UltraTextEdit UWP

When it comes to the various ideas that the human mind can conceive, one of the most important steps to putting it in practice is writing it down and ensuring it is never lost among the maelstrom of daily thoughts. One way to do so with ease is through a simple yet beautifully designed app known as UltraTextEdit UWP, an excellent alternative to expensive, subscription-based office suites.

The program’s installer ships in a UWP format, which means that some users may have to install its included app certificate by right-clicking it to view the Properties, navigating to the “Digital Signatures” tab and implementing the respective file in the appropriate store before commencing the installation process. While slightly inconvenient, the measure is meant to ensure the genuineness of an application not submitted to the Microsoft Store, thus preventing possible security and privacy compromises.

Once installed, the utility summons a modern layout that follows in the footsteps of Microsoft’s latest iteration of the Fluent Design language to build an elegant interface that seamlessly blends in with the rest of Windows’ pre-installed applications for an immersive and cohesive usage experience. The program includes an optional dark mode switch for more convenient nighttime writing sessions.

For writers who change their mind regularly regarding a character’s name, the app’s top bar includes an always-active search and replace tool to ease the editing process. While high school students writing down math operations can also make use of the available superscript insertion tool, the app’s overall support for rich text formatting ensures that the most important keywords in a definition can be underlined for an added visual cue. Finally, WordPad-specific features such as embedding images and hyperlinks are also present for highly detailed essays and reports.

Whether Microsoft’s Office suite of utilities feels overkill for your needs, or you are simply looking for an updated version of the legacy WordPad app that respects Windows’ design cues, UltraTextEdit UWP may be the right tool for you, given its elegant interface and straightforward layout.