Word can do almost anything. TommDoc does one thing properly: a long document that keeps its format, citations and numbering, even when several people write it at once. See the same tasks in both tools.
Updated: October 2026. We stay fair where Word leads, too.
Same task, two tools
Four situations anyone who has written a thesis or company documentation with other people will know.
WordVersions travel by email
TommDocOne document for everyone
In TommDoc you write with others in one document in the browser and see their cursors right away. Your supervisor comments on the text they are reading, and older states are in the version history. To let them comment, invite them to the space as an Editor (a Reader cannot comment). To be fair: with Microsoft 365 and the file in OneDrive, Word can do simultaneous writing too.
WordYou refresh references by hand (F9)
TommDocNumbers update on their own
A caption gets its number on its own, and you insert a reference with #. When you move a figure or add a new one, the numbers and references update. Desktop Word can do captions and cross-references, but you refresh the references by hand (F9), and in Word for the web you cannot create captions.
WordGeneric styles, the Czech standard as an add-in
TommDocType @ and pick a source
Pick ČSN ISO 690, the Czech citation standard, in three variants, or APA, IEEE, Chicago or MLA from a list, and the bibliography builds itself. Sources come from Zotero, by DOI or ISBN, or from a BibTeX or RIS file. Word offers generic styles, and you add the current Czech standard with an add-in (Zotero on desktop only, Citace PRO). Word for the web cannot create citations.
WordYou police the format by hand
TommDocThe template sets the look
The template takes care of the page, margins, fonts, headings, numbering and title page. It is only a starting point: you edit it in a form or directly in code and see the changes in the PDF preview right away. Word has styles and templates too, but keeping a consistent look in them is up to you, especially when several people put the text together.
Copy and paste the text, the template takes care of the look. Write it in your school’s or company’s template and look at the PDF.
Decide
Both handle comments, equations, charts and version history.
In detail
| Area | TommDoc | Word | Who leads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing and format | |||
| PDF look set by a template | The template takes care of fonts, margins, headings and numbering. It is only a starting point: you edit it in a form or in code and see the changes in the preview right away. | Styles and templates can do a lot, but keeping a consistent look is up to you. | TommDoc |
| Citations and bibliography | Insert a citation with @. ČSN ISO 690 in three variants, APA, IEEE, Chicago and MLA. | Generic built-in styles, ČSN ISO 690 via an add-in (Zotero on desktop only, Citace PRO). Word for the web cannot create citations. | TommDoc |
| References to chapters, figures and tables | Insert a reference with #, the numbers update on their own when you move things. | Yes on desktop. Word for the web cannot create captions. | TommDoc |
| Table of contents, list of figures and tables | One command from the slash menu. | Built in, list of figures from captions on desktop. | Even |
| Equations | A simpler notation or LaTeX. Tomm, the AI assistant, writes an equation from your description. | Equation editor, LaTeX input in Microsoft 365 too. | Even |
| Diagrams and charts | Diagrams from text (Mermaid). A chart from data you paste into a table in the chart dialog (copied from Excel works too). | Embedded charts and images. | Even |
| Footnotes | Pick a note citation style (Chicago or ČSN ISO 690) and the citations become footnotes in the PDF. | You insert them anywhere in the text. | It depends |
| Collaboration | |||
| Several people writing at once | In the browser, you see the others’ cursors right away. No sending files around. | In Word for the web or with Microsoft 365, with the file in OneDrive. Older versions only save periodically. | TommDoc |
| Comments | Threads on the text, mentions that email colleagues, resolving. | Comments with replies and reactions. | Even |
| Version history | Automatic and named versions, preview and restore. Free 7 days, Team a year. | On desktop and on the web. | Even |
| AI | |||
| AI assistant Tomm | In every plan. It edits the text right in the document, shows the changes and you undo them with one click. | Copilot depending on the Microsoft 365 plan. | TommDoc |
| Output and operation | |||
| Export to .docx and other formats | PDF from the template only. No .docx yet. | .docx, PDF and other formats. | Word |
| Importing existing documents | Markdown and ZIP. It cannot open .docx files yet. | Opens .docx files directly. | Word |
| Working offline | No, TommDoc needs a connection. | A full desktop application. | Word |
| Publishing on the web | Publish a page or a whole tree of subpages by link, with navigation and search. | Sharing a link to the file in OneDrive. | TommDoc |
| Posters and free-form layout | The template controls the layout, free positioning only in its code. It is not built for posters. | Text boxes, text wrapping, elements placed anywhere. | Word |
Writing and format
PDF look set by a template
TommDocCitations and bibliography
TommDocReferences to chapters, figures and tables
TommDocTable of contents, list of figures and tables
EvenEquations
EvenDiagrams and charts
EvenFootnotes
It dependsCollaboration
Several people writing at once
TommDocComments
EvenVersion history
EvenAI
AI assistant Tomm
TommDocOutput and operation
Export to .docx and other formats
WordImporting existing documents
WordWorking offline
WordPublishing on the web
TommDocPosters and free-form layout
WordYour own text tells you best. Paste in a chapter, pick a template and compare the PDF.
Moving from Word
The template is only a starting point. You edit the look of the export in a form or directly in the template’s code and see the changes in the preview right away. The gallery has thesis templates (UHK) and a seminar paper, and a simple base for companies to adapt. Template gallery
Copy the text from Word and paste it into the editor. We cannot open .docx files directly yet, Markdown and ZIP we can.
Connect Zotero, look a source up by DOI or ISBN, or upload a BibTeX or RIS file. Then insert citations in the text with @.
FAQ
Citations, numbering and the look from the template. And no more final_v4.docx.