A cover both sides recognise
The agreement’s name and both parties up front, so the file is easy to find in anyone’s inbox.
Edit Word documents online
Open a Word document in your browser, edit it with the tools you know from Word, and save it back as a .docx or a PDF.
The Word you know, in a browser tab.
Here’s the Design Services Contract template open in the Documents editor: a proper Word document, ribbon and all.
- Word’s tabs, in Word’s orderHome, Insert, Layout, References, Review and Mailings, where your hands expect them.
- Styles, previewed livePick Heading 1 or your own style from the gallery and see it before you click.
- Real tables, not boxesMerged cells and table styles stay a table, in Word and here.
- Pages as they’ll printMargins, page breaks and the word count, the way Word lays them out.
Open it, edit it, send it back as Word.
A document that arrives as a .docx leaves as one, with the comments and tracked changes still in it.
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Open the .docx
Drop the file on this page or choose it, and it opens in the editor with your free account.
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Review with track changes
Every edit is marked and comments sit in the margin, to accept or reject one at a time.
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Save it back as Word
Download a .docx that opens in Word without a second thought, or a PDF when it’s final.
A contract that goes back and forth in Word.
The Design Services Contract is a real Word document: flowing text and real tables, nothing pinned in place. Fill it in here and your client can redline it in Word.
The agreement’s name and both parties up front, so the file is easy to find in anyone’s inbox.
Numbered clauses are headings and paragraphs, not boxes, so a tracked change lands on the words it changes.
Rows and columns that stay a table in Word, ready for the client to adjust a line and send it back.
Open the copy they return and their comments and tracked changes are there to accept or reject, one at a time.
Export a PDF to sign, or on a paid plan send it from Docsiv for e-signature.
Clauses that stay text
Numbered clauses are headings and paragraphs, not boxes, so a tracked change lands on the words it changes.
The fee as a real table
Rows and columns that stay a table in Word, ready for the client to adjust a line and send it back.
Room for their redlines
Open the copy they return and their comments and tracked changes are there to accept or reject, one at a time.
Signatures when it’s agreed
Export a PDF to sign, or on a paid plan send it from Docsiv for e-signature.
Or start from a Word template.
Each one opens in the editor as a proper Word document and downloads as a .docx.
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Is it free to edit a DOCX file here?
Yes. Opening, editing and downloading are included on the Free plan, along with keeping the document in your workspace, sharing it and working on it with Docsiv AI.
Where is my document kept?
In your Docsiv workspace’s Drive, once you open it with your free account. Only your workspace can open it until you share it.
Will my formatting survive the round trip?
Everyday documents come back as you sent them: your styles, headings, numbered lists, tables with merged cells, pictures and text wrapping, headers and footers, page numbers, footnotes, contents pages and equations. Very complex layouts can shift a little, so keep your original until you’ve checked the result.
Are comments and tracked changes kept?
Yes. Comments, and tracked insertions, deletions and formatting changes, open from a .docx and save back into it, to accept or reject one by one. Text moved with tracking on comes through as a deletion and an insertion.
What about charts, SmartArt and fill-in boxes?
Charts and SmartArt show as Word left them and save back untouched; edit what’s inside them in Word. Content controls keep their text but lose the fill-in box around it.
Which formats can it open and save?
It opens Word .docx and .doc, OpenDocument .odt, RTF, HTML, Markdown and plain text. It saves as Word (.docx), PDF, OpenDocument, RTF, a web page, Markdown or plain text. An old .doc saves as a .docx.
Can I open a password-protected document?
Not yet. Remove the password in Word, open the copy here, and add the password back in Word if you need it.
Can I sign it or send it for signature?
Documents has a Sign tab for placing signature fields. Sending a document out for e-signature is part of Docsiv’s paid plans; on the Free plan, export a PDF and sign it with the free PDF signing tool.
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