There are many different files in different formats on your computer. We use some files from these formats often, while we work with others extremely rarely or never at all. But there are also those in the computer that you simply need to know and be able to use. And one of them is doc files. These are a variety of documents that all users who decide to master a computer begin their work with. Of course, if you use your computer only for games and communicating on the Internet, then you can easily do without Word. But in this case, you can hardly be called a confident user. After all, a confident user is one who knows how to perform basic operations on a computer (create a folder, copy, delete) and work with popular programs, including Word and Excel. In this review, I will tell you how to use the free WindowsWord program to view and edit Doc files.
Open the program. We need to open a new text document. To do this, click on the file, as shown in the picture
then click open button as shown below
We get this usual file as a result:
Saving the file is also very easy. You need to press the button with the floppy disk and the file will be saved
Now let's look at the document search function. After all, if a document is more than a dozen pages long, a search is often required. To do this, on the top toolbar we find the edit tab and search in it, as shown in the figure or simply by pressing Ctrl+F
There you can enter the words you are looking for.
But let's not forget that we are editing the text. Therefore, it is very important for us to work with the font. The WindowsWord program has a special Font window, which can be opened by clicking on the button in the top Font toolbar. Here you can easily change the font, font size, writing style (bold, bold, italic, strikethrough), as well as the font color and font background color. This is what the window looks like
Now let's look at working with tables. Everything is very simple here, to create a table, click on the table tab, create a table as shown below
In the window that opens, select the number of rows and columns, as well as the table scale
If you right-click on a table field, in the menu that opens you can choose: cut, copy, paste, change font, paragraph, list parameters, you can add a row above or below, and also add a column to the left or right, split a cell and view the properties of the entire tables
You can also easily change the document size from A4 to A5, A6, or even set your own page size. The size button is at the bottom of the toolbar
This concludes my review of the main features of the new free WindowsWord editor. As a result, I can say that it is very easy to use, easier than Microsoft Office in my opinion. And it’s more suitable for beginners, because... There are not a huge number of buttons that are so easy for a beginner to get confused about. Great for general editing. Main advantages: ease of use and freeness of this text editor.
Quite recently, a new program was released that performs all office functions, but does not require additional activation and is quite easy to use in practice. We will talk about the basics of working with it below.
First steps
So, you have installed the program; its step-by-step installation is described in the previous article. What's next? Double-click on the desktop icon that looks like this
A program window opens in front of us. It is quite unremarkable, no different from those that you may have seen before, but its interface is convenient and everything you need and often use is located in front of your eyes, which makes it easy to navigate.
At the top in front of us there is a toolbar, just below there is a white field, which is analogous to a blank sheet of paper and on which you actually need to type and edit text, and on the left you can view the number of pages and their thumbnail image.
Toolbar
This is what the entire toolbar looks like:
As you can see, its uppermost part has the following tabs:
When you click on any of them, a context menu pops up, consisting of various tools that help when working with text. This way you can click on each tab to visually familiarize yourself with the interface.
Below are icons for the most frequently used functions that are used when working with text documents. They are organically sorted into sections, which makes it easy for even an inexperienced user to navigate.
We will not list them all, since there are quite a lot of them, but we will deal with the main tasks.
Preservation
The first thing you need to constantly remember when working with documents is saving; without this function, all your work will be done in vain. It looks like this on the toolbar. And then select the location to save the document according to the standard procedure.
Settings
Once you become more familiar with all the features, the toolbar (or quick access toolbar) can be customized based on how often you use the features you need to always have at your fingertips. This will organize your work and make it even more efficient.
Editing documents
The program contains all the standard editing functions:
Many more useful things can be found in the WindowsWord program, but its main feature is its ease of use and clear interface. Inspiration to you!
The Windows word editor contains a set of all the necessary functions for creating/editing text.
