Answers

The questions people ask after the installer finishes.

Short answers with links into the rest of the handbook. Prices move; confirm them on wps.com. This site is an independent handbook and is not affiliated with Kingsoft Office Software Corporation Limited.

FAQ

Short answers, then a longer room

If the installer already finished, start here. If it never should have started, open the download map instead.

Core Writer, Spreadsheet, Presentation, and PDF reading are free. Ads are common. Extra cloud (often about 1 GB free versus about 20 GB paid), OCR, batch PDF, and many AI calls are paid walls. Confirm prices on wps.com.
wps.com/download, Microsoft Store 9NSGM705MQWC, Google Play cn.wps.moffice_eng, App Store id1491101673, or the vendor Linux Deb/RPM page. Not a video description and not a “full 2026 setup” ad.
Usually yes for DOCX. Fonts, complex tracked changes, and VBA are the failure modes. Keep a copy. Round-trip before you delete Microsoft 365.
Sometimes you can quiet nags in settings. A “ad-free crack” is malware weather. See the ads guide and free versus Premium.
A legitimate Kingsoft listing for Windows. If two tiles appear, read the publisher. Another known EXE tile is XP8M1ZJCZ99QJW.
Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation are the usual trio. Fonts and some PDF extras lag. Use Kingsoft’s current Deb or RPM, then the Linux fonts guide.
The button is in current builds. Daily free prompts run out. Do not treat Copilot-style output as a source. See the AI page.
Uninstall, then reset DOCX/XLSX/PPTX defaults. Store leftovers can still hijack double-clicks. See uninstall and the after-uninstall guide.
Not for local files. Create one only for Cloud sync or version history. Sign out on shared machines.
Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation are the usual trio. PDF extras and AI can lag. Fonts are the first shock. Use Kingsoft’s current Deb or RPM, then the Linux fonts guide.
For drafting, often yes. For a file whose page breaks are the contract, round-trip it in Microsoft 365 or keep PDF as the snapshot. Compatibility is a test, not a slogan.
Yes. Keep Word for macros if you need them, and WPS for daily notes. After install, set file associations on purpose so a DOCX opens the suite you meant.
Save As DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX. Native WPS formats are a private language. The modern Microsoft extension is the polite default when you share.
Usually yes. Open the old binary, then Save As DOCX, XLSX, or PPTX before you spend a week on the file. Archives lie; the modern format is the working copy.
That is an encoding problem, not a corrupt download. Open as CSV, check the first column of names, then Save As XLSX. Bank and school exports still arrive in odd encodings.
Yes. WPS likes to claim PDF on install. Reset the default in Windows or macOS if you only wanted Writer. See the file associations guide.
Yes for local Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation files. Cloud versions, some AI prompts, and template galleries need a network. A laptop on a bus still types.

Where to go next

Channel map: download. Paid walls: free versus Premium. Safety: security. Symptom index: troubleshooting. Numbered repairs: guides.

If your question is “which suite should I even use,” open compare before you uninstall Microsoft 365. If your question is “the splash died,” skip the FAQ and open WPS will not open.