2026
Feb
Version 3.6.1
Released on Feb 06, 2026
Features
- Support for larger documents: You can now import documents up to 100 MB.
- New import and export formats: You can now import and export documents in .TXT and .MD formats.
Issues fixed
- Dashboard loading issues.
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Jan
Version 3.6.0
Released on Jan 02, 2026
Features
- Print Preview documents: View exactly how your documents will look in Writer's desktop app before you print them.
Issues fixed
- App installation related issues.
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2025
Nov
Version 3.5.5
Released on Nov 24, 2025
Features
- Save documents as PDF files.
Issues fixed
- App installation related issues including caching.
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Oct
Version 3.5.2
Released on Oct 23, 2025
Enhancements
- Enhanced initial loading and document opening speed.
Issues fixed
- App installation related issues.
- Dashboard loading issues.
- An issue in displaying Microsoft Word's Shapes.
- An issue in images not displaying when printing documents.
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Sep
Version 3.5.0
Released on Sep 27, 2025
Features
- Create Zoho account: Users can now create a Zoho account using the Zoho Writer desktop app.
- Drop cap support
Enhancements
- Option to match the style of pasted content with the document style.
Issues fixed
- Issue that did not allow users in custom domains to login into Writer's desktop app.
- Dashboard loading issue.
- Issue in pasting content using the Command + Shift + V keyboard shortcut.
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Mar
Version 3.4.5
Released on Mar 12, 2025
Features
- Password protection for documents: Secure your documents with a password to restrict viewing, copying, and printing documents' content. You can also import password protected documents in Zoho Writer's desktop app and edit them.
- Combine revisions: Merge edits and comments from multiple document versions into one version.
Enhancements
- Select Zoho Writer desktop app from the Open With dropdown while opening ZDOC or DOCX files on your desktop.
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2024
Nov
Version 3.4.4
Released on Nov 20, 2024
Features
- Document review tools: Review documents, make edits to your documents, add comments to document content, and accept or reject changes suggested by collaborators.
- Set username: You can now set your preferred username making it easy to identify document collaborators.
- Productivity enhancing features: We have supported an extensive array of productivity enhancing tools already found in Zoho Writer's web app, including:
- Slash commands
- Mathematical equations, Barcode, and QR code.
- Add various types of shapes and drawings.
- Text-to-table, focus typing, typewriter sound, document navigation, and view all images.
Issues fixed
- Issue in saving documents, created or edited using Writer desktop app, in other file formats.
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Aug
Version 3.4.2
Released on Aug 08, 2024
Features
- Recover unsaved documents: Accidentally closed unsaved documents will reopen when you restart the app.
- Spelling and grammar check support for local documents.
- Support for China data center: Added an option to allow the desktop app users to save their document's content in Zoho's China data center.
Issues fixed
- Issue in changing the app's UI language.
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May
Version 3.4.1
Released on May 25, 2024
- Support for system fonts: Use the fonts on your device when creating and editing documents using Zoho Writer's desktop app.
Issues fixed
- Installation issues.
- Issues in logging in to the Zoho Writer web app from the desktop app.
- Document rename issues.
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2023
Aug
Version 3.3.8
Released on Aug 08, 2023
Features
- Start writing instantly - no signup required.
- Open and edit local DOCX files without MS Word.
- Access powerful document editing and formatting tools.
- Redesigned interface with tabbed and multi-page view.
- Copy documents to Zoho Cloud.
- UI localized in 40+ languages.
Enhancements
- Option to switch the app’s UI language.
Issues fixed
- Installation issues.
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