To quickly edit a document, it is useful to use the Quick Access Toolbar at the top right of the screen. All important actions: “Create”, “Open”, “Save”, “Print”, “Paste”, “Undo/Redo”, “Bullets”, “Numbering”, “Indents”, editing text in a document, as well as styles fonts, style options and scaling are always at hand.
To create a new document, you need to click the “Create” button in the upper right corner of the quick access panel, or perform the action: “File” -> “Create”. To edit an existing document, you must click on the “Open” button, or the action “File -> “Open”, and then select the desired file and confirm your choice.
You can save the document by clicking on the floppy disk icon on the quick access panel, or by using the action: “File” -> “Save”. To save a document in different formats, you need to go to: “File” -> “Save as...” and select the desired format.
You can print the entire document, or a specific page by clicking the "Print" button in the form of a printer icon on the panel, or through "File" -> "Print...". You will be prompted to select a printer, print range, and number of copies.
If you need to find a specific word or sentence in the text, you can use the "Find..." button on the quick access panel, or go to: "Edit" - Find.
Setting the page parameters, margins, headers and footers and paper parameters can be found by following the action: “File” -> “Page Settings”, and in the window that appears, set the desired value. Then confirm by clicking “Ok”.
Often when editing there is a need to cancel a completed action or return it. For this case, there are “Undo” and “Redo” buttons on the panel and in the “Edit” tab.
Changing the font style, style, size, color and background of the text is possible in the "Font" and "Format" tabs. For quick changes, there are columns of styles and text size on the quick access panel.
When working with paragraphs, you can edit text along the edges, width, center, and distribute it along the length if you use the “Paragraph” tab
If you need to create a bulleted/numbered list, you can use the "Paragraph" -> "List" tab.
The "Insert" tab will allow you to insert into the document: a file, a picture, horizontal lines, a hyperlink, page number, text field, number of pages and various types of footnotes.
When working with tables, you must use the "Table" tab, or the table icon on the panel for quick placement with the selected number of cells. Even after placing the table, you can add columns and rows to it from any side, as well as delete, merge and split cells. To do this, you need to select the table and right-click, and in the window that appears, select the desired action.
When working with large amounts of text, you can use the Thumbnails on the left side of the screen to quickly navigate through pages. The current page and its number are highlighted with a red frame.
How to use the WindowsWord editor
The WindowsWord text editor is an indispensable program in the office and at home. It is easy to use and performs a full range of necessary functions for creating and editing text files.
The main program window consists of several parts:
Control panel at the top of the window,
Navigation bar on the left,
The text field itself is in the form of a white sheet,
At the bottom there is a panel with document statistics and a choice of display scale.
Main screen
File menu
At the top of the control panel there are drop-down menus with a variety of functions.
Create
After launching the program, a blank sheet will open in front of you that can be edited - this is a new document. To create another new document, in the “File” menu, click on the “Create” item - a new empty file will open.
To open an existing document, select the first item “Open” in the “File” menu, after which a dialog box will open asking you to go to a specific directory (folder) and select the desired document. In addition, you can select in the same window the type of documents that will be displayed: doc, docx, rtf, etc.
Open file
After finishing editing the document, save it using the “Save As” item in the “File” menu or press the key combination Ctrl+s. In the window that appears, select a folder, a name for the file and its format.
Save as
Page settings
If you need to create your file on a sheet other than the default A4, go to the File menu, Page Setup. There you can change the size, orientation, margins and footers of the sheet.
Seal
The “Print” item in the “File” menu provides the ability to print the finished document by selecting the printer, the desired document pages (print range) and the number of copies.
The next drop-down menu in the program is “Edit”. The items in this menu are provided with icons to help you understand the menu functions.
The first part contains “Undo” and “Redo” - that is, each of your actions in the current document can be canceled or, if it is still necessary, returned as it was. It is convenient to use the hotkeys Ctrl+z and Ctrl+y, respectively.
