How to use WordPad for .DOCX documents in Windows 7 By Drew Mathers | July 3, 2015 1 1. Click: Windows Explorer 2 2. Locate a Microsoft Word document. 3 3. Right-click the document. 4 4. Select: Open with 5 5. Click: Choose default program 6 6. Click: WordPad 7 7. Click: OK 8 8. Open the WordPad File Menu. 9 9. Select: Save as 10 10. Click: Other formats 11 11. Verify Save as type: Office Open XML Document 12 12. Check: Save in this format by default 13 13. Click: Save 14 14. Click: Yes 15 Posted in Beginner