Zoho Writer desktop app release notes

Released on Feb 06, 2026 | Download

Features

1. Support for larger documents: You can now import documents up to 100 MB.
2. New import and export formats: You can now import and export documents in .TXT and .MD formats.

Issues fixed

1. Dashboard loading issues.

Released on Jan 02, 2026

Features

1. Print Preview documents: View exactly how your documents will look in Writer's desktop app before you print them.

Issues fixed

1. App installation related issues.

Released on Nov 24, 2025

Features

1. Save documents as PDF files.

Issues fixed

1. App installation related issues including caching.

Released on Oct 23, 2025

Enhancements

1. Enhanced initial loading and document opening speed.

Issues fixed

1. App installation related issues.
2. Dashboard loading issues.
3. An issue in displaying Microsoft Word's Shapes.
4. An issue in images not displaying when printing documents.

Released on Sep 27, 2025

Features

1. Create Zoho account: Users can now create a Zoho account using the Zoho Writer desktop app.
2. Drop cap support

Enhancements

1. Option to match the style of pasted content with the document style.

Issues fixed

1. Issue that did not allow users in custom domains to login into Writer's desktop app.
2. Dashboard loading issue.
3. Issue in pasting content using the Command + Shift + V keyboard shortcut.

Released on Mar 12, 2025

Features

1. 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.
2. Combine revisions: Merge edits and comments from multiple document versions into one version.

Enhancements

1. Select Zoho Writer desktop app from the Open With dropdown while opening ZDOC or DOCX files on your desktop.

Released on Nov 20, 2024

Features

1. Document review tools: Review documents, make edits to your documents, add comments to document content, and accept or reject changes suggested by collaborators.
2. Set username: You can now set your preferred username making it easy to identify document collaborators.
3. Productivity enhancing features: We have supported an extensive array of productivity enhancing tools already found in Zoho Writer's web app, including:
   1. Slash commands
   2. Mathematical equations, Barcode, and QR code.
   3. Add various types of shapes and drawings.
   4. Text-to-table, focus typing, typewriter sound, document navigation, and view all images.

Issues fixed

1. Issue in saving documents, created or edited using Writer desktop app, in other file formats.

Released on Aug 08, 2024

Features

1. Recover unsaved documents: Accidentally closed unsaved documents will reopen when you restart the app.
2. Spelling and grammar check support for local documents.
3. 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

1. Issue in changing the app's UI language.

Released on May 25, 2024

1. Support for system fonts: Use the fonts on your device when creating and editing documents using Zoho Writer's desktop app.

Issues fixed

1. Installation issues.
2. Issues in logging in to the Zoho Writer web app from the desktop app.
3. Document rename issues.

Released on Aug 08, 2023

Features

1. Start writing instantly - no signup required.
2. Open and edit local DOCX files without MS Word.
3. Access powerful document editing and formatting tools.
4. Redesigned interface with tabbed and multi-page view.
5. Copy documents to Zoho Cloud.
6. UI localized in 40+ languages.

Enhancements

1. Option to switch the app’s UI language.

Issues fixed

1. Installation issues.