The second part contains the functions “Cut”, “Copy”, “Paste” - these are actions with text and images that are done on selected elements. This helps you work not only with text and images from one document, but also copy, cut and paste from another file or browser
Edit menu
Find
You can find and replace a phrase or word in the text using the corresponding item in the “Edit” menu.
Replace
Menu Format
Background (window)
(Effect)
Line numbers
Adding elements is done through the “Insert” menu. A picture can be added through the “Picture” item dialog box.
Insert menu
Hyperlink
Symbol
Add symbols of mathematical formulas and other symbols that are not on the keyboard using the “Symbols” item.
You can add a table and change its parameters through the “Table” menu, where all the necessary functions are present
Menu Table
Insert table
Menu Service
In the “Service” drop-down menu there are only two items “Spell Check” and “Settings”.
Spellchecking
The “Spell Check” item helps to avoid spelling, punctuation and other errors in the text of a document by simply pointing out them or suggesting correction options.
Settings
The “Settings” item will help you configure the program, change the design, select the language and spelling nuances. For example, by selecting “Appearance - Skins” the user can choose the design theme of the program itself to suit his taste. The default is Windows.
After saving all changes, you can close the program in three ways:
Selecting "Exit" from the "File" menu,
By clicking on the cross icon in the upper right corner of the window,
Using the key combination Alt+F4.
Scaling
To see the entire document or zoom in on a fragment of it, use the right side of the bottom panel of the reactor window. To change the document display scale, move the slider or click on “+” or “-”.
Windows Word is a new convenient text file editor available for free download. The program is suitable for creating and editing files with text information, reading books and the like. The editor looks like this:
Once you launch the application, you can start creating a new document, and then use the function to save it. It is extremely simple and similar to the same function in any other Windows applications: File -> Save, or File -> Save As...
Or you can open an existing file in order to familiarize yourself with its contents and/or edit the information contained in it. This is also done in the standard way: File -> Open -> Name of the file you are looking for.
Like any reputable editor, Windows Word, among other things, has the function of quickly searching for words or text fragments in an open file. To open the search window, you can press the key combination Ctrl + F, or the button with the image of binoculars. In the window that opens, you must enter the word or phrase that you want to find in the text. You can also select search functions: case-sensitive or case-insensitive, search only for matches of the entire word, search below or above the current cursor position. After this, you need to click on the “Find Next” button, and matches in the text will be highlighted in blue.
Editing text information in Windows Word is subject to the same rules as working with texts in any other editor. In addition to directly editing texts, using this editor you can add hyperlinks, pictures, tables to the file. This can be done either through the “Insert” and “Table” menus, or using the corresponding buttons on the panel. Using the sequence of actions Insert -> Symbol, you can insert symbols of the Greek alphabet, mathematical formulas and many others into the document.
Of course, Windows Word also provides a large number of options for changing the text style. You can choose the font, text and background color, make the font bold, italic, underlined or strikethrough, subscript or superscript. All this can be done both through the “Font” menu (“Type”, “Size”, “Text Color”, “Text Background Color”), and using the corresponding buttons.
The Windows Word editor also has a convenient “Paragraph” menu item, with which you can format the text: select the distribution of lines to the left, right, justified or centered. Also through this menu item you can add numbering, bullets, change indents and spacing. The same can be done using the buttons on the panel, as well as by dragging the corresponding sliders on the main work field.
A document opened in Windows Word can also be sent for printing. This can be done either through the File -> Print menu, or using the button with the image of a printer. It is also possible to preview an open document before printing to get a better idea of how it will look on paper.
Hello, if you have looked at my blog page, it means you need help communicating with your computer. I will help with all I can. The topic of today's discussion is “How to create a txt file?” I was surprised to see this question in the comments to one of the articles, since the actions performed when creating basic formats such as txt, doc, xls have been brought to automaticity. And if such a task needs to be completed, I just do it without thinking about how exactly. I looked at the query statistics on Google. It turned out that many people ask similar questions - how to create a txt file on Windows 7, 10 and other operating systems (MacOS, MS-DOS, Linux), how to create a txt text file on the command line, in a folder, in Word, how create a txt file on your phone. After searching in my head and on the Internet, I collected everything I could find on this topic. This is how this article was born, which I decided to start with the most common operating system - .
