Runtime for Word Document and Excel Worksheet

[icintamyself]

In powerpoint for example, I can save as powerpoint show so that the user who open up the document would not need to have Microsoft office installed in his pc to see the presentation. Other examples, Winzip. I can zip a file. Make it executable so that the user would not need winzip or other zip program in order to unzip the file.

Hence I am just curious to know whether there is any tools or any other ways for the user to open the word document and Excel document without needing the Microsoft office program preinstalled in his pc.

Thank you

 

[GeekGirlau]

I'm not sure whether this works for Excel, but if you have a full version of Adobe Acrobat (not just the Reader) you can save a Word document as a PDF file, which can be read by anyone with Adobe Acrobat Reader (which is pretty much everybody!).

 

[carrr]

inctamyself,

I think this is what you're looking for:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/xlviewer.aspx

 

[icintamyself]

Thanks for the replies. However, I am looking at a single word or execel document in such a way that clicking that particular file would enable users to view it without having Microsoft office installed.

Let say that I want to email a word document or an excel document to someone. I want to be sure that he can view the document regardless of what wordprocessing software he is using. Hence if the document is having its own runtime built-in itself, the users would be able to view the document by just clicking onto it.

Otherwise, I have to email everyone two files, one is the actual document file, the other is the viewer application which is about 3 Megbytes so that he would be able to view the document.

I think no further replies would indicate that there is no such facilities within Microsoft.

Thanks.

 

[dougcranston]

icintamyself,

If, as you state:

User does not require special software to view a Word or Excel document.

Then look at saving the DOC or XLS as RTF.

Most Word processors will read, display and print RTF, assuming we are talking about the VIEWER + DOC or XLS route or PDF.

RTF looses some of the presentation "pretty print" stuff, table lines, shading etc. but provides a usable document.

