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Editors trial·Live demo·MIT

Docxodus, live.

This is Docxodus's own code, built from commit 583a11c7f26fd2f4c6843c7d33198febd9127da4, the one the trial measured. It runs entirely in your browser: nothing you open or type leaves this page. The document is a sanitized copy of the trial's fixture, so it opens everywhere. The scores come from the unsanitized original (fixture/complex.docx).

What the sanitized copy leaves out (3)
  • the altChunk (word/afchunk.html, an HTML part) is replaced by 2 ordinary paragraphs with the same text. an altChunk asks the consumer to import foreign HTML; most browser editors drop or reject it.
  • the OLE-embedded document (word/embeddings/embedded1.docx) is replaced by the icon picture Word shows for it. an embedded OLE package is an opaque binary a browser editor cannot open.
  • the enforced read-only lock (w:documentProtection w:edit="readOnly" in word/settings.xml) is lifted. an editor that honours the lock, as Word does, would not let a visitor type in the demo.