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Doctate

Open, edit, and repair PowerPoint, Word, and Excel files without hand-editing XML.

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v1.0.0 · macOS
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AaFonts
Fonts in this document
Pick a replacement for any font and apply them together. Fonts marked Missing are not installed on this Mac.
Arial
3 uses
Calibri
2 uses
+mj-csTheme
1 use
+mj-eaTheme
1 use
+mj-ltTheme
1 use
+mn-ltTheme
1 use
Also change the theme fonts
Embedded fonts
Fonts stored inside the file make it larger. Remove them if the fonts are installed where the file is opened.
This document has no embedded fonts.
Fonts

Replace fonts across the whole file

Pick a replacement for any font and apply them together, theme fonts included. Fonts stored inside the file can be removed to make it smaller.

AaFonts
Fonts in this document
Pick a replacement for any font and apply them together. Fonts marked Missing are not installed on this Mac.
Arial
3 uses
Calibri
2 uses
+mj-csTheme
1 use
+mj-eaTheme
1 use
+mj-ltTheme
1 use
+mn-ltTheme
1 use
Also change the theme fonts
Embedded fonts
Fonts stored inside the file make it larger. Remove them if the fonts are installed where the file is opened.
This document has no embedded fonts.
Assistant

Ask for changes in plain words

The assistant drives the same tools you see in Tools. Apple Intelligence is on-device and the default, or use ChatGPT or your own OpenAI API key. Ask before each change, and every change is one step you can undo.

Assistant
Ready
Ask before changing
Ask for changes in plain words

The assistant edits this presentation through the same tools you see in Tools. Every change is one step you can undo.

Table Builder

Design table styles part by part

Set fill, text and borders for each part of a table, add automations such as right-aligned numbers and highlight rules, then install the style into the document.

Table Builder
Preview
Updates as you design.
ItemUnitsPriceChange
Widgets120$4.5012%
Gadgets85$12.00-3%
Gizmos240$2.258%
Doohickeys40$30.00-11%
Total485$48.75
Table options
Which parts of a table this style formats.
Header row
Total row
First column
Last column
Banded rows
Banded columns
Table parts
Choose a part to set its fill, text and borders.
Media

See what is inside and shrink it

Every image in the file with unused and duplicate media flagged. Recompress, merge duplicates and strip metadata, all as one undo step.

Media
Media in this document
No images, audio or video.
Optimise
Recompress images and clean up. Everything is one undo step.
JPEG quality80%
Limit longest side
Convert opaque PNG to JPEG
Remove unused media
Merge duplicates
Strip metadata
Formats

Presentations, documents and workbooks

Opens pptx, docx and xlsx, plus dotx, potx, xltx, docm, pptm and xlsm. Masters is for presentations and Calculations for workbooks; every other tool works on all three.

Quarterly Review.pptx
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FontsColoursMediaTemplatesTable BuilderLayoutChartsConvertCustom XMLMastersCalculations
Templates

Table templates and layouts

Install any of thirteen table templates, build your own from four colours, and manage layouts and masters in presentations.

Templates
Table templates
Install adds a style to this document's own list, so it shows up when you insert a table. Apply restyles every existing table.
Base colour
Clean Light
Bold Header
Banded Rows
Grid
Minimal Lines
Dark
Accent
Zebra
Totals Row
Compact
Executive
Soft Pastel
Column Stripes
Layout

Slide size, page setup and sheet layout

Change slide dimensions, set paper, margins and columns in Word, or freeze panes and set the print area in Excel.

Layout
Slide size
Change the slide dimensions and decide how existing content follows.
Size
Content
Scale text too
Custom XML

Package parts and XML

Every file inside the document, with an XML editor, validation, and one undoable step per change.

Custom XML
Package parts
Every file inside the document. Pick one to read or edit its XML; changes are one undoable step.
Document (1)
Themes (1)
Masters (1)
Layouts (1)
Slides (2)
Relationships (6)
Other (2)
Version
v1.0.0
Requires
macOS 26.6+
Size
~6.7 MB
Licence
Paid app

Doctate opens .pptx, .docx, and .xlsx files, renders them natively, and gives you a tool for each of the jobs that normally mean unzipping a package and editing XML: fonts, colours, media, table templates, masters and layouts, charts, conversions, and calculations. Every change is one undo step, an assistant built on Apple Intelligence can drive the tools for you, and everything runs on your Mac.

macOS 26.6+ · ~6.7 MB

v1.0.1

Caffeinated

Keep your Mac awake from the menu bar.

Free
macOS
Charts

Edit charts without opening Office

Change a chart’s type, title, legend, colours and data, or add a new chart from a few rows of data. Editing values also updates the chart’s embedded workbook in Office.

Charts
Charts in this document
No charts yet.
Convert

Export to other formats

Make a copy as PDF, PNG images, Markdown, HTML, plain text and more, or turn a Markdown, text or CSV file into a new Office document. The original is not touched.

Convert
Export
Make a copy of this presentation in another format. The original is not touched.
Create from text
Turn a Markdown, text or CSV file into a new Office document.
Markdown to Word
Markdown to Slides
CSV to Excel
Canvas and inspector

Edit directly on the page

Click to select, drag to move, nudge with the arrow keys. The inspector shows the frame, content, colour and font of the selected object.

Quarterly Review.pptx
Quarterly Review
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Colours

Rework colours at the source

Edit theme palettes and custom colours, see the colours remembered in the file, and swap one explicit colour for another across the whole document.

Colours
Theme palette
Changing a theme colour recolours everything that uses it.
Accent 1
Replace a colour
Swap one explicit colour for another across the whole document.
Pick a colour above
Masters

Masters, layouts and variants

Turn a slide into a layout, a layout into a master, and add variants of a layout with a different look.

Masters
Masters and layouts
Each master with its layouts and how many slides use them.
Title and Content2 placeholdersUsed by 2 slides
Adapt a slide
Turn a slide into a new layout so its arrangement can be reused.
Slide1 of 2
Layout name
Target masterSame as the slide
Slide content
Apply the new layout to this slide
Variants
Copies of a layout with a different look. Each variant is added right after the layout.
History

Step back to any change

Go back to any step or redo it. Opening a document keeps a copy, and editing keeps a working copy until you save.

History
No changes yet

Edits to this document are listed here, and you can step back to any of them.

Command line

The same jobs from the terminal

doctate-cli covers the same jobs for scripted clean-ups across many files.

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Calculations

Quick numbers in workbooks

Total, average and more for any range without writing to the sheet. Insert a formula, or recompute every formula and store fresh results in the file.

Calculations
Quick numbers
Type a range to see its total, average and more. Nothing is written to the sheet.
Sum2,000
Average1,000
Min800
Max1,200
Numbers2
Filled2
Insert a formula
Pick a function; the result goes in the first free cell below or beside the range unless you name one.
Function
Put result in
=SUM(B2:B3)
Recalculate
Recompute every formula and store fresh results in the file, so other apps show current values.
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