Image: 대한민국 행정안전부Īnother limitation is the presence of a watermark at the heading of your document indicating that it was printed from the Hangul Public version, as seen below: Some format and insertion options in Hangul public version. But a lot of text format options are disabled including spell-check. For example, you can add text, tables, images, copy/paste information. This version is very limited in function: mainly, it's simply for filling out pre-made. Public Document Hangul: a limited light-weight editor Only for Windows at the moment, and a quick ~95MB download (.exe file). So, the governement worked with Hancom to release a special Public version of Hanword that is free to download and use. Hangul files are still a major part of conducting government business in Korea, and governmental offices frequently provide Hangul (.hwp) files on their websites for citizens to download, fill out, and submit for a variety of services.īut because it's a proprietary format, citizens would either have to (1) pay for a copy of the software which is expensive, (2) pirate a copy, or (3) download a free viewer app, print the document, fill it out by hand, and then physically bring it in to the right departmental office.

This is a watered-down version of their main Hanword software, but importantly, it's free. Hancom released a new version of their Hangul software, called '공공서식 한글' (Public Documents Hangul), earlier this year.

Hwp file viewer