DOCX viewer
To open a DOCX file, drop it in the box below. It opens straight away, even with no extension or the wrong one. Your browser opens it on your device: nothing is uploaded.
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Opened on this device, never uploadedDrop or paste another file at any time
What you see
| DOCX in the viewer | |
|---|---|
| Shown | Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links, pictures |
| Not shown | Exact fonts, page breaks, headers and footers, comments |
| Old .doc files | Recognised, not shown yet |
| Next | Convert to text, HTML or Markdown |
| Extensions | .docx |
| Upload | None: opened on your device |
What is a DOCX file?
In short
DOCX is the Word document format since Word 2007: a ZIP of XML files with the text, styles and pictures.
The document’s words and structure on a page: headings, paragraphs, bold and italics, lists, tables, links and pictures. Not Word’s exact page layout: fonts, page breaks and headers are left out.
How to open a DOCX file
- Add your DOCX. Drop the file in the box, choose it or paste it.
- Look at it. The document’s words and structure on a page: headings, paragraphs, bold and italics, lists, tables, links and pictures. Not Word’s exact page layout: fonts, page breaks and headers are left out.
- Take it further. Open in hands it, in a new tab, to File converter or Batch.
Questions
Drop the .docx here to read it. To keep editing, Convert makes Markdown or HTML.
Yes. A DOCX is a ZIP with Word parts inside; the viewer looks inside and opens it as a document.
No. The viewer runs in your browser and opens the file on your device. Nothing is sent anywhere.