Open and read Microsoft Word (.docx) documents directly in your browser - completely free, no Word or Office subscription needed. Formatting is preserved, a document outline gives one-click navigation, and you can search the text, listen with read-aloud, and export as TXT, HTML, or Markdown. Need other formats? Try our PDF Viewer, EPUB Viewer, TXT Viewer, or browse all file viewers.
or click to browse - works without Microsoft Word installed
Drag and drop your .docx file onto the upload area, or click to browse. Works with documents created in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice - reports, contracts, CVs, essays, and more. Up to 100 MB.
The document is converted locally using JavaScript - nothing is uploaded. Formatting is preserved, including headings, tables, lists, links, and embedded images, and a document outline built from the headings appears in the sidebar for one-click navigation.
Search the whole document with highlighted matches, listen with read-aloud, bookmark positions, adjust font size and reading theme, print, and export the document as TXT, HTML, or Markdown - or extract every embedded image as a ZIP.
An automatic table of contents built from the document headings - click any heading to jump straight to that section.
Find any phrase with highlighted matches and prev/next navigation across the whole document.
Built-in text-to-speech with selectable voice, speed, and pitch. Click any paragraph while listening to jump there.
The viewer remembers your position in each document, and manual bookmarks let you mark and revisit key sections.
Convert the document to plain text, a standalone web page, or Markdown - all generated locally in your browser.
Pull every embedded picture out of the document at original quality as a downloadable ZIP archive.
Sepia and night themes, adjustable font size, full screen mode, and print support - like a proper reading app.
See the author, title, creation and modification dates, and the application that produced the file.
All processing happens in your browser. Documents never leave your device - safe for contracts, CVs, and confidential reports.
DOCX is the default document format of Microsoft Word since 2007, and the de facto standard for text documents everywhere - Google Docs, LibreOffice, and Apple Pages all export it. A reliable DOCX viewer lets you open Word documents on any device with a browser, without an Office subscription or any installation.
Technically, a .docx file is a ZIP archive containing XML content, styles, and media - the Office Open XML standard. That structure is what this viewer unpacks and converts locally in your browser. If you ever want to inspect the raw files inside, you can browse a .docx in our Archive Viewer.
The older .doc format (Word 97-2003) is a binary format with a completely different internal structure, and it cannot be read by this viewer directly. If you have a legacy .doc file, open it in Word, LibreOffice, or Google Docs and save it as .docx first - the viewer will detect old .doc files and remind you.
For fixed-layout documents use our PDF Viewer, for ebooks the EPUB Viewer, and for lightweight text the TXT Viewer and Markdown Viewer. The full collection is on the file viewers page.
Upload your .docx file here and read it directly in your browser - no Word, no Office subscription, no installation. The document renders with formatting preserved, including headings, tables, lists, and embedded images. It works on Windows, Mac, Linux, Chromebooks, and mobile.
Yes, completely free with no account, no watermarks, and no page limits. The viewer runs entirely in your browser, so there is nothing to install and nothing to pay for.
Yes. The document is converted locally in your browser using JavaScript - it is never uploaded to our servers. That makes this viewer safe for contracts, CVs, reports, and other confidential documents.
Not directly - .doc is the legacy binary format from Word 97-2003 and uses a completely different structure than .docx. Open the file in Word, LibreOffice, or Google Docs and save it as .docx first, then view it here.
Headings, paragraphs, bold and italic text, lists, tables, links, and embedded images are preserved. Complex page-layout features like text boxes, columns, headers and footers, and tracked changes are simplified, since the viewer focuses on clean, readable content rather than pixel-perfect page reproduction. For pixel-perfect layout, export the file as PDF and use our PDF Viewer.
Yes. After opening a document, use the export buttons to download it as plain text (.txt), a standalone web page (.html), or Markdown (.md) - all generated locally in your browser.
Yes. The Extract Images button pulls every embedded picture out of the document at original quality and packages them as a ZIP archive for download.
Yes. Your scroll position is saved locally on your device for each document. Open the same file again and the viewer resumes exactly where you left off. You can also add manual bookmarks and jump back to them from the sidebar.
Yes. Click the speaker button to listen to the document using the built-in text-to-speech voices of your browser, with adjustable voice, speed, and pitch. Click any paragraph while listening to jump there. Still having trouble? Please contact us and we'll be happy to help!