The Problem with Document Tools
Most productivity suites ship separate apps for separate formats. Notes in one app, spreadsheets in another, presentations in a third. You copy-paste between them, lose formatting, and maintain parallel versions of the same information.
Poly Office is one app with eight document formats built on the same block-based data model. Every document can be linear or spatial. Everything works offline. And all eight types can embed inside each other.
Eight Formats
Notes
Quick capture with markdown shortcuts, slash commands, and nested blocks. Notes support inline math, code blocks with syntax highlighting, and embedded media. They're the starting point — and they can grow into any other format.
Documents
Long-form writing with professional formatting. Structured headers, table of contents generation, footnotes, bibliographies, and section management. Export to PDF, DOCX, or Markdown with one click.
Presentations
Slide-based layouts with speaker notes, transitions, and presenter mode. Build slides from blocks — the same blocks you use in documents and notes. No separate design tool required.
Whiteboards
Infinite canvas with freehand drawing, shapes, connectors, sticky notes, and embedded documents. Whiteboards are spatial — arrange content in any direction. Embed a spreadsheet, a chart, or a full document inline on the canvas.
Spreadsheets
Cell-based computation with formulas, conditional formatting, filtering, sorting, and pivot table support. Spreadsheets integrate with the same AI routes as every other format — ask for analysis, projections, or data cleanup without leaving the grid.
Kanban
Task management with drag-and-drop columns, card customization, labels, due dates, and swimlanes. Each card can contain rich content — attach documents, embed charts, or link to other formats.
Charts
Data visualization with 12+ chart types: bar, line, area, scatter, pie, donut, radar, heatmap, treemap, funnel, waterfall, and candlestick. Charts pull data from spreadsheets or external sources and update in real time.
Forms
Build surveys, questionnaires, and data collection forms with conditional logic, validation rules, and response management. Form responses flow into spreadsheets or kanban boards for processing.
Professional Canvas
The Professional Canvas is a template workflow builder. It's the production environment for creating polished, branded outputs using any combination of document types.
83 Template Generators
Generators cover every professional category — business (proposals, invoices, reports), legal (contracts, NDAs, compliance), marketing (campaigns, social media, brand kits), education (lesson plans, syllabi, assessments), personal (resumes, cover letters, budgets), and creative (scripts, storyboards, portfolios).
Each generator is a structured workflow: input parameters, AI-assisted content generation, template application, and formatted output. You define the variables — company name, dates, specifics — and the generator produces the finished document.
Template Builder
Create your own templates with a visual editor. Define content zones, variable fields, conditional sections, and styling rules. Templates support version control, team sharing, and nested composition — a proposal template can embed an invoice template.
21 AI Routes
Every document type has access to AI through a unified route system. 21 specialized routes handle different tasks:
Content Generation — Draft text, summarize content, expand outlines, rewrite for tone, translate, and generate from prompts.
Analysis — Extract key points, identify themes, compare documents, fact-check claims, and assess readability.
Formatting — Apply styles, restructure documents, generate tables of contents, format citations, and optimize layouts for different export targets.
Data — Clean datasets, generate formulas, create visualizations from text descriptions, and build chart configurations from natural language.
Each route is tuned for its task — the summarization route understands document structure, the formula route understands spreadsheet syntax, and the translation route preserves formatting across languages.
26 Export Formats
Export any document to the format you need:
Documents: PDF, DOCX, ODT, RTF, HTML, Markdown, LaTeX, EPUB, plain text Presentations: PPTX, PDF slides, HTML slides, Keynote Spreadsheets: XLSX, CSV, TSV, ODS, JSON Data: JSON, XML, YAML, SQL Images: PNG, SVG, JPEG Archives: ZIP (bundled with assets)
Export preserves formatting, embedded media, and cross-references. Batch export lets you output an entire workspace to a chosen format.
Local-First Architecture
Poly Office stores everything locally. Documents live in IndexedDB with OPFS for file attachments. No account required. No server dependency. Your data stays on your device.
When you want collaboration, real-time sync uses Yjs CRDT — conflict-free merging that works even with intermittent connectivity. But collaboration is opt-in, not required.
Get Started
Poly Office is available at office.poly.inc. Create your first document in seconds — no sign-up, no download, no subscription.