Export & import
Somebody sent a .docx and you do not want to install Office, or sign into an account, to change two paragraphs. Quorly opens the file in the browser: it is parsed in the page, rebuilt as an editable document, and saved in this browser's storage. Nothing is uploaded, and there is no sign-up.
.docx file. Markdown, plain text and .quorly files use the same menu; EPUB import is part of Pro.The import runs in the page, in Chromium-based browsers, without a conversion server. A 40-page document takes a moment; a two-page one is instant.
| Word element | In the editor |
|---|---|
| Headings and paragraphs | Kept, with their outline levels |
| Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough | Kept |
| Lists, including nesting and numbering | Kept, read from the numbering definitions |
| Links | Kept |
| Images | Kept, and stored with the document |
| Tables | Kept as editable tables |
| Tracked changes and comments | Not imported — accept or resolve them in Word first |
| Footnotes, text boxes, page layout | Not carried across; the text survives, the furniture does not |
There is no .docx export. That is a real limitation, and it is better said plainly than discovered at the save dialog. Quorly exports Markdown, PDF, plain text and a .quorly package; EPUB is part of Pro.
So the honest workflows are:
Because the alternative is retyping. Most writing already exists in a Word file — a chapter, a client brief, a submission — and moving it into a writing app should not mean losing its structure. The importer rebuilds the parts a draft needs (headings, lists, emphasis, links, images) and drops the parts that only matter to a printer.
If the file is a finished manuscript rather than a draft, start with the novelists workflow, which covers chapters, backups and EPUB.
Questions
Yes. Quorly opens .docx files in the browser: the document is parsed in the page, its headings, lists, links, images and basic formatting are rebuilt, and it can be edited and exported. No account and no upload.
No. Quorly exports Markdown, PDF, plain text and .quorly; there is no .docx export. If the next step needs Word format, export Markdown or PDF and convert, or keep the original file and copy the edited text back.
Tracked changes, comments, footnotes, text boxes and precise page layout are not carried across. Headings, paragraphs, bold and italic, lists with their depth and numbering, links and images are.
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