Cetus CWordPad is an enhanced implementation of Windows 95 WordPad. CWordPad provides the basic functionality of WordPad, as well as a spell checker, a thesaurus, and a more complete Help file. (However, please note that CWordPad does not support Word 97 or later documents.) Original website is available via archive.org here.

This is a very useful old freeware tool, which lets you open and view Windows 3.1 *.WRI documents properly! This functionality is completely lost in every modern Windows version. I have lots of use for it because I have still docs and manuals in the format, for my old games. Some of these are unique in that they contain nice presentation and often with pictures. If the pictures in your "Write" file won't show in CWordPad, right click the place where the image should be and the program can convert the asset to standard BMP for you! Since the original installer won't work on 64bit Windows, I have included an InstallShield 32bit setup fix.

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IconMap is an icon converter tool that you can use to edit the icon sets in Gary Grigsby’s Pacific War, Carrier Strike, or War In Russia. With IconMap, you can convert the game icons into a bitmap file, which you can then edit with your favorite paint program, and then convert back to game symbol format. I use IconMap when I mod the graphics in old SSI titles. The tool was made by Richard W. Dionne, a name you might have seen a lot in connection with these games. He also created a nice graphic mod for "War in Russia" and "Carrier Strike". You can find his original website here.

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