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Native Word & Excel output

Download redacted DOCX/XLSX without converting everything to PDF.

How it works

Office and PDF

Converted to PDF for review and OCR

Mail and calendar

Headers, body, nested attachments

Chats and audio

Conversation Redact, not video

Review always runs on PDF. Native Word and Excel are a convenience copy of that verified path.

PDF conversion is always used for Fast Track review and OCR. Under Settings → Organization, enable Generate native Word/Excel on apply to also produce a redacted DOCX/XLSX after apply.

When native output is available, Export offers Download native Word/Excel. Complex DrawingML, embedded objects, and some charts may still need the PDF path for full coverage.

Fail-closed verification still applies to the PDF path: sensitive strings must not survive extraction after apply. Treat native Office as a convenience copy of that verified PDF workflow, not a separate unverified track.

Word and Excel Office.js add-ins are not shipped. Disclosure DOCX/XLSX work runs in the Northdocs web app.

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