Documents: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF

Open the Docs Editor

1. Click Docs in the module bar, or press Ctrl+Alt+F.
2. In the side panel, click New document and choose Word, Excel, PowerPoint or PDF.
3. Or click Open a document… to open a file from your PC.

• Open documents and Recent documents in the project list what you worked on.
• Supported: .docx, .docm, .dotx, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, .pptx, .pptm, .ppsx, .potx and .pdf. OpenDocument spreadsheets (.ods) open read-only.

Start from a template

1. Open Project Library → Templates and choose the category Documents, or pick a template when you create a new document.
2. Choose a template: invoice, contract, CV, report and many more.
3. WASDEV asks where to save a copy. Choose the folder and the name.

• A template file is never modified: you always work on your copy.
• Create a template saves one of your own documents as a template.

Write a Word document

1. Type your text. Choose a Paragraph style (title, heading, normal) in the toolbar.
2. Select text and use Bold, Italic, Underline, Text color and Highlight color.
3. Use the alignment, Line spacing, list and indent buttons for paragraphs.
4. Insert with the toolbar: image, table, QR Code or Barcode, Shape, Text Art, Horizontal rule, Page break, Special symbols, Date and time.
5. Press Ctrl+H for Find and replace.
6. Save with Ctrl+S.

• Export saves as PDF, Word, ODT, HTML, Markdown or plain text.
• Print (Ctrl+Alt+P) sends the document to a printer.

Build a spreadsheet

1. Click a cell and type a value. Press Enter.
2. Start a formula with =, for example =SUM(B2:B10). The formula bar above the grid shows it.
3. Select a column of numbers and click AutoSum.
4. Use Number format for Currency, Percent, Thousands separator and decimals.
5. Use Fill color and Cell borders to shape the table; Merge / unmerge cells for titles.
6. Sort A-Z and Sort Z-A order the selected column.
7. Use the tabs at the bottom to change sheet; New sheet adds one.

Build a presentation

1. Click New slide. Duplicate slide and Delete slide are next to it.
2. Add content: Text box, Shapes, Picture…, Video… or Table.
3. Select an object and use Shape fill, Outline, Arrange and Align shapes.
4. Change the Slide background color.
5. Open Animations and transitions: add an Entrance, Emphasis or Exit animation to an object, and a Slide transition to the slide.
6. Press F5 for Present from beginning, or choose to present from the current slide.

• Phone as a remote control shows a QR code: scan it to change slides from your phone.
• Export saves all slides, or the current one, as PNG or JPEG, or the whole presentation as PDF.

Edit a PDF

1. Open a PDF. The pages are listed as thumbnails on the side.
2. Click Edit text and click a line to correct it, or Add text to write somewhere new.
3. Annotate with Highlighter, Underline, Strikethrough, Insert comment, Pen, shapes and arrows.
4. Click White-out to hide something.
5. Click Signature and choose Draw, Type Text, Stamp & Mark or Import, then place it on the page.
6. Right-click a thumbnail to add a blank page, insert the pages of another PDF, move, extract, rotate or delete a page.
7. Save with Ctrl+S, or use Save as… to keep the original.

• Add watermark writes a text across every page. Search the PDF finds a word.
• Export this page as an image (PNG)… saves one page as a picture.

Ask the AI to work on a document

1. In the side panel of the Docs Editor, type a request in the AI box and click Send to AI, or use a quick command: Fix spelling and grammar, Improve the style, Summarize the document, Translate the document, Professional formatting, Add a table / chart, Add slides / sections.
2. To create a document from nothing, open the chat (Ctrl+Alt+I) and ask, for example: Create a 10-slide pitch deck for an online shop.
3. The AI creates the real file in your project and opens it. Correct the details in the editor.

• /check-doc checks the open document locally, without any AI.