Overview 

You can create new documents in Zoho Writer from scratch or from a DOCX document.

 Steps 

 Create a document from scratch (blank document)

1. Go to File > New Document > Blank Document.
   
2. Click Document using Template or Document using AI if you wish to create a document using an existing template or using AI respectively.
   
3. Start typing in the document, and once you are done, click the top toolbar of the window, and select from the array of various formatting, editing, and design tools as required.
   
4. Click the file name field located beside the File menu and enter a name for the file. All the edits are automatically saved.
   
5. If you wish to save the document in a different format, go to File > Save As and select the desired format (DOCX, PDF, ODT, RTF, ODT, TXT, EPUB, and HTML).
   
6. If you wish to save your document on a cloud drive, go to File > Save as > Save to Other Drives and choose the desired drive.
   
   Note: You can also use the Create New option located at the top right corner of Zoho Writer dashboard to create a new document from scratch.

 Create a document from a DOCX document 

1. Go to File menu, and
   
1. Click Import, and select the desired DOCX file from the local computer or from a URL. Or,
   
2. If your DOCX document is located on a cloud drive, select Import > from Cloud Drives > select the desired drive, complete the authentication, and pick the desired DOCX document.
   
2. Then, follow steps 2 to 6 from the previous section.