- Quick specs
- Price: Free; Paid upgrade available
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: September 22, 2009
- Total Downloads: 118,429
- Downloads last week: 283
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 70 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The first thing users of this freeware WordPad/Notepad replacement will notice is the unusual interface. Jarte actually uses a simple layout, with a default brushed-metal skin and mouse-over icons that reveal standard Menu bar drop-down menus, but this isn't your basic 1990s UI. Just the mere fact of having something different to look at is appealing, and generally it works well. The icons are a bit small, and there's a fair bit of empty space around them so they look somewhat bereft of context.
It turns out Jarte has two other interface schemes. One is an expanded "classic" layout, while the other is a minimalist and familiar Menubar. Behind these different approaches lies many familiar writing and note-taking tools bolstered by small tweaks that make Jarte's appeal obvious. A mouse-over chart icon gives you word, character, page, and line counts. Table, special character, and equation support make Jarte a good, lightweight editor, but the built-in scalable screen-capping utility push it towards greatness. The included spell-checker was adequate, but not great, although the clipboard can hold 25 items at once. DOC, RTF and TXT formats are supported, and there's an Export tool that converts documents into PDFs and HTML. Like other Notepad replacements, Jarte offers tabs for keeping multiple files open at once.
The stability issues and function failures of previous versions were non-existent in our latest test of Jarte. The clickless, mouse-over-based navigation may sound a bit intimidating, but it makes getting around in the app noticeably fast. If you're in the market for a Notepad or WordPad alternative, Jarte's mix of style and utility is about as different from the mainstream as you can get.
Publisher's description
From Carolina Road Software :Jarte is a free, tabbed word processor based on the Microsoft WordPad word-processing engine built into Windows. Like WordPad, Jarte is fast, easy to use, reliable, requires little screen space, and creates documents perfectly compatible with Word. But Jarte reveals the WordPad engine's true hidden power by adding many features Microsoft never made available in the WordPad program. Jarte can even be run directly from a USB flash drive.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.3 fixes memory leak that sometimes caused Jarte to crash and identifying table control characters as misspellings.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 70 votes
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Version: Jarte 3.4
"What a beautiful interface!!"
Pros: simple compact layout.This pad is just so sleek and sexy. Throw on some jazz and journal baby!
Cons: nothing wrong with it, but would like skin options
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Jarte 3.4
"Great. There is a lot to be said for keeping it simple."
Pros: If all you require is a means of wring a letter/report etc quickly and easily then this is the programme. Requires no great secretarial knowledge.
Cons: If you require 'whistles and bells' then Jarte is not for you.
Summary: Jarte should suffice for most people's everyday and occasional WP needs.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Jarte 3.4
Pros: This program is easy to understand and use.
Cons: No cons at this time.
Summary: This is a great program in a small package.
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Version: Jarte 3.4
"Works great & the price is RIGHT!!!"
Pros: Fast, easy to use & meets all my word processing needs.
Cons: None to speak of.
Summary: If you don't need a large complicated word processor to do really complex documents, then this fits the bill. It has many more features than MS word pad. Plus it is FREE. Whats not to like.
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Version: Jarte 3.4
Pros: simple and easy to work
Cons: I haven't seen anything bad about this program.
Summary: Jarte is good to have when your Microsoft Works falls apart or disappears.
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