| Microsoft Write | |
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 Screenshot of Windows Write running on Windows NT 3.51 | |
| Developer | Microsoft |
| Initial release | 1985 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Successor | WordPad |
| Type | Word processor |
Microsoft Write is a basicword processor[1] included withWindows 1.0[2] and later, untilWindows NT 3.51. Throughout its lifespan, it was minimally updated. "Microsoft Write" also shares the name of a commercial retail release ofMicrosoft Word for theApple Macintosh andAtari ST which is otherwise separate from this program.[3]
Early versions of Write only work with Write Document (.wri) files, which are a subset of theRich Text Format (RTF).[3] AfterWindows 3.0, Write became capable of reading and composing earlyWord Document (.doc) files. With Windows 3.1, Write becameOLE capable. InWindows 95, Write was replaced withWordPad;[4] attempting to open Write from the Windows folder will open WordPad instead. The executable for Microsoft Write (write.exe) still remains in later versions of Windows, however it is simply acompatibility stub that launches WordPad.
Being a word processor, Write features additional document formatting features that are not found inNotepad (a simpletext editor), such as a choice of font, text decorations and paragraph indentation for different parts of the document. Unlike versions of WordPad before Windows 7, Write couldjustify a paragraph. Write is comparable to early versions ofMacWrite.
LibreOffice 5.1 and newer releases can open most versions of Microsoft Write documents (.wri). After opening a Write document it can then be saved in OpenDocument Format which is the default file format for LibreOffice or saved in another file format. LibreOffice is able to open most Microsoft Write documents by use of an import filter called libwps, this import filter is included with LibreOffice by default.[5][6][7]
Microsoft applications cannot open Microsoft Write documents. Microsoft stopped shipping Write when Windows 95 was introduced in 1995 (1995). Write was replaced with MicrosoftWordPad which a few years later stopped supporting all the Write document (.wri) formats; this occurred when Windows XP Service Pack 2 shipped in 2004 (2004).[8]
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