Native PowerPoint Doc Editor

Native PowerPoint Doc Editor opens, searches, and edits .docx and .pptx files directly inside your Obsidian vault without converting them to Markdown.

DOCX editor	PowerPoint editor

Editing and viewing

• Opens DOCX files in a native document editor.
• Opens .pptx, .pptm, .ppsx, .ppsm, .potx, and .potm files in a PowerPoint-style slide editor.
• Edits and saves DOCX text, formatting, tables, images, and review markup.
• Edits supported PowerPoint text, tables, charts, shapes, slide objects, and chart data.
• Duplicates, exports, and saves supported documents under a new name.
• Detects save conflicts when an Office file changes on disk while it is open.

Search and diagnostics

• Searches inside the current DOCX or PowerPoint file.
• Optionally builds a local vault-wide DOCX search index.
• Scans DOCX files for hidden or suspicious prompt-injection text.
• Keeps DOCX and PowerPoint file handling optional so another plugin can own either extension.

To start editing, open a supported Office file from the Obsidian file explorer. Use the editor toolbar or command palette for save, export, duplicate, search, and diagnostics. Plugin settings can disable DOCX or PowerPoint handling independently.

Setup

Quick Start

1. Open Settings → Community plugins in Obsidian.
2. Search for Native PowerPoint Doc Editor.
3. Install and enable the plugin.
4. Open a .docx or supported PowerPoint file from the file explorer.

Manual Setup

1. Download main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css from the latest release.
2. Create .obsidian/plugins/native-powerpoint-doc-editor inside your vault.
3. Copy all six release files into that folder.
4. Reload Obsidian.
5. Enable Native PowerPoint Doc Editor under Settings → Community plugins.

For local development, install dependencies with npm install, build with npm run build, and copy the release artifacts to the same plugin folder. The run-to-import folder also contains local Windows and macOS installers.

License

Licensed under the BSD Zero Clause License (0BSD).

Network

The plugin is designed to work offline inside your vault. It has no telemetry, analytics, advertising, accounts, or self-updating code. Normal editing, search, save, and export do not upload vault contents.

Network access can occur only when you open an external link, activate a hyperlink stored in a document, or export a DOCX whose images reference remote URLs. Obsidian, your operating system, or the browser handles those requests.

Local data may include an optional DOCX search index, recovery copies, normal Obsidian plugin settings, and a developer debug log when a .hotreload marker exists. Import font and Insert image use a system file picker; Copy debug log writes only to the clipboard.

See docs/privacy-policy.md and docs/terms-of-service.md.

Commands

• rebuild-docx-search-index — rebuild the optional local DOCX search index.
• find-in-current-docx — find text in the open DOCX file.
• find-replace-in-current-docx — find and replace text in the open DOCX file.
• search-docx-files — search indexed DOCX files across the vault.
• save-current-docx — save the open DOCX file.
• save-current-docx-as — save the open DOCX file under another name.
• duplicate-current-docx — duplicate the open DOCX file.
• copy-debug-log — copy the in-memory diagnostic log.
• open-powerpoint-file — choose and open a supported PowerPoint file.
• save-current-powerpoint-file — save the open PowerPoint file.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for release history.

Development

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution, setup, testing, and release guidance.