RixDocs is the word processor inside Rixoffice: a Word-compatible editor with a ribbon interface that opens, edits and saves real .docx files while everything stays on your machine. This page gets you from an empty document to a saved file and shows you where every feature lives.
The ribbon at a glance
RixDocs uses the ribbon layout you already know from desktop word processors. Eight tabs sit across the top, and each one owns a stage of the writing process:
| Tab | What you find there |
|---|---|
| Home | Fonts, styles, emphasis presets, lists, paragraphs, find and replace |
| Insert | Tables, images, shapes, charts, textboxes, WordArt, links, headers and footers |
| Layout | Page size, margins, orientation, columns, page color and borders |
| Design | Document themes and page appearance |
| References | Table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, citations and index |
| Review | Track Changes, comments, Compare, Restrict Editing, AI Editor and AI Translate |
| View | Print Layout, Web Layout, Outline, Read Mode, zoom, split view, navigation pane |
| Draw | Pen, highlighter and eraser for ink annotations |
The AI composer sits outside the ribbon in the toolbar and panel at the bottom, so AI help is always one click away no matter which tab you are on.
Start your first document
- Click New Doc on the Home screen, or press Ctrl+N (Cmd+N on Mac) inside any RixDocs tab.
- Type a title, select it and apply Heading 1 from the Home tab. The style list also offers Heading 2, Heading 3 and emphasis presets.
- Write your body paragraphs under the Normal style. Bold, italic and underline live on the Home ribbon alongside lists.
- Open the Insert tab when you need a table, image, chart, hyperlink, textbox or page break.
- Press Ctrl+S and pick a folder. The file saves as a standard .docx.
Autosave and local storage
RixDocs autosaves as you type, so a crash or an accidental close never costs you more than a few keystrokes. The working copy lives on your device, and the save dialog writes to folders you own. Nothing is uploaded in the background; files stay on device unless you deliberately use a cloud feature. This is the same privacy model used across the suite — see the byte-preserving engine explained.
Word count and document details
The word count appears in the status bar and updates live. It counts words, characters and pages, which is handy for essays, reports and anything with a length limit.
Open and round-trip existing .docx files
RixDocs is built on a byte-preserving .docx engine. In practice that means:
- Open a file created in Microsoft Word and the formatting — fonts, spacing, tables, images, headers — appears as the author intended.
- Edit it freely, then save, and the output remains a valid .docx that Word, LibreOffice and Google Docs can open.
- Complex features such as track changes, comments and fields survive the round trip, because the engine edits the document model rather than re-rendering it from scratch.
If you are migrating from Word, the Rixoffice vs Microsoft Word comparison covers the day-to-day differences in detail.
Paste Markdown and keep writing
Paste Markdown text into a RixDocs document and it converts automatically into rich text: headings become styled headings, bold and italics carry over, lists turn into real lists and links become clickable. It is a fast path for people who draft in Markdown and deliver in .docx — the same flow the Markdown Studio editor uses for export.
What to explore next
- Text formatting and styles to master fonts, headings and lists.
- Tables guide for merging, shading and nested tables.
- Track Changes when you start revising with a team.