How can I configure Notepad to wrap?

John Savill

March 4, 1999

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A. By default Notepad will allow you to enter text and not wrap when the screen is full, rather it will just scroll right. This behaviour can be altered.

Under the Edit menu of Notepad you can check "Word Wrap" however this can also be configured using the registry is you wanted to set this as the default for policies, as part of a login script or an unattended installation.

  1. Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)

  2. Move to HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftNotepad

  3. Double click on fWrap

  4. Set to 1 and click OK

  5. Close the registry editor

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