diff --git a/public/app.js b/public/app.js
index f64cde3..4ba5b3d 100644
--- a/public/app.js
+++ b/public/app.js
@@ -319,15 +319,69 @@ function viewMail() {
 }
 
 function viewOffice() {
-  const url = cfg.onlyoffice;
-  $('#view').innerHTML = `<div class="wrap"><h1>Office</h1>
-    <p class="sub">OnlyOffice at ${esc(new URL(url).host)}. To edit a file from Seafile, open it in Files.</p>
-    <div class="bar"><a class="btn" href="${esc(url)}" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open in new tab</a>
-    <a class="btn ghost" href="#/files">Go to Files</a></div>
-    <iframe class="frame" src="${esc(url)}" title="OnlyOffice" allow="clipboard-read; clipboard-write; fullscreen"></iframe>
-    <p class="sub" style="margin-top:8px">If the frame above is blank, your OnlyOffice server blocks embedding. Use the button, or allow this app's origin in its frame-ancestors / X-Frame-Options.</p></div>`;
+  const docs = store.get('recents', []).filter(r => EDIT_EXT.has(ext(r.name)) && ext(r.name) !== 'txt').slice(0, 8);
+  $('#view').innerHTML = `<div class="wrap"><h1>Office</h1><p class="sub">Create a file in Seafile and edit it right here.</p>
+    <div class="grid">
+      <button class="tile" data-x="docx" data-l="document"><span class="ic" style="background:#3d6bf0">${icon('doc')}</span><b>Document</b><small>Word (.docx)</small></button>
+      <button class="tile" data-x="xlsx" data-l="spreadsheet"><span class="ic" style="background:#2f9e6e">${icon('doc')}</span><b>Spreadsheet</b><small>Excel (.xlsx)</small></button>
+      <button class="tile" data-x="pptx" data-l="presentation"><span class="ic" style="background:#e0742b">${icon('doc')}</span><b>Presentation</b><small>PowerPoint (.pptx)</small></button>
+    </div>
+    <p class="sub" id="olib" style="margin-top:12px"></p>
+    ${docs.length ? `<h2>Recent documents</h2><div class="list">${docs.map((r, i) => `<button class="row" data-r="${i}"><span class="ic" style="background:#e0742b">${icon('file')}</span><span class="grow"><b>${esc(r.name)}</b><small>${esc(r.path.slice(0, r.path.lastIndexOf('/')) || '/')}</small></span></button>`).join('')}</div>` : ''}
+    <div class="bar"><a class="btn ghost" href="#/files">Browse all files</a></div>
+    <p class="sub">Editing server: <a href="${esc(cfg.onlyoffice)}" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:var(--accent)">${esc(new URL(cfg.onlyoffice).host)}</a></p></div>`;
+  $('#view').querySelectorAll('.tile[data-x]').forEach(t => t.onclick = () => newOfficeDoc(t.dataset.x, t.dataset.l));
+  $('#view').querySelectorAll('button[data-r]').forEach(b => b.onclick = () => { const r = docs[b.dataset.r]; openFile(r.repo, r.path, r.name, r.path.slice(0, r.path.lastIndexOf('/')) || '/'); });
+  if (sf.token()) sf.req('/api2/repos/').then(repos => {
+    const r = repos.find(x => x.id === store.get('office_repo')) || (repos.length === 1 ? repos[0] : null);
+    const el = $('#olib'); if (!el) return;
+    el.innerHTML = r ? `New files go in <b>${esc(r.name)}</b> · <a href="#" id="chl" style="color:var(--accent)">change</a>` : 'You will be asked which library to use.';
+    const c = $('#chl'); if (c) c.onclick = e => { e.preventDefault(); store.del('office_repo'); pickLibrary().then(() => viewOffice()).catch(() => {}); };
+  }).catch(() => {});
 }
 
+// Blank Office files come from valid templates (an empty 0-byte .docx/.xlsx/.pptx often will not open in the editor).
+async function createFromTemplate(repo, dir, name, x) {
+  const enc = encodeURIComponent;
+  if (!['docx', 'xlsx', 'pptx'].includes(x)) {
+    await sf.req(`/api2/repos/${enc(repo)}/file/?p=${enc(joinP(dir, name))}`, { method: 'POST', headers: FORM, body: new URLSearchParams({ operation: 'create' }) });
+    return name;
+  }
+  const tpl = await fetch('/templates/blank.' + x); if (!tpl.ok) throw new Error('Template missing');
+  const link = await sf.req(`/api2/repos/${enc(repo)}/upload-link/?p=${enc(dir)}`);
+  const fd = new FormData(); fd.append('parent_dir', dir); fd.append('file', await tpl.blob(), name);
+  const r = await fetch('/sf' + new URL(link, cfg.seafile).pathname + '?ret-json=1', { method: 'POST', body: fd });
+  if (!r.ok) throw new Error('Could not create ' + name);
+  return ((await r.json())[0] || {}).name || name; // Seafile renames if the name is taken
+}
+
+// Which library new Office files go in (remembered once chosen).
+async function pickLibrary() {
+  const repos = (await sf.req('/api2/repos/')).filter(r => !r.encrypted && r.permission !== 'r');
+  if (!repos.length) throw new Error('No library to create files in. Make one in Files first.');
+  const saved = repos.find(r => r.id === store.get('office_repo'));
+  if (saved) return saved;
+  if (repos.length === 1) { store.set('office_repo', repos[0].id); return repos[0]; }
+  return new Promise((ok, no) => actionSheet('Choose a library', 'New files will be created here', repos.map(r => ({ label: r.name, icon: 'files', run: () => { store.set('office_repo', r.id); ok(r); } })))
+    || 0);
+}
+
+async function newOfficeDoc(x, label) {
+  if (!sf.token()) { toast('Sign in to Files first'); location.hash = '#/files'; return; }
+  let repo;
+  try { repo = await pickLibrary(); } catch (e) { return toast(e.message); }
+  textSheet('New ' + label, 'File name (in ' + repo.name + ')', 'Create', async n => {
+    const want = n.toLowerCase().endsWith('.' + x) ? n : n + '.' + x;
+    try {
+      const name = await createFromTemplate(repo.id, '/', want, x), path = '/' + name;
+      addRecent(repo.id, path, name);
+      if (cfg.editor) location.hash = '#/edit/' + encodeURIComponent(repo.id) + '/' + encodeURIComponent(name);
+      else window.open(`${cfg.seafile}/lib/${encodeURIComponent(repo.id)}/file/${encodeURIComponent(name)}`, '_blank', 'noopener');
+    } catch (e) { toast(e.message); }
+  }, 'Untitled');
+}
+
+
 // ---- Audiobooks: embedded site. Sign-in details saved in Settings (this browser only) can be copied with one tap,
 // because a page can't type into another site's login form.
 const abCreds = () => store.get('ab_creds', { u: '', p: '' });
@@ -706,9 +760,12 @@ async function loadDir(repo, dir) {
     { label: 'Folder', icon: 'newdir', run: () => textSheet('New folder', 'Folder name', 'Create', n => create(joinP(dir, n), 'mkdir', {}, 'dir')) },
     ...[['Document', 'docx'], ['Spreadsheet', 'xlsx'], ['Presentation', 'pptx'], ['Text file', 'txt']].map(([label, x]) => ({ label, icon: 'doc',
       run: () => textSheet('New ' + label.toLowerCase(), 'File name', 'Create', async n => {
-        const name = n.toLowerCase().endsWith('.' + x) ? n : n + '.' + x;
-        await create(joinP(dir, name), 'create');
-        if (EDIT_EXT.has(x) && cfg.editor && x !== 'txt') openFile(repo, joinP(dir, name), name, dir);
+        const want = n.toLowerCase().endsWith('.' + x) ? n : n + '.' + x;
+        try {
+          const name = await createFromTemplate(repo, dir, want, x);
+          loadDir(repo, dir);
+          if (x !== 'txt') openFile(repo, joinP(dir, name), name, dir);
+        } catch (e) { toast(e.message); }
       }) })),
   ]);
   $('#up').onchange = async e => {
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