Windows
So, let's talk about how to create a .txt file on computers with the operating system windows 10, 7 and earlier, outdated, but fully functional versions. Friends, it seems to me that it would be quite appropriate to first explain what a text file with the txt extension is, and only then move on to talking about how to create it.
Definition
A file is an original item on a computer that contains some information. It has a name and an extension. With the name, I think everything is clear and there is no need to explain. An extension is a continuation of the name, indicating to the system the format of the document and which program to open it with. Format is the specificity of the information that is in the content, that is, text, graphics, tables. A text file in txt format is a document containing only pure text, without any formatting or pictures, which can be opened by any text editor (by default, the standard Notepad program), and we will look at how to create it in detail below.
Context menu
The simplest and most common way to create a text file, which I use, like most Windows users, contains the following steps:
The text document is ready. You can open it with two quick clicks or through the corresponding context menu item, which is called up by right-clicking on the document.
Folder
Friends, although you can create a txt file anywhere using the method described above, let me tell you how to do this using the resources of a specific folder:
- We go to the desired folder.
- At the top of the window, select the “File” section and open its menu.
- Among the proposed options, select the “Create” action and then “Text document”.
Word
As I already mentioned, a text file is opened by Notepad by default, but you can create a txt document with other text editors, as well as convert it from existing documents with the docx extension. You can get a document with a given extension from a doc or docx element in three ways:
- The first method is to open Notepad (located in the list of standard programs in the Start menu) and copy the contents of the docx document into it.
- Second way:
- Right-click on something.docx and select the “Rename” action.
- We delete the existing extension and write txt instead.
- Press Enter to confirm.
- We answer the system’s warning question about the danger of changing the extension in the affirmative.
- Third way:
- Open the existing docx document in Word or another text editor.
- Open the “File” menu and select “Save As”.
- In the list of suggested options, select “Other formats”, which will open a new window.
- At the bottom of the window there are two lines “Name” - you need to set it and “Type” - here you need to install the extension.
- By clicking on the arrow in the corner of the “Type” line, we open the list of possible extensions and set “Plain text (*.tхt)”.
- Confirm saving the document in the specified format by clicking the “Save” button.
By the way, the third method is quite suitable not only for changing the extension of existing documents, but also for creating a new one in the required format.
Command line
You can also create a txt file using the cmd.exe application. This is not so simple and not always clear, and you also need to know the commands. But still, I’ll tell you about this briefly, maybe someone will find it useful. So, using the command line, you can create two types of txt files - empty and filled, that is, with content.
Empty
To create an empty file with a txt extension using the command line, you must first launch it. There are several ways to do this, here are the simplest:
- Press Win and R, which will open the “Run” window, enter the command cmd.exe and press OK.
- From the Start menu, select Command Prompt (Admin).
- In the Start search bar, type cmd and run the found application as administrator.
- copy con filename.txt – will create the desired document in an open directory; to make it appear in another place, along with the name, enter the full path to the desired folder.
- echo off > C:\111.txt, where "echo" is the "create" command, "off" means no text, and C:\111.txt is the name and path of the location.
With text
Using the same commands, but with some modifications, you can create a .txt file and immediately write data to it:
- Enter copy con filename.txt, then write the required text, press CTRL and Z, press Enter and get what you need.
- In the second command - echo off > C:\111.txt - the required text must be written instead of “off”.
By the way, if you are looking for an answer to the question “how to create a file with a txt extension in MS-DOS?”, then check out the methods described above, as they are also relevant for this operating system.
