WPS Open in New Window on Windows: Introduction

WPS Open in New Window is a collaboration feature for opening a chat conversation in a separate window; it includes 2 core tasks, with 2 available without membership and 0 membership-related items.

At a Glance

Metric	Value	Notes
Core tasks	2	Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index
Available without membership	2	Matches the number of Free rows in the index
Membership-related items	0	All listed tasks are available directly

About This Feature

Overview

Open in New Window is a window management feature in WPS collaboration on Windows. It lets you open the current chat conversation in a separate window so you can keep the main interface and the selected conversation visible at the same time.

Core tasks include:

Open a conversation in a new window: Open a selected chat directly from the conversation list.
Review the new window layout: Continue viewing the title bar, quick actions, and message input area in the separate window.

This feature is useful when you need to handle multiple conversations, reply during meetings, or keep an important chat visible while working in the main interface.

System Requirements

Item	Requirement
Operating system	Windows desktop environment
App version	It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office
Network	A network connection is needed when using collaboration chat features
Other	Access to the WPS collaboration conversation list is required

Download & Installation

Item	Details
Official download	WPS Office Free Download
Check after installation	Open WPS Office, enter the collaboration area, and confirm that the conversation list is visible on the left

Source: WPS download page

Compare with Alternatives

Dimension	WPS	Microsoft	Google	Notion	Adobe
Capability Summary	You can right-click a target conversation in the conversation list, choose Open in New Window, and continue messaging in a separate chat window.	Teams supports opening one-on-one or group chats in a separate window and allows multiple different chat windows at the same time.	Official Google Chat help explains how to create direct messages and send replies, but it does not clearly document a native user flow for opening an existing chat in a separate window.	Notion desktop supports opening a new Notion window and opening a page as a new window, which is more focused on page and workspace window management.	Acrobat help focuses on opening PDF documents and document views. It is a document-window workflow rather than a chat conversation workflow.
WPS Advantages	Advantage: You can open a target conversation directly from the conversation list with a right-click action. Distinct: The separate window keeps the conversation title, quick actions, and message input area available for continued chat work.	Compared with WPS: Teams offers a similar separate chat window, but some related actions still depend on returning to the main app.	Compared with WPS: Official user help focuses more on starting and replying to messages, and the separate-window flow for an existing chat is not clearly documented.	Compared with WPS: Notion is better aligned with page or document window switching than with direct instant chat conversation handling.	Compared with WPS: Acrobat is mainly designed for PDF document windows and does not provide the same chat conversation workflow.
Official Source	—	Open a chat in a new window in Microsoft Teams	Create, send & reply to messages in Google Chat	Keyboard shortcuts in Notion	Opening PDFs in Acrobat

Overall Conclusion
If your main goal is to separate an active chat from the main interface and keep working in both views, WPS provides a direct and practical entry point. Microsoft Teams offers a closely related capability, while Google, Notion, and Adobe provide adjacent or different window-management workflows for this scenario.

Use Cases

No.	Scenario	Suitable For	Main Pain Point	How It Helps
1	Handling multiple conversations	Team collaborators	Frequent switching in the main interface	Open a priority conversation in a separate window
2	Replying during meetings	Meeting participants	Meeting and chat views compete for space	Keep the main interface visible while replying in a separate window
3	Keeping an important chat visible	Project owners	Important messages are easy to miss	Keep the target conversation open in its own window
4	Returning to the main conversation list quickly	Daily office users	Need to move between one chat and the full list	Use the separate window while keeping the main interface available
5	Keeping the input area separate	Frequent communicators	Message input gets crowded during multitasking	Continue typing and reviewing messages in a dedicated window

Membership & Benefits

Free vs WPS Premium

Capability	Free	WPS Premium
Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation core apps	✅ Available	✅ Available
Basic PDF features and PDF reading	✅ Available	✅ Available
Advanced PDF editing and more advanced tools	Partly limited	✅ Available
Cloud storage	1 GB	20 GB
AI features	Some limits apply	More available quota and features

Source: WPS Office pricing page

Recommendations

Use Case	Recommended Plan	Why
Daily chat collaboration and basic office work	Free	This feature itself has no membership restriction, and the core office apps are available directly
More PDF, cloud storage, or AI needs	WPS Premium	Suitable for users who also need more advanced office capabilities

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