Q-Jot V5.9.1    Suggested by Kenny - Added on 9 Jan 2007 635KB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (1665) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (7) - Post comment - Permalink

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 Webfork: More than adequate replacement for WordPad. Clear and easy interface, starts up fast, simple, but with basic features you think WordPad should have had 10 years ago and still doesn't in Vista.

Unlike the synopsis claims, can also save in HTML format and opens lots of text formats. [2007-08-16 00:19]

 Mark: Downloaded and found does not save to DOC format. [2007-12-12 12:20]

 grannyGeek: Very nice, easy to use, and small.
I especially like the OLE support to create/insert and right-click to edit images, sounds, & files, and also the feature on Edit menu "Find in Files" that opens a Windows Explorer search window :-)

I think that, like every rich-text editor I've tried (10 or so!), it will only save to DOC format IF you have a converter installed on host machine C:\Program Files\Common Files. I would love to find one that works off a converter loaded in its own folder.

Saving to HTML seems to lose live hyperlinks, if that matters to you. [2007-12-12 18:25]

 Midas: @Mark & grannyGeek
Have you tried just renaming the rtf files with the doc file extension? Will it do it for you? [2007-12-13 09:30]

 Webfork: The only portable freeware program I've found (so far) that opens Microsoft's DOCX format. Of course, this isn't a problem until some novice user sends you something important in DOCX, not knowing how to change formats.

> does not save to DOC format

Being able to save to DOC format is *purely* cosmetic and has no actual benefit. RTF is far more compatible and a basic program like Q-Jot create advanced formatting offered by the DOC format, anyhow. [2008-01-15 18:58]

 Mark: As discussed 12 months ago, Synopsis says 'It saves to the RTF or DOC file format'
Q-Jot saves to RTF, TXT, HTM, HTML & HTX.

So as Webfork noted saving to rtf is far more compatible anyhow.

Still my fav WP by far. [2008-12-15 23:45]

 pelotti: Doesn't even recognize WP-files (.wpd)... [2008-12-26 05:08]

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