Linux
Friends, let's talk about how to create a txt file in the Linux operating system. This can be done using the terminal, which is analogous to the command line. There are several commands, I will tell you about the shortest ones. So, just like with the command line in Windows, to create a .txt text file in Linux, you will first need to launch a terminal. To do this, press three keys simultaneously - CTRL, ALT and T. Then enter one of the following commands:
- For zeros - > a or >a (a space is optional), where a is the name of the document that will be created in the current folder. If you need to create several similar documents at once, then instead of “> b > c > d > e > f > g” it will be more convenient to write touch b c d e f g.
- For filled ones - echo tekst > h or the same, but without spaces (no difference) - echo tekst>h. In this case, we will get a document with the name h and the text tekst in the current folder.
MacOS
It's time to talk about how to create a txt file on devices running MacOs. There are, as always, a lot of ways. I'll tell you the simplest one:
- We launch the terminal - the easiest way is through the Spotlight search bar (press spacebar and CTRL at the same time, write “Terminal”).
- Enter the command $ touch some_text_file.txt, but only after going to the desired directory.
Android
Very often people ask on the Internet how to create a txt text file on Android. My answer is that this cannot be done with the resources of the phone itself. It is necessary to install special applications, which are available in bulk in the Play Market service - “Simple Text Editor” (analogous to Notepad), Text Editor. There are those in which the text can be dictated by voice, and it will be converted into the desired format (Speech text editor). Or, conversely, the application converts selected text fragments into speech and reads them in voice (Text Editor).
FAR Manager
Among the most popular search queries on Google is “how to create a txt file in far.” I’ll tell you about this in a nutshell - I’ll help people. To create the required document in FAR Manager, perform the following steps:
- Press two keys at the same time, one of which is SHIFT and the other F4.
- An empty creation prompt appears.
- We write any name and put the required extension - 12345.txt and get what we wanted.
Friends, so I shared everything I wanted. It turned out to be quite a lot of information. I hope it is useful to someone. If something is unclear, write in the comments, we will figure it out together. Moreover, I myself enjoy this process, since in search of comprehensive answers to your questions I learn a lot of new and useful things for myself. Goodbye.
Notepad is one of the standard component programs of Windows OS. This means that this program is included with any version of this operating system without fail. Actually, here we can already see one of the main advantages of Notepad - the absence of the need for additional installation. The notepad is already in the system, you just need to find it and open it.
Also among the obvious advantages of the program, in addition to accessibility, is its obvious ease of use. There is no possibility of detailed customization and formatting of text, however, if you need to quickly write down text without waiting for Word to launch, this program is the best solution.
Notepad is especially popular among experienced users, since this text editor allows you to edit and view system program files without any additional software.
The tenth version of the Microsoft OS, by tradition, also has this simple program in its functionality. Notepad has not acquired any particularly revolutionary functionality, however, with the arrival of the new version, the number of ways in which you can launch it has also increased. Below we will look at absolutely all these methods.
Using the Search tool
The first, simplest and most obvious way.
On a note! If for some reason there is no “Search” icon on the bottom panel, you can open it by right-clicking on the “Start” icon. In the open menu you just need to select “Find”.
Via the Start menu
Another one of the simplest ways.
Note! You can pin Notepad to the main Start interface using the context menu (right-click on the icon).
Via folder location
You can also launch Notepad by finding the location of the program files in the computer's memory.
Note! Using the context menu, you can create a shortcut for this program and place it on the desktop or any other convenient place for quick access.
Using the command line
The most sophisticated, but no less reliable method. Suitable for more experienced users, as it involves manipulation of the main console. It also helps if none of the previous methods work for some reason. Let's break it down in three simple steps.
Ready! Now you are familiar with all the ways to launch this program.
Working in Notepad
The functionality of this program, although minimal, still allows you to make some basic changes to the text.
