Jarte is a free word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad word processing engine built into Windows. It is fast starting, easy to use and expands well beyond the WordPad feature set. Small, portable word processor fully compatible with Word and WordPad. Best of all it’s FREE!

General Features

• Fully compatible with Windows Vista
• Tabbed interface to provide easy access to open documents
• Opens files with file extension RTF, file extension DOC, and file extension DOCX (new default format in Word 2007)
• Fast start up
• Compact screen size
• Hot Connect lets you use Jarte with other programs
• Optional ‘Clickless Operation’ feature greatly reduces clicking
• Can be run directly from a pluggable USB flash drive
• High quality spell checker with custom user dictionary
• Included spelling dictionaries: English (American, British, & Canadian), Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Dutch
• Link to, or import, your existing custom Word spelling dictionaries
• Support for templates
• Export to HTML or PDF
• Single click bookmarking and bookmark navigation
• Send documents via e-mail
• Full drag and drop file support
• Instant access to recently opened documents and folders
• Instant access to documents and folders designated as favorites
• Adjustable document zoom
• Detailed Help documentation

Supports Windows 98 to Vista. Currently, Jarte is only available for Windows Operating systems (98 SE, 2000, XP, and Vista), but it can be used on Linux-based systems with Wine.