Meet Zoho Writer’s all-new desktop app

Create, edit, and collaborate on documents from the comfort of your PC with the Zoho Writer desktop app. Our feature-rich and secure desktop writing app is now optimized for Windows, Mac, and Linux devices.

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Work on local
MS Office documents

View and edit local MS Office (DOCX) documents and instantly save your changes with the Writer desktop app.Simply double click on a desktop file, or use the Open with Writer option, to start editing your documents directly in the app. This eliminates the stress of migrating, importing, and converting your existing DOCX documents.

Seamlessly create, edit, and format content from your desktop

Just like the web app, the Zoho Writer app enhances your writing experience with an extensive array of tools, including:

  • Editing and formatting tools
  • Citation and bibliography creator
  • Advanced layout designer
  • Prepackaged document templates
  • Tables, images, and text boxes
  • Find and Replace feature and more.

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Tabbed document view
Multi-page view
Instant sharing and real-time collaboration

Consistent online and offline experiences

We have completely revamped the Zoho Writer desktop app to enrich the experience of users on Windows, Mac, and Linux devices. To do this, we took some of the most popular and useful features of Writer and carefully rolled them into a writing app designed and optimized for PCs.

  • Tabbed document view

    Effortlessly view and work on multiple documents from a single window. Quickly switch tabs to view, refer to, and edit your content.

  • Multi-page view

    View multiple pages or get a bird's eye view of the entire document. Easily read and edit a multi-page document by zooming in or out until your desired number of pages appears on the screen.

  • Instant sharing and real-time collaboration

    Want to share a document with your team for collaboration and feedback? Simply log into your Zoho account from the Zoho Cloud tab and push your documents to the cloud, so you can share or collaborate in real time.

View, edit, and manage local and cloud documents from a single pane
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Work offline

Manage local and cloud documents from one app

The Writer desktop app makes it easy for you to view and manage both local and cloud documents from a single app on your Windows, Mac, or Linux machine.

  • View, edit, and manage local and cloud documents from a single pane

    List all documents stored on your local and cloud drives in a single window. From there, you can easily open, edit, and manage (share, rename, delete, set offline access to, etc.) your documents.

  • Copy documents to the cloud

    Choose to push documents to the cloud, so you can access them from anywhere, on any device, using the desktop app.

  • Work offline

    Using Offline Mode in the Zoho Writer desktop app, you can work on cloud documents, even when you aren't connected to the internet. If you've shared a file with your team, all changes made by your collaborators will be synced as soon as you go online.

Take your work to your desktop

Take your work
to your desktop

Have unfinished work on your mobile device or iPad? Download the Zoho Writer desktop app and finish your work on a bigger screen.

Take your work to your desktop

Switch to the Zoho Writer desktop app

Zoho Writer's app for PCs is a fully-featured word processor. That means you have access to all the editing and formatting tools you need to create crisp and impactful documents, making this app a great Microsoft Word alternative that's completely free.