Wordpad substitute

I am seeking a Wordpad substitute that is...
Light
Stable
Does .txt & .rtf
Tabbed
Free or cheap

I have been using a golden oldie known as WordTabs, programmed by Skip Bremer. It was written in the days of Win98 & is no longer being maintained. It's starting to show its age, so I would like to find a replacement (I use XP).

Any links/suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Jarte (?)

 

...or AbiWord?

/C.

 

notepad++

 

I never tried Notepad++ for rtf files, but it is a nifty lil program

 

I second lodore's choice

 

So do I,

Gerard

 

I use QJot.

Portable (601 kb), support .txt, .rtf and even .doc (with limitations).

Unfortunately isn't tabbed.

P.S.: it seems Notepad++ doesn't support .rtf.

 

Notepad++ is one of the "must have" apps, but it's more of a "raw text" and code editor than a word processing app.
Replacements for WordPad must be lightweight word processors like Jarte (it uses the WordPad processing engine but it has advanced features and a tabbed interface), Abiword (classic light word processor) and QJot.

 

Some excellent suggestions. Thanks to all.

I went for Qjot, despite its lack of tabs. Qjot is amazingly tiny and simply superb -- obviously programmed by a true craftsman. Thanks muchly majoMo!

 

Hello,
I sixth Notepad++ - absolutely great.
Mrk

 

I recommend EditPad Lite

 

tried them all, except editpad, I add my vote to : Jarte.

 

Another Notepad++ user here.

What I like about it :

Its free, although I would of paid for it, all the supported computer languages and different themes, short cuts, different views, getting around and plug-ins.

 

does notepad++ support rtf?

 

Sad to say, it does not.

 

Crypt Edit is hard to beat as Wordpad substitute
http://cryptedit.chat.ru/overview.htm

 

it's a good editor, hands down one of the best. but how come everybody's recommending notepad++ as a wordpad substitute when it doesn't support rtf.

 

@ bellgamin, a tip to QJot:

If you right click in QJot'Windows bar the toolbars and windows'text hold on hidden. It's cool - and useful.

 

Hello,

Regarding RTF support:

http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/download.php

NPP Export plugin:
NppExport is a true WYSIWYG exporter.
It allows you not only to save your source code as a html/rtf file, but also to copy your source code in the clipboard in RTF/HTML format, so you can paste it into your word processor (MS Word, Abiword, openoffice.org Writer) to get the same visual effect.

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=189927&package_id=256744

Mrk

 

@Mrkvonic -- Wow, I knew of NP++ but was not aware of all those excellent plug-ins. NppExport is very useful, but it does not provide the requisite range of formats, functions and helps available from a true word processor such as Jarte, Qjot, et al. Notepad++ is a superb text editor for programmers & webmasters. It is amazingly adaptable & configurable, but it is not very well suited to function as a word processor.

@MajoMo -- Handy tip. Thanks!

@ruinebabine -- CryptEdit 4.1 is great. The site you linked seems to be in Russia, & downloads unusually slow.
+++Actually, the proponent has gone "commercial" and now sells Polyedit for $27.95. Polyedit equates to a re-named version 5 of CryptEdit.
+++However, free CryptEdit 4.1 is still available from other sites such as MajorGeeks.

 

An unforgivable miss on my part: RoughDraft (donationware)

Feature list

 

Some screenshots:

Jarte (classic layout)


RoughDraft

 

You're right about the link I gave you. A better place to download it with all the add-ons is here.

 

Oh yes! It is truly excellent! 10Q lucas.