Wordpad is a very simple text editor, more powerful than Notepad, but still less feature rich than Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer. It is good for creating a simple text document without complicated formatting. The good thing about WordPad is that it is a built-in Windows app and you do not need to install it.
You might be interested in learning WordPad's keyboard shortcuts. Here is the full list of keyboard shortcuts for WordPad in Windows 10. Bookmark this page if you can't remember all of them so you can refer to it every time you want to learn a new hotkey.
WordPad Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 10
Ctrl + Page Up - Move up one page
Ctrl + Down arrow - Move the cursor to the next line
Ctrl + S - Save your document
Ctrl + O - Open an existing document
Ctrl + Shift + A - Change characters to all capitals
Ctrl + 5 - Set line spacing to 1.5
Ctrl + D - Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing
Ctrl + Shift + greater than (>) - Increase the font size
Ctrl + equal (=) - Make selected text subscript
F10 - Display key hints
Ctrl + A - Select the entire document
Ctrl + C - Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl + V - Paste from the Clipboard
Ctrl + L - Align text left
Ctrl + J - Justify text
Ctrl + E - Align text center
Ctrl + Y - Redo a change
Ctrl + U - Underline selected text
Ctrl + Shift + less than (<) - Decrease the font size
Ctrl + H - Replace text in a document
Ctrl + 1 - Set single line spacing
Ctrl + Right arrow - Move the cursor one word to the right
Ctrl + N - Create a new document
Ctrl + Shift + L - Change the bullet style
Ctrl + Left arrow - Move the cursor one word to the left
Ctrl + Delete - Delete the next word
Ctrl + B - Make selected text bold
Ctrl + R - Align text right
Ctrl + X - Cut a selection
F3 - Search for the next instance of the text in the Find dialog box
Ctrl + Shift + equal (=) - Make selected text superscript
Ctrl + Home - Move to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + Up arrow - Move the cursor to the previous line
F12 - Save the document as a new file
Ctrl + End - Move to the end of the document
Ctrl + Z - Undo a change
Ctrl + 2 - Set double line spacing
Ctrl + F - Search for text in a document
Ctrl + Page Down - Move down one page
Shift + F10 - Show the current shortcut menu
Ctrl + P - Print a document
Ctrl + I - Italicize selected text
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