[navjack27]

also what you are saying doesn't make any sense. word itself is the document editor. the format just stores the metadata and actual data. word takes that and turns it into the document you see. it almost seems like you are asking each doc file to be a standalone document and editor in one file.

[bluecat22]

I meant if someone were to create a word processor in 2018, with the least amount of work, shouldn't they use HTML as the format of the document? Assuming no need to backwards compatibility with any other doc formats.