Overview
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is an open-source office suite distributed under AGPL v.3. The application does not require constant connection to the Internet and allows you to work with documents stored on your computer.
You can create, view and edit text documents, spreadsheets and presentations of the most popular formats: DOCX
, ODT
, XLSX
, ODS
, CSV
, PPTX
, ODP
, etc. View all the formats supported by Document Editor, Spreadsheet Editor, Presentation Editor.
Installing
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is a cross-platform solution. You can install it on Windows, Linux or Mac OS.
To download the latest version of the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors for your operating system visit our website and follow our installation guides for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
Creating and editing documents
To create a new document, spreadsheet or presentation, click the corresponding menu item in the Create new section on the left.
A new file will open in a new tab.
the tab-based interface allows working with multiple files within one and the same window. It’s also possible to drag-and-drop a document into a separate window (on Windows and Linux only).

To save the created document, click the Save
icon at the top toolbar. In a new window that opens, select the location on your computer where you want to store the file, specify the file name, choose the necessary format and click the Save button.
To quickly access recently opened documents, use the Recent files section of the left side menu in the main program window. Click a file to open it.
If you right-click a file, you can use one of the available contextual menu options:
- Open – to open the file in a new tab.
- Remove from list – to remove the file from the Recent files list (the files will not be deleted from your hard disk drive, they will just disappear from the list of recent files).
- Clear – to remove all the files from the Recent files list.
The Open local file section in the left side menu of the main program window allows accessing all documents stored on your computer. Click the Browse button. A new window will open where you can select the file you need.
All the directories that you have accessed using ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors will be displayed in the Recent folders list so that you can quickly access them afterwards. Click the necessary folder to select one of the files stored in it.
You can edit documents, spreadsheet and presentations using a great number of formatting and styling tools. To learn more, you can refer to the corresponding sections of the documentation for Document Editor, Spreadsheet Editor, Presentation Editor.
Detailed instructions on using features can also be found here: Editors User Guides.
Connecting to the cloud
Connecting ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors to the cloud allows you to get access to:
- collaborative features
- pro features
- online features
- private rooms
You can easily connect the desktop application to the ONLYOFFICE cloud (cloud service, cloud for personal use, or server version) or a third-party cloud storage (Nextcloud, ownCloud) and use all the product capabilities. In this case, an Internet connection is required.
Read the detailed instruction how to connect ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors to ONLYOFFICE cloud version, ONLYOFFICE Personal cloud, ONLYOFFICE server version, Nextcloud and ownCloud.
Collaborative features
Connecting ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors to the cloud you get access to the following collaborative features:
Pro features
Some features are only available in the paid online version (cloud or server). Starting from the version 5.6 of Desktop Editors, you can add these features to Desktop Editors and use them for working with your local files. The following pro features are currently available for the Document Editor and Spreadsheet Editor:
The instruction on how to activate pro features in Desktop Editors is available here: Using pro features in ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
Online features
Some editing features are only available in the online version (both in the paid ONLYOFFICE cloud and in the free Community version). You can use them through the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors interface only after connecting to the cloud:
Private rooms
After connecting to the ONLYOFFICE Cloud (server version), you can securely edit and co-author your documents within the Private Room, a special section in the Documents module where all documents and data transferred during collaboration are encrypted with the AES-256 encryption algorithm.
To learn more, you can refer to this article: How to use the Private Room to work on your documents securely?
Adding plugins to the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors include a number of the pre-installed plugins.
- Document Editor contains the following plugins by default: PhotoEditor, YouTube, OCR, Translator, Send, Thesaurus, Highlight code.
- Spreadsheet Editor contains the following plugins by default: PhotoEditor, YouTube, Translator, Send, Thesaurus, Highlight code.
- Presentation Editor contains the following plugins by default: Audio, Video, PhotoEditor, YouTube, Translator, Send, Thesaurus, Highlight code.
To extend the editors functionality, you can add your own plugins.
All the currently existing open source plugin examples are available here.
The plugin structure and the procedure of creating plugins is described in the Plugins and macros section of the https://api.onlyoffice.com web site.
To find out how to add your own plugin to the ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors, refer to this page: Installing plugins to document editors.
Changing application settings
The Settings section in the left side menu of the main program window allows you to:
Make the necessary changes and click the Apply button.
Additional operations
You might also need to perform some additional operations, for example, install additional fonts, or associate office documents files with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors on Windows, or protect a file stored on your computer with a password. To learn more, you can refer to these instructions: