Wordpad UWP

Finding the right text editor can be a bit of a hassle, especially with so many options around. A good editor should provide all of the basic functions, such as italicizing and bolding your text, while incorporating them into a cohesive, modern, and intuitive interface.

Regarding that, Wordpad UWP looks like a very promising choice: it's a capable Wordpad alternative, sporting a modern design along with all the functionality you would expect from such a program.

Installing this is a bit different. You will have to run the Install.ps1 file with Powershell, which will prompt you to enable the Developer Mode in Windows. Upon doing so, you can freely launch the app.

This happens because of this software's certificate, but should be remedied once it hits Microsoft Store in the later updates.

The design here is a nice-looking one. It should be noted that the program adapts to whether your system is in light or dark mode. The interface is pretty intuitive and easy to navigate, and operating such an app feels very familiar.

Upon typing in the text field, you will be able to bold, italicize, and underscore what you feel is important. The option to cross out text via strikethrough is also available to you. You can also align it to a certain part of the page.

All such options are to be found in the top bar, which also houses additional functionalities. Through it, we managed to add an image to our liking, and then introduced a hyperlink to the text we'd typed just below it.

Since this is supposed to be a UWP version of Wordpad, there is a lot to live up to. While the design certainly looks more in line with Windows 11, for instance, the full functionality of the base Wordpad isn't all there.

Text highlighting is missing, paint drawing is absent, and so are the indentation and find-and-replace functions. What's more, the Insert Object function of Wordpad — which facilitated the integration with the MS Office suite, such as adding Excel sheets, and more — is not here.

However, as this is a review of the first release, there's a lot of room for improvement, and things will certainly be added in and ironed out as the program matures.

Wordpad UWP is a straightforward program to use: once you install it, you'll know what to do and how to do it. It's a decent Wordpad alternative, and it can't be argued that there's a lot of potential here.