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title: "Getting started with Document Authoring | Nutrient - The #1 PDF SDK library"
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# Getting started with Document Authoring

Document Authoring is a WYSIWYG editor for web applications that offers a familiar, page-based experience similar to Google Docs or Microsoft Word, enabling you to create, edit, and export rich documents with advanced word processing features.

**Getting Started Guides for document-authoring:**

- [npm](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-npm.md)

- [Vite](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-vite.md)

- [CDN](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-cdn.md)

- [Other setups](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-other-setups.md)

## Use cases

Document Authoring supports a variety of documents types.

**DOCX**

Import/export DOCX file

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-authoring/working-with-documents/docx.md)

**PDF**

Export PDF files

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-authoring/working-with-documents/pdf.md)

**DocJSON**

Load & save documents in DocJSON format

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/document-authoring/working-with-documents/docjson.md)

**API Reference**

Explore core APIs

[Read more](https://www.nutrient.io/api/document-authoring/)

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## Related pages

- [Integrate Document Authoring (WYSIWYG library) using CDN](/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-cdn.md)
- [or](/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-other-setups.md)
- [or](/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-npm.md)
- [or](/sdk/document-authoring/getting-started/using-vite.md)