- You can use the native options in WordPad to convert your document.
- There are some third-party converters like FreeConvert that can also do the job.
Method 1: Using WordPad
Step 1 : Open the WordPad document you want to convert to Docx.
Step 2 : Navigate to File from the top menu , select Save As , and choose Office Open XML Document (*.docx).
Step 3 : In the Save As dialog box, choose the location for the file, name the file, and click on Save .
There you go. You have successfully converted a WordPad document into a Word document. If you don’t know, you can also convert a WordPad document to a Word document using Microsoft Word.
Method 2: Using Microsoft Word
Step 1 : Locate the document you want to convert, right-click and select Open with , and choose Word from the context menu.
Step 2 : Navigate to File from the top menu and go to Save As .
Step 3 : In the next screen, select Word Document (*.docx) as the type from the drop-down menu and click on Browse .
Step 4: Now, select the location for the file, name it, and finally, click on the Save button.
