WPS Word Cloud on macOS: Introduction

WPS Word Cloud is a text visualization chart in dashboards on macOS for highlighting frequent keywords; it includes 4 core tasks, with 4 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	4	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	4	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	Matches the number of membership-related rows in the index

About This Feature

Overview

Word Cloud is a dashboard chart in WPS Office for macOS that displays high-frequency words from text data in different sizes, helping you spot themes, recurring terms, and key topics more quickly.

Core tasks include:

Add a Word Cloud chart: insert a Word Cloud component into a dashboard and open it for editing.
Edit and export the chart: configure, duplicate, copy as an image, export as an image, or delete the chart.
Set type and data options: choose a data source, filter the range, select a keyword field, change the counting method, set the display count, set detail fields, and review the word frequency table.
Adjust chart style: switch theme colors and word cloud shapes while previewing the result.

This feature works well for comment analysis, tag popularity reviews, keyword extraction, and text theme observation. It is useful when you want a more visual way to summarize text fields in a dashboard.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	A macOS device that can run WPS Office for Mac
App version	The latest version of WPS Office for Mac is recommended
Network	An internet connection is recommended for downloading, signing in, and some online data scenarios
Other	You need an editable dashboard and text fields that can be used for word frequency analysis

Source: WPS Office for Mac

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Office for Mac, enter a dashboard, and confirm that Word Cloud appears under "+ Add Component"

Source: WPS Download Center

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	On macOS dashboards, WPS can add a Word Cloud component directly and supports data setup, word frequency review, style adjustment, duplication, and image export.	Microsoft provides an official workflow for creating word clouds with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, focused on generating a result from file content rather than editing a native dashboard chart.	Official Google results show that Google Docs mainly uses a Workspace Marketplace add-on for word cloud generation, with downloadable output and some customization instead of a native dashboard chart.	Notion's official help content focuses on pages, databases, and collaboration, and the public help center does not show a native Word Cloud feature.	Adobe provides a WordCloud app for Adobe Connect to collect meeting feedback, rather than a general dashboard chart for document analysis.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: Add, configure, preview, and export the chart inside one dashboard workflow. Distinct: Data settings and style settings are handled in the same editing panel.	Compared with WPS: the official workflow is more chat-based and does not describe the same dashboard chart editing flow.	Compared with WPS: word cloud creation depends more on an add-on than on a built-in dashboard component.	Compared with WPS: the official help center does not show a native Word Cloud entry or editing workflow.	Compared with WPS: the official WordCloud app is aimed more at meeting interaction and feedback collection.
Official Source	—	Create word clouds using Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat	Word Cloud for Docs	Notion Help Center	WordCloud

Overall Conclusion
If you want to build and refine a word cloud directly inside a macOS dashboard, WPS offers a more centralized workflow. Other official options can also generate word clouds, but they are more often presented as add-ons, chat-based generation, or meeting-focused tools.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable for	Main challenge	How Word Cloud helps
1	High-frequency comment analysis	Operations, product, and support teams	Large volumes of comments are hard to summarize quickly	Use a text field to generate a Word Cloud and highlight frequent terms by size
2	Tag popularity review	Analysts and business owners	Tag distribution is not easy to compare at a glance	Use the keyword field and display count settings to show popularity differences
3	Survey text theme review	Research and marketing teams	Open-ended responses are hard to group quickly	Use the word frequency table and preview pane to review topic concentration
4	Dashboard reporting	Managers and presenters	Text results need a more visual summary	Adjust colors and shapes, then export the chart as an image for reporting

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free users	WPS Premium
Basic Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation components	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic Word Cloud usage	✅ Available with no membership limit	✅ Available
Some advanced PDF and AI features	Limited or partially available depending on the feature page	✅ More advanced access and higher usage allowances
Cloud storage	1 GB	20 GB or more depending on the plan

Source: WPS Office pricing page; Why do I need to pay for WPS Office?

Recommendations

Use case	Recommended plan	Why
You only need to add and adjust a Word Cloud in dashboards	Free	The feature information shows no membership restriction for Word Cloud
You also need more PDF tools, AI features, or larger cloud storage	WPS Premium	A better fit for broader office needs and expanded storage

Membership page: Subscribe to WPS Premium

Source: WPS Office pricing page