How's Writer different from Microsoft Word?
Writer is a free Microsoft Word alternative with everything you expect from a traditional word processor, plus great collaborative capabilities for teams—all packed in a modern design you'll fall in love with!
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Design and experience
Decades after its inception, the drafting experience in Word remains mostly the same. Writer was carefully designed to help you stay as focused as possible while developing documents in a modern work environment.
- While writing
- Eliminating the ribbon
- Distraction-free modes
While writing
Eliminating the ribbon
Co-authoring
Distraction-free
Smart writingassistant
Writer comes with Zia—an AI assistant trained to help you improve your writing. It understands the context of your sentences and comes up with grammar, readability, and style suggestions to polish your piece.
- Grammar
- Style
- Readability
Grammar
Style
Readability
But what about compatibility?
Writer is a full-featured word processor, which means you can import Microsoft Word documents and continue working uninterrupted, with no formatting loss. Documents created using Writer can also be exported in .docx, PDF, and other common file formats.
- Feature in Microsoft Word Supported byWriter
- Basic formatting (Fonts, tables, lists, images, paragraphs, page breaks)
- Multi-column layouts
- Comments and Track Changes
- Page sections
- Endnotes & Footnotes
- Offline Editing
- Mail Merge
Download a detailed copy of our Microsoft Word compatibility chart.
Goodbye, "Annual Report Final 1 Version 2.docx"
Writer makes it easy to bring collaborators into your documents to work alongside you. You no longer have to create and send multiple copies as email attachments and struggle to combine them all later.
- Track Changes
- Version History
- No-Markup Editing
Track Changes
Version History
No-Markup Editing
Automatic backup across all your devices
Open and edit important documents wherever you are, without having to manage manual backups. Changes you make on one device will automatically and instantly sync across all your devices.
We understand that switching to a new system can be difficult. From quick guides to a committed support team, we've made sure you have enough resources to make the switch effortless.
Connected with other apps you already use
Writer is integrated with many of the most popular business apps in use today. It lets you post directly to your WordPress site and connect your documents with existing Zapier workflows.
Writer CRM Creator Forms Mail Projects ConnectThe Zoho Advantage
Writer is just one of 45+ apps in the ever-growing Zoho ecosystem. Each one is designed to help you run your entire business on the cloud. This close-knit integration means you can quickly create mail merges from your leads in Zoho CRM or from data you collect using Zoho Creator.
