Changelog
What’s new
Every version of DocTabs, and what it brought. On the Mac the app updates itself, and on Windows the Microsoft Store does it for you, so you’re always on the latest.
- v1.0.0
- Windows
- September 2026
Now on Windows too.
DocTabs now runs on Windows 10 and 11, and you can get it from the Microsoft Store. Every open Word, Excel and PowerPoint file becomes a tab in one bar, just like on the Mac, and it’s free here too.
Everything from the Mac
- Every feature from the Mac: tabs, All Documents, pinning, reordering, folding the bar into a logo and more.
- Double-click a tab and click the magnifying glass, and File Explorer opens the file’s folder with the file selected.
- Nine languages. DocTabs starts in your Windows language, and you can pick another in Settings → Language.
Taskbar
- The DocTabs icon sits in the taskbar next to the clock. Click it to hide or show the bar, change settings or quit.
- Turn on Launch at Login to have DocTabs start with Windows.
Installation
- Get DocTabs from the Microsoft Store, and it installs in a few seconds like any other app.
- No extra permissions to allow. DocTabs works with Word, Excel and PowerPoint right away.
- When a new version is out, the Microsoft Store updates DocTabs for you.
Free forever. No subscription.
macOS 13+ or Windows 10, 11
- v1.0.0
- First release
- September 2026
The file you need, one click away.
The first release of DocTabs. Every open Word, Excel and PowerPoint file becomes a tab in one bar, so you never have to hunt for a window again.
Tabs
- Every open Word, Excel and PowerPoint document appears as a tab in one bar.
- Click a tab and that file’s window comes straight to the front.
- Files with the same name show their folder, so you never open the wrong one.
- Drag tabs into your own order, and DocTabs remembers it.
- Close a file right from its tab. If it has unsaved changes, Office asks whether to save them.
- Double-click a tab and its × turns into a magnifying glass. Click it, and Finder opens the file’s folder with the file selected.
The bar
- The bar appears when Word, Excel or PowerPoint comes to the front, and steps aside when you switch to another app.
- It shows the files of the app in front. Choose All Documents to see all three apps in one row, with a file count for each.
- Pin the bar to keep it on screen over any app. While pinned, it takes the color of the Office app you last used.
- Drag the bar anywhere and set its width with the grip. Let go past a screen edge, and it glides back in.
- The bar never gets narrower than your first tab, and a soft fade on the right tells you when more tabs are hidden.
- Click « to fold the bar into a small DocTabs logo. Click the logo to bring your tabs back.
Menu bar
- Hide or show the bar, or put it back in its original place.
- Choose whether DocTabs opens at login, checks for updates automatically and shares anonymous usage data.
- When a new version is out, DocTabs asks before installing it. Check any time with Check for Updates….
Languages & privacy
- Nine languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Mongolian, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese. DocTabs starts in your Mac’s language, and you can pick another in Settings → Language.
- DocTabs uses only the names and locations of your open files and never opens what’s inside.
- No account, no sign-in, and free for everyone.