareware versions of Notepad clones that do allow you to drag and drop text (particularly useful when writing HTML code). If you'd like to find these versions, Google is your friend.
Thanks for your answer. I use notepad, but also notepad2, and I clearly was able to highlight a part of text that I had already saved, and then drag it somewhere else(into an email for instance). I'm not able to do that anymore.(I am able to drag a FRESHLY written part of text (not saved yet) though...).
When I open wordpad I want it to open with a specific font and size. However I always have to re-adjust because it resets to 'Arial' '10' 'western'. How can I make it open at the font of my choosing?
I've never used Notepad2, so I'm not sure of its capabilities. The only time I ever use Notepad is when I'm writing HTML code. If I ever need to move text, I simply cut and paste it from one location to another. It's one extra mouse click, so to me it's never been that big a deal. Obviously, though, others wanted more robust features, hence the many clones that are available for download (either free or for a minimal fee).
As far as WordPad, though, I'm not certain it can save a different default font other than Arial 10 Western. Since I haven't used it regularly in years, I don't remember all of its features. I do know, however, that it is an extremely stripped down version of Word that was included as the very basic word processor on Windows 3.1 (way back in the day) before MS Word was even on the market. Once Microsoft introduced Word, it continued to update the features and options in that piece of software, leaving WordPad to remain the very rudimentary word processor that it was intended to be. There may be someone else viewing this thread who knows how to change the default font, but after my searches through the Help files within WordPad, I could find no indication of how to do so.
... There may be someone else viewing this thread who knows how to change the default font, but after my searches through the Help files within WordPad, I could find no indication of how to do so.
The only thing I can think of, and I'm not sure if it will work, would be to check for registry entries that set the default font in WordPad. There is the posibility that the Arial 10 setting is hard coded, in which case changing programs would be the only way to give you the option of setting a default font.
[Insert obligatory comment that Dell doesn't support direct edits of the registry. :D]
A possible work-around for your WordPad problem would be to save a file with the font you want. It may need to have a single space or something for the font to stick. Then edit your Wordpad shortcut to open that file each time Wordpad is opened.
I just did a simple test by creating a shortcut to the following target (including the quotes):
I saved BlankDoc.rtf with a different font and a single space. I then made it Read Only. Running this shortcut opens BlankDoc.rtf with the font intact. When I save, since it's Read Only, it opens the save as window. You'd simply open that file as a template every time and save to a new name.
Thanks for the response, Larry. Most people are not comfortable with editing their registry, though, so I didn't think that was even an option.
I did find this solution, however, posted on another forum location:
The other way is to change the font then save it as a template - WpadTmpl.wri will do.
Go to this file and make it read only. Make a shortcut to it and use this as WordPad in future.
It will always come up with the font you had set but you will have to save it with a new name each time (you usually do anyway). There is no other way to keep the font setting in WordPad.
The Help files within WordPad (no matter where you looked) continually made reference to either changing your font before you began entering text, or selecting all of your text (using the CTRL-A method) and changing it after you were finished.
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July 7th, 2008 17:00
When you open WordPad, all the fonts that are installed on your computer should appear in the drop-down list in your font menu bar. Please explain what you mean when you say that you are not able to save a "specific font" so it's available to be used next time. If it's installed in your font folder within Windows, it's available.
Notepad (as it comes installed on Windows) does not have the capability to drag and drop. You must highlight your text, cut, and paste it to a new location. There are some shareware versions of Notepad clones that do allow you to drag and drop text (particularly useful when writing HTML code). If you'd like to find these versions, Google is your friend.
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July 8th, 2008 14:00
Thanks for your answer. I use notepad, but also notepad2, and I clearly was able to highlight a part of text that I had already saved, and then drag it somewhere else(into an email for instance). I'm not able to do that anymore.(I am able to drag a FRESHLY written part of text (not saved yet) though...).
When I open wordpad I want it to open with a specific font and size. However I always have to re-adjust because it resets to 'Arial' '10' 'western'. How can I make it open at the font of my choosing?
txtchr
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July 8th, 2008 18:00
I've never used Notepad2, so I'm not sure of its capabilities. The only time I ever use Notepad is when I'm writing HTML code. If I ever need to move text, I simply cut and paste it from one location to another. It's one extra mouse click, so to me it's never been that big a deal. Obviously, though, others wanted more robust features, hence the many clones that are available for download (either free or for a minimal fee).
As far as WordPad, though, I'm not certain it can save a different default font other than Arial 10 Western. Since I haven't used it regularly in years, I don't remember all of its features. I do know, however, that it is an extremely stripped down version of Word that was included as the very basic word processor on Windows 3.1 (way back in the day) before MS Word was even on the market. Once Microsoft introduced Word, it continued to update the features and options in that piece of software, leaving WordPad to remain the very rudimentary word processor that it was intended to be. There may be someone else viewing this thread who knows how to change the default font, but after my searches through the Help files within WordPad, I could find no indication of how to do so.
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July 8th, 2008 19:00
The only thing I can think of, and I'm not sure if it will work, would be to check for registry entries that set the default font in WordPad. There is the posibility that the Arial 10 setting is hard coded, in which case changing programs would be the only way to give you the option of setting a default font.
[Insert obligatory comment that Dell doesn't support direct edits of the registry. :D]
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July 9th, 2008 11:00
A possible work-around for your WordPad problem would be to save a file with the font you want. It may need to have a single space or something for the font to stick. Then edit your Wordpad shortcut to open that file each time Wordpad is opened.
I just did a simple test by creating a shortcut to the following target (including the quotes):
"C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe" "%homepath%\My Documents\BlankDoc.rtf"
I saved BlankDoc.rtf with a different font and a single space. I then made it Read Only. Running this shortcut opens BlankDoc.rtf with the font intact. When I save, since it's Read Only, it opens the save as window. You'd simply open that file as a template every time and save to a new name.
txtchr
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July 9th, 2008 11:00
Thanks for the response, Larry. Most people are not comfortable with editing their registry, though, so I didn't think that was even an option.
I did find this solution, however, posted on another forum location:
The other way is to change the font then save it as a template - WpadTmpl.wri will do.Go to this file and make it read only. Make a shortcut to it and use this as WordPad in future.
It will always come up with the font you had set but you will have to save it with a new name each time (you usually do anyway). There is no other way to keep the font setting in WordPad.
The Help files within WordPad (no matter where you looked) continually made reference to either changing your font before you began entering text, or selecting all of your text (using the CTRL-A method) and changing it after you were finished.
Mary :)