Creating a text file
If you need to create a text file using Notepad in a specific folder, the sequence of actions is as follows:
Video - How to find notepad in Windows 10
Probably everyone knows that Microsoft has launched the Office online service, if not, then Office online these are web applications - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and new Sway. To work with the package you do not need installation, just select any application and use it completely free. Isn't it convenient?
The Office Online document editing software package allows you not only to view, but also to create and edit previously created documents, and most importantly, you do not need to purchase an expensive license for MS Office products.
In this guide, we will look not only at how to use MS Office online, but also try to integrate MS Office online into Windows 10 as much as possible, after which we will be able to create new Word, Exel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Sway documents and edit them almost like with a desktop program Microsoft Office, only for free.
Note: The instructions are written for Windows 10, which uses a Microsoft account to log in.
First of all, let's solve the issue of launching/creating MS Office documents directly from the desktop. To do this, we need to create shortcuts for the Office suite programs, after which we can pin them to the taskbar or the Start menu.
We create shortcuts for web applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
It's easy to create shortcuts for the MS Office online package.
- On an empty space on the desktop, right-click and select from the context menu that opens. “Create” → “Shortcut”.
- In the line, copy and paste or type the link below, according to the required application from the MS Office package, click the button "Further", in the example we create a shortcut for the Word text editor .
- In the next window, enter the desired name for the shortcut.
- Word: https://office.live.com/start/Word.aspx?ui=ru%2DRU&rs=RU
- Excel: https://office.live.com/start/Excel.aspx?ui=ru%2DRU&rs=RU
- PowerPoint: https://office.live.com/start/PowerPoint.aspx?ui=ru%2DRU&rs=RU
- Onenote: https://www.onenote.com/notebooks?ui=ru-RU&rs=RU&auth=1
- Sway: https://sway.com/my
Repeat this operation for the applications you need.
Let's set up OneDrive cloud storage.
Using Explorer, you can create any folder in OneDrive to store your documents. In the example we will use the Windows 10 folder - "Documentation".
In order for a new MS Office document to be saved in the Documents folder or to be able to edit previously created documents from the folder, we will need to configure OneDrive.
Let’s open OneDrive Settings, we are interested in the “AutoSave” tab.
- Right-click the OneDrive icon on the taskbar and select from the menu that appears "Options".
- In the window that opens, go to the tab "Auto-save".
Here it is necessary in paragraph "Documentation" select from the dropdown list "OneDrive" After making changes, press the button "OK".
If you did everything correctly, then in the “OneDrive” folder you will see that the “Documents” folder appears.
Let's test how we managed to integrate Microsoft Office online into Windows 10.
Creating and editing documents.
Let's create a new document in MS Office online from the desktop.
- To do this, launch any of the previously created Word, Excel, PowerPoint shortcuts. When you first launch, you will be prompted to sign in using your Microsoft account; if you already use an account to sign in, you won't have to enter a password.
- In the window that opens, click " New document" or you can choose one of the available templates, you can start printing everything, you agree, quickly and conveniently.
The document is saved automatically; you don’t have to worry that the text you typed in Word or the Excel table will not be saved.
- After you have made changes to the created document, close the window and in Windows Explorer go to the folder " OneDrive" → « Documentation".
In the folder you will find the document you created; it is stored not only in the cloud but also on your computer, that is, you will have access to the created file even without the Internet.
Note: you must understand - if you delete a file on your computer, it will be deleted in the cloud and vice versa.
How to open or edit previously saved documents in MS Office online.
You can transfer your old documents created in any version of MS Office to this folder and easily open and edit them.
To open a previously created document, open Explorer, go to the folder " OneDrive" → "Documents", right-click on the desired document and select from the context menu "View on the Internet".
After opening the document, you can make edits (See screenshot for Word Online example).
That's all, Now you can create and edit your documents and, most importantly, you do not need to purchase an expensive license for MS Office products.
I hope the information is useful. What do you think about Microsoft Office online, share in the comments below.