Open Word documents online

Read any .docx without Word, Google Docs or a Microsoft account. Headings, tables and images look the way they should.

  • .docx

Drop a Word document here

Word .docx · or paste with Ctrl V

Opens on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

What it does

Built for this one job

  1. 01

    Layout that holds up

    Fonts, headings, lists, tables, images, headers and footers are rendered page by page, close to how Word shows them.

  2. 02

    No Microsoft account

    Nothing to install and nobody asking you to log in. Open the page, drop the file, read it.

  3. 03

    Safe with unknown files

    Links are checked before they appear, and anything that could run code is stripped out of the document.

  4. 04

    Zoom for small screens

    The page fits your screen automatically on phones, and you can zoom in on fine print.

How it works

Three steps, no account

  1. Step 1

    Drop a .docx file into the box, or click “Choose file”.

  2. Step 2

    The document appears page by page with its formatting.

  3. Step 3

    Zoom in or out and select text to copy it.

Good to know

DOCX vs DOC: why only one opens

.docx is the format Word has used since 2007: a zipped bundle of XML files that describes text, styles and images. Because the format is documented, a browser can read it and lay it out without Word.

The older .doc format is a closed binary format from the 1990s. Browsers cannot reliably read it, so this viewer does not try. If you have a .doc file, open it in any word processor — LibreOffice, Pages, Google Docs — and save it as .docx.

Complex features such as tracked changes, embedded spreadsheets or exotic fonts may look slightly different from Word. For reading and checking a document, the result is usually indistinguishable.

FAQ

Questions people ask

Is my file uploaded anywhere?

No. Your browser opens the file on your own device. There is no server that receives it, so there is nothing to store, leak or delete afterwards.

Does it open old .doc files?

No — only .docx. Save a .doc file as .docx in any word processor and open it again.

Can I edit the document?

Not yet. This is a viewer: you can read, zoom and copy text, but not change the file.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. It runs in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPhone — there is nothing to install.

Is it actually free? Where is the catch?

No catch: no account, no trial, no watermark and no limit that appears halfway through. The work happens on your computer, so serving you costs us next to nothing.

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