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software similar to microsoft word pad

Asked by George Reardon

I am looking for a download that will work on ubuntu like microsoft's word pad where I can copy the parts of text that I want and past it to a clip board to print or save.

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George Reardon (georgelindareardon) said : 		#1

I ment to type Microsoft

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Best Faran Jessani (solusfaran) said : 		#2

Ubuntu ships with an application called gedit.
This program should function very much like Wordpad and you will find is very easy to use.

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Madalin Ignisca (portoranja) said : 		#3

gedit it's note wordpad similar. wordpad has some basic formating text. a light program that would do the job is abiword.

you can install it with the command:

sudo aptitude install abiword

or

sudo aptitude install abiword-gnome
(for a better integrated version in ubuntu gnome desktop).

if useing kubuntu i sugest useing kwrite (kde alternative to wordpad).

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George Reardon (georgelindareardon) said : 		#4

Thanks Faran Jessani, that solved my question.