WordPad in Windows 8, 10 Becomes Cool With Spell Check Functions

3 min. read

Updated onOctober 6, 2022

updated onOctober 6, 2022

Share this article

Read our disclosure page to find out how can you help Windows Report sustain the editorial teamRead more

WordPadis a basic text editor, with just a few more features than NotePad, but it’s definitely far from reaching the features of Microsoft Word. Many are complaining that it lacks spell check and word count functions, but there’s a workaround for that. Read below.Unfortunately,WordPadand NotePad don’t have touch enabled version in the Windows Store that you could use on your touch Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows RT devices, as these two basic text editors that have been there since the birth of Windows, are glued to the desktop interface. For that, I recommend for you some of the besttouch enabled writing appsfrom the Windows Store. In this article we’ll focus onWordPad, a writing tool that many of us choose when we don’t have the Microsoft Office suite or when we don’t like cloud solutions.

Read Also: Star Wars: Assault Team Game Launched for Windows 8

I likeWordPadand for the basic needs, it’s the perfect tool. You can create and edit text and then save it in the following formats: plain text, rich text, OpenDocument or Office Open XML. You can also have a look at our review of theOpenOffice desktop app for Windows 8, while you’re here. You can also print and send your text in the form of an email fromWordPad. There are plenty of fonts to choose from and you can even attach some images and do some basic picture editing.

But, naturally, there are some features thatWordPadis missing and many have been requesting Microsoft to add them, but with no luck. Yes, even in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, thespell checking and word countfunctions are obviously missing. And this will probably be the situations for years to come. So, the single solution we have at our disposal is to make use of third-party software. From all the currently available solutions, tinySpell seems to be the best one to use, and it will work also with NotePad, not onlyWordPad.

You can see in this right aligned screenshot how tinySpell works inWordPad. It’s a very small program and will indicate how to correctly spell words not only inWordPadand Notepad, but just about any other application that you’re currently on. Alas, there’s no such easy fix for the word count problem, but you can just take the whole text and use an online tool, such asthis one. Or, if you know of one, leave a comment and let us know.

Read Also:Windows 8 Security Apps: Selection of Best From Windows Store

With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low#

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app#

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities#

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount#

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier#

WordPad in Windows 8, 10 Becomes Cool With Spell Check Functions#

With KB5043178 to Release Preview Channel, Microsoft advises Windows 11 users to plug in when the battery is low

Copilot in Outlook will generate personalized themes for you to customize the app

Microsoft will raise the price of its 365 Suite to include AI capabilities

Death Stranding Director’s Cut is now Xbox X|S at a huge discount

Outlook will let users create custom account icons so they can tell their accounts apart easier

WordPad in Windows 8, 10 Becomes Cool With Spell Check Functions