Compare Chrome extensions: Google Docs Offline vs OpenOffice Writer online for Word documents

Stats Google Docs Offline Google Docs Offline OpenOffice Writer online for Word documents OpenOffice Writer online for Word documents
User count N/A 60,000+
Average rating 2.42 3.12
Rating count 5,623 97
Last updated 2024-04-23 2024-03-04
Size 90.17K 414.72K
Version 1.62.0 2.6.7
Short description
Edit, create, and view your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations — all without internet access. Create and edit doc and docx documents with OpenOffice Writer online
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Note: This extension is also used to make advanced copy & paste functionality available in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides.

No network connection? No problem! With Google Docs Offline, you can access Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive without connecting to the internet.

Once installed, simply enable offline access via the settings menu in Google Drive. Alternatively, follow the steps here: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375012

★ Edit offline in Chrome Launch your Chrome browser and open up your Google Editors without Wi-Fi. Google Docs Offline transforms Chrome into an offline editor.

★ Access your documents anywhere Hundreds of your most relevant documents are automatically made available for offline viewing and editing.

★ Pin important documents Make specific documents available offline by pinning them. Ensure that you can access your most important documents, no matter where you are.

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OpenOffice Writer online is an extension that allows to create, edit and view any Microsoft Word documents in both doc and docx formats. It is a word processor and publishing tool. It allows to create large documents, reports, and books, and simple enough for a quick memo. It is a document editor integrated with our file manager to manage only DOC, DOCX and ODT file types with this desktop app.

The Open Office writer main features are:

  • Wizards for standard documents such as letters, faxes, agendas, minutes, or carrying out more complex tasks such as mail merges. You can also create your own templates, or download templates from the Templates repository.
  • Advanced Styles and Formatting.
  • Table of Contents & References to increase the usefulness of your long, complex documents by generating a table of contents or indexing terms, bibliographical references, illustrations, tables, and other objects.
  • Text frames and linking for publishing tasks like newsletters and flyers
  • Notes and comments on the side of the document. This makes notes a lot easier to read.
  • AutoCorrect dictionary to trap typing mistakes on the fly, checking your spelling as you type.
  • AutoComplete to reduce typing effort. It also suggests common words and phrases to complete while you are typing.

This extension uses the platform http://www.offidocs.com. It is an integration with an Open Office Linux desktop application. In concrete, it is a desktop app running through our OffiDocs API. It is available for free online users but it also allows the integration with premium users and on-premises OffiDocs deployments where the OffiDocs OpenOffice Writer is installed.