eXtyles works as an extension to Microsoft Word. eXtyles manipulates the Word document, but until converting the document to XML, the file remains in DOC (or DOCX) format and can be opened and edited on any system running Word—even on a system that does not have eXtyles installed, such as that of an external reviewer or freelance copyeditor.
After eXtyles is installed, eXtyles functions are accessible from an eXtyles tab that is added to the Word ribbon. All eXtyles processing is carried out on Word files.
Users of eXtyles are expected to be conversant with the standard features and functions of MS Word.