Document Editor Plus is a lightweight Windows app for opening, editing and creating DOC and XLS files, reading PPT and PDF files, and converting between Office formats and PDF in batches — including OCR for scanned pages.
Getting started
One window handles all four document families. The left rail switches between pages, and each page shows a single document at a time.
DOC
Create and edit documents with a full formatting ribbon. Save back to the original format, or export to PDF.
XLS
Create and edit workbooks with formulas, multiple sheets and the full spreadsheet ribbon.
PPT
Read presentations slide by slide and export them to PDF. Slides are never modified.
Read, search, zoom and annotate PDFs, then save a copy that keeps your markup.
Install
Document Editor Plus is distributed through the Microsoft Store: apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P7D0CS8ZT04. After installing, launch it from the Start menu — there is no separate runtime or license step.
Open a document
- From the Home page — click the large Open Document card and pick a file.
- By drag and drop — drop a file anywhere on the Home page; it opens in the matching page.
- From Windows — double-click an associated file, or use Open with. The app starts straight on that document instead of the Home page.
- From history — the Home page lists recently opened files (up to 50). Clear All empties the list.
Create a document
The DOC and XLS cards on the Home page start a blank document or workbook. The PPT and PDF cards open a file dialog instead — those two pages are viewers, so there is nothing to create. A new document has no location until you save it; the first Save asks where to put it.
There is no autosave and no unsaved-changes prompt. While a document has unsaved edits, its title shows · modified. Save before you switch to another file or close the window — opening a different file in the same page replaces the current one.
First launch
The very first time the app starts, it opens the product page once in your default browser. The flag is stored on disk, so it will not happen again; you can reach the same page at any time from Help.
System requirements
- Windows 10 version 1803 or later, or Windows 11.
- 64-bit only — there is no 32-bit build.
- No additional runtime install is needed; the app carries what it requires.
The workspace
Every page shares the same three-part layout: a document bar with file actions on top, the document surface in the middle, and a slim status bar at the bottom.
Each page keeps the same skeleton, so the file actions are always in the same place.
Navigation rail
- Collapse toggle at the top shrinks the rail from labels and icons to icons only, giving the document more room. The choice is kept for the session.
- Documents — Edit DOC, Edit XLS, View PPT, View PDF. The verbs are deliberate: PPT and PDF open read-only.
- Tools — Convert for batch conversion, Settings for the one post-conversion option.
- Help is an action, not a page: it opens this guide in your browser and does not change which page you are on. About shows the product summary.
Document bar
The 40 px strip above each document shows the file name, a colored chip for the format, and the · modified marker when there are unsaved edits. The buttons on the right belong to the current page: Open, Save, Save As…, Print, Export PDF and Help — the exact set depends on the format.
The document pages fill the window edge to edge: no outer margins, no floating cards. Sections are separated by a 1 px line, and the bottom status bar rounds its corner to match the window frame.