Cross-Screen Creator
Make your Word documents mobile-friendly
Cross-Screen Creator creates a self-contained, mobile-friendly digital publication from your Word document. You can distribute it as a file, just as you would a PDF, but it adapts to the reader's screen.
Keep writing, reviewing, and collaborating in Microsoft Word, using the workflow you already know.
View a sampleImportant documents have a job to do
A client report, research study, policy paper, recommendation, member communication, or donor report is created because someone needs to understand, decide, approve, align, or act.
A great deal of care goes into getting it right - what it says, how it's structured, whether it's accurate, and what the reader needs to understand. The reading experience is part of the communication.
But what happens when you send a carefully prepared, desktop-style PDF to someone who first opens it on their phone? Cross-Screen Creator gives you another way to present that document, with a mobile-friendly layout that adapts to the reader's screen.
Cross-Screen Creator helps authors carry the value of their work through to the reader, without asking them to change how they create it.
Reading happens across screens
An important communication may be opened first on a phone, returned to later on a laptop, or read across several screens.
Adobe surveyed 1,000 employees from a variety of U.S. industries about how they use mobile devices for work.
46%
review documents on mobile devices
62%
say the smaller screen makes work difficult
36%
do mobile work while traveling
Source: Adobe—Mobile Devices are Shaping the Modern Workday
Same communication. Different reading experience.
Fixed page PDF on a phone
Mobile-friendly version on a phone
How Cross-Screen Creator works
Open your Word document
Start with an existing Word document. No special template is required.
Create a mobile-friendly version
Cross-Screen Creator adapts the document for different screen sizes.
Download the responsive publication
Save the self-contained HTML file to share with your readers.
Your documents stay on your computer
Cross-Screen Creator processes your Word document locally in your browser. Your document content is not uploaded to an external server for conversion.
See how a Word document becomes mobile-friendly
Cross-Screen Creator adapts the presentation of your Word document to different screen sizes. Text, images, tables, and other content adjust to make reading easier, while the document's content remains the same.
The Northline Research & Advisory report, Finding, Trusting, and Using Internal Guidance, was created in Word and converted into a mobile-friendly version using Cross-Screen Creator.
Open the mobile-friendly version on your computer and phone to see how it adapts to each screen.
View the mobile-friendly version
Scan to open on your phone
See the Word document used to create the mobile version.
How Word content adapts:
| In your Word document | In the mobile-friendly version |
|---|---|
| Text | Reflows to fit the screen, making it easier to read without zooming. |
| Cover page | Becomes an opening that adapts to the screen. |
| Table of contents | Provides navigation without relying on page numbers. |
| Side-by-side content | Appears alongside on larger screens and stacks on phones. |
| Tables | Retain their structure and can scroll horizontally on smaller screens. |
| Images | Resize to fit the available width. |
| Key Metrics and callouts | Retain their emphasis while adapting their arrangement. |
| Footnotes | Appear together at the end of the mobile version. |
Cross-Screen Creator also includes a library of ready-to-use Responsive Elements that you can copy into your existing Word documents. For authors developing recurring reports, the optional CSC Word Template & Guide provides a more structured starting point.
Microsoft Marketplace subscription
US $10 per user/month
For organizations using Microsoft work or school accounts.
Licenses are managed through Microsoft Marketplace and can be assigned and reassigned by your organization's Microsoft 365 administrator.
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