importing to wordpad

What are you trying to do?

I am trying to follow the 5 min. instructions. It says to open the one of the files in wordpad and then save it as something else.

No. It says open it in a plain text editor. (e.g. like Notepad, not Wordpad!).
I assume it is about the wp-config-sample.php file which – after editing – should be saved as wp-config.php

And next time be more specific when you describe your problem. Open “a file” and saving as “something else”… is not helpful.

Finally, maybe you should consider reading the detailed instructions here:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_WordPress#Detailed_Instructions