For how long will "Word pad" be available for computer users despite the continous presence of the well-developed Microsoft office Word ?

Word pad is usefull , for example you can edit many types of documents (rtf, html, etc).
In my opinion Word pad can be usefull on computer trainings because it has simple interface

WordPad can format and print text, including fonts, bold, italic, colored, and centered text, etc, but lacks intermediate features such as a spell checker, thesaurus, and the creation of tables.
However WordPad can read, render, and save many RTF features that it cannot create such as: tables, strikeout, superscript, subscript, "extra" colors, text background colors, numbered lists, right or left indent, quasi-hypertext and URL linking, and various line spacings.
Among its advantages are low system resource usage, usage simplicity, and speediness.
Pasting into or from an HTML document such as from the Web or email typically will automatically convert most or all of it to RTF (although this is partially browser-dependent).
As such, WordPad is well suited for note taking, for writing letters and stories, or for usage in various tablet PCs and smart phones.
However, WordPad is underpowered for work that relies heavily on graphics or typesetting such as most publishing industry requirements for rendering final hard copy.
WordPad natively supports the Rich Text Format, though it does not support all the features defined in the RTF/Word 2007 specification.
Previous versions of WordPad also supported the "Word for Windows 6.0" format, which is forward compatible with the Microsoft Word format[citation needed].
In Windows 95, 98 and Windows 2000, it used Microsoft's RichEdit control, versions 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 respectively.
[1] In Windows XP SP1 and later, it uses RichEdit 4.1,[2] including Windows 7.
[3] WordPad for Windows XP added full Unicode support, enabling WordPad to support multiple languages, but UTF-16/UCS-2 Big Endian is not supported.
It can open Microsoft Word (versions 6.0-2003) files[citation needed], although it opens newer versions of the .DOC format with incorrect formatting.
Also, unlike previous WordPad versions, it cannot save files in the .doc format (only .txt or .rtf).Windows XP Service Pack 2 onwards reduced support for opening .WRI files for security purposes.
Windows XP Tablet PC Edition SP2 and Windows Vista include speech recognition, and therefore dictation into WordPad is possible.
In these and later Windows versions, the RichEdit control was added and as a result, WordPad now supports extensible third-party services (such as grammar and spell check) built using the Text Services Framework (TSF).[4] In Windows Vista, support for reading Microsoft Word DOC files was removed because of the incorrect rendering and formatting problems, as well as a Microsoft security bulletin that reported a security vulnerability in opening Word files in WordPad.[5] For viewing older (97-2003) as well as newer (Office Open XML) documents, Microsoft recommends Word Viewer, which is available for free.
Native Office Open XML and ODF support was released in the Windows 7 version of WordPad.[6][7] Microsoft has updated the user interface for WordPad in Windows 7, giving it an Office 2010-style ribbon that replaces the application menu and toolbars.
Other bundled Windows applications such as Paint have had similar changes of interface.[8]

When any document can't open in any software, then open with word pad.
it uses less format.

Not all versions of WordPad support all above formats. Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows XP does not support .doc. Windows 7 introduced the support of .odt files, so early versions of Windows do not support this format.

word pad is window software in windows

Computer Engineers hardly uses WordPad .
Lot of lite to advanced editors are available now a days.
Even though it is a simple editor with a little formatting options people now might not be remember such a program is running in the machine..:( Now almost all word processing tools are coming with syntax highlighting and regex replacement that are appreciable in editing.

It is a great utility to edit your documents which comes inbuilt in operating system.
So it makes our stuffs easy without installing Microsoft Office package.

Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor first included with Microsoft Windows 95 and all versions since. Although capable of doing more than Notepad, WordPad is not as advanced as Microsoft Word. However, it does give you additional features, such as the capability of inserting pictures and text formatting. The picture below shows an example of Microsoft WordPad.

it's not for long tine becaus the Ms office is so smart then word pad

Before the launching of microsoft independent suites, wordpad have accreditation same as Suites in this time. Honestly saying, I started the document reworks in wordpad and it was a simple one and beginners can easily understand about the basic functions of office.

In my vision, Wordpad for Beginners and not tech savy persons

And Suites for professional works.

 

Shemeer Khan