Word Editor

A free & easy-to-use word editor extension for your browser.

Word Editor: Free Browser-based Text/Document Editor Extension

Word Editor is a Chrome extension that provides the functionality of a word processor inside your browser. Users can open, edit and save text and HTML documents directly from their browser without needing any external software. It works with HTML document extension, meaning input/output files need to be in HTML format. File storage happens in the browser's default download folder, due to an extension's limited access to hard drives. The tool is built on the TinyMCE JavaScript library.

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Extension stats

By: Keller

Users: 5,000+

Rating: 3.89

(9)

Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-05-27)

Creation date: 2019-05-04

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
downloads
contextMenus

Size: 1.17M

Email: ho*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 13,856 ▲ 32

Other rankings

#1702 in Tools ▼ 15 #52 in text editor keyword 15 ▲ 6 #69 in document keyword 32 ▼ 6 #89 in editor keyword 57 ▼ 9

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Word Editor (v0.1.2)

1.80

(5) 181

Word Editor (v0.1.4)

0.00

(0) 1,487+

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Extension summary

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Word Editor, is a free and open-source text/document editor extension for your browser.

Word Editor is very similar to popular word processor apps available in the market, except, it works inside your browser without the need for any external plug-ins or software. You can open any text or HTML document with this add-on, and save the result in HTML format.

Please note that this add-on works with HTML document extension, in other words, all the input/output files need to be in the HTML format. Currently, it does not support other famous document formats such as .doc, .docx or etc. However, you can copy text from other software (such as MS word, webpage, etc.) and paste it in the add-on (preserving all the styles).

Since extensions, in general, do not have access to the hard drive in order to save files, this add-on uses the download API to gain file I/O access. Therefore, all the operations related to file storage are happening in the default download folder in your browser. If you want to change this folder, please head to the extensions tab in your browser, search for download settings and update the default folder to where you prefer.

Word Editor is built on top of the famous TinyMCE JavaScript library (https://github.com/tinymce/tinymce). Once you open the app for the first time, you will see a blank screen with a toolbar on top. Simply type or paste your document, and at the end, click on the save button (File > Save) to download the document as an HTML file in your system (default download location).

If you have a feature request or found a bug to report, please fill the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/word-editor.html).

User reviews

I always write using voice typing like Speech Recognition Anywhere. Unfortunately, Word Editor doesn't support voice typing, so I have to type manually when using this extensions. This is a bit of a bummer, as I find voice typing a faster and more convenient way to write.

Joni Pranata, 2024-12-28

Sotiris Kanellos, 2024-11-12

Maybe you can combine these two extensions the "Text Editor" and "Word Editor" in one so the content can be truly saved via the Text Editor mechanism. I would give it 5 stars if it would save the file and overwrite it like the "Text Editor" (made by same people and available on same site) instead o going on download route every time you save the file. If it's possible with the Text Editor logically should be possible with "Word Editor" by using file system access API or other means. It says in the description that it will download the file instead of overwrite the original file so to be fair this is not a surprise . This might be good if you like file versions but not as a true editor that can save any modification to the file in same document with same original name. As an experiment I used both the Text Editor and Word Editor to do what I wanted by creating the content in Word Editor then instead of saving (download) I copied the source code in the Text Editor and actually saved (not downloaded) that content...but this is cumbersome. What I am curious is why it's possible to truly save the file content as html with Text Editor but not with the Word Editor"? It might be an impossibility because the browser doesn't allow access the disk but then why is possible for the Text Editor extension to truly save by overwriting the file? What is the difference between the two, both are browser extensions but the Text Editor have access to disk while Word Editor doesn't? Can somebody explain this? Word Editor is usable if you want many files in your download folder with weird names where you don't really know which version contain what or if you don't usually save your content/page until is totally completed. Too bad that the functionality I was talking about cannot be added but thank you anyway for your effort. If what I explained can be added to the Word Editor I will increase my rating to maximum stars.