How to Open Windows 8 WordPad

By Hally | Last Updated January 03, 2024

In Windows computer, apart from editing text in text document powered by Notepad, you can also edit content in another built-in app called WordPad (see picture below) which is more powerful and multi-functional than the former. If you want to know where it is, this article will lead you to find and open it in Windows 8 computer.

Video guide on how to open WordPad on Windows 8:

2 methods to open Windows 8 WordPad:

Method 1: Open WordPad in Apps screen.

Step 1: Use the Windows+Q hotkeys to get to the Apps screen through Search panel.

Step 2: Find WordPad in the Apps screen and open it by a click.

Method 2: Open WordPad with a run command.

Open Run dialog box with Windows+R hotkeys, type wordpad in the empty box and click OK.

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