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.

  • Eliminating the ribbon
  • Co-authoring
  • Distraction-free modes

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Co-authoring

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Distraction-free

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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.

  • Style
  • Readability

Grammar

Grammar

Style

Style

Readability

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
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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.

  • Version History
  • No-Markup Editing

Track Changes

Document Automation

Version History

Digital Signature

No-Markup Editing

Document from forms

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.

Built for all browsers

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.

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The 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.

The Zoho Advantage

Free for individuals, forever.

Writer provides a free MS Word alternative for individual users and offers affordable plans for teams. Get started, write away!

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