Microsoft Word on IE
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Topic: Microsoft Word on IE
Posted By: zMaestro
Subject: Microsoft Word on IE
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 4:16am
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Is there a way I can view word documents through the browser by the same way a pdf fle is shown? using a component or so on? thanks. |
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 12:38pm
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http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID=HA010449811033&CTT=6&Origin=EC010963431033 - http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?AssetID= HA010449811033&CTT=6&Origin=EC010963431033 ------------- 
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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 12:40pm
| You can just link to the document and it comes up like when you click a PDF link |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 1:30pm
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Looking at this post again... Mart's approach works for .doc files viewed from the web if your file associations are set to view from web or prompt to view/save instead of automatically saving it. If you don't have word on your machine, and want to view local files, you'd also install the viewer and make sure your file assocations for .doc files are set to your browser. I think this is done automatically if you install the viewer without having word installed, but I don't know for sure. File associations are set in My Computer|Options|Folder Options|File Types -------------
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Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 2:55pm
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you don't have to associate the files to default with IE, when
installing Office, I think a plugin or whatever is added to IE so that
you can view files there.. at least on all computers I have viewed Word
documents on the internet, I have done nothing else than installing
Office to view them in IE when clicking on links.. (Oh my god this was probably not understandable  ) |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 16 June 2004 at 6:49pm
I'm not sure he has Office. - I understood perfectly... probably means it's time for my pill  -------------
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Posted By: zMaestro
Date Posted: 17 June 2004 at 4:45am
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I have Office installed, but what if a visitor doesn't have Office installed???
I'm looking at link posted.. thanks. |
Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 18 June 2004 at 10:24am
| Then you would probably need a downloadable plugin.. like Flash and Java |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 18 June 2004 at 2:10pm
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I keep web accessible docs in pdf format as some of my users are primarily unix types and open office has hosed up some ms word formatting for me in the past. I use Adobe Acrobat to create the pdf's. Installs as a printer on a windows machine - just select print, acrobat printer, and get a prompt for a file name. There's also some free/share/cheap pdf makers that do pretty much the same thing. -------------
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Posted By: snapey
Date Posted: 18 June 2004 at 3:33pm
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Get a copy of PDF995 ( http://www.pdf995.com - www.pdf995.com ) and convert the files from word to pdf (for free). The disadvantage is that visitors will not be able to edit the file. This is the same situation if they don't have MS Word. If I am making the file available for sharing, I often provide a link to both pdf and word versions. Most visitors are clever enough to decide for themselves which version will best suit their needs. Mark
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Posted By: Bluefrog
Date Posted: 19 June 2004 at 1:02pm
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I have MS Office 2003 and Open Office installed on my workstation at work. I like to use Open Office more because I'm completely fed up with the BS I get from MS Office. And, I can save it as a PDF with Open Office without anything else. I've used PDF995 in the past though, and it is very good. No complaints about it - PDF995 is very good. Personally, I'm hoping that Open Office gains more momentum and that the MS monopoly on document formats erodes in favor of open standards. But, on the plus side for MS (AFAIK), RTF is open to anyone who wants to implement it. I think a good way to do it would be with zlip because RTF documents are beasts when you use graphics. Great for text, but graphics really bloat them. For IE, Office needs to be installed on the client. And, AFAIK, the doc viewer from MS has not been updated since 1997~! Does anyone know otherwise?
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 19 June 2004 at 2:50pm
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Some places I've worked at have had a Word2K doc viewer, and I've got a 2K3 one that I use with Outlook. -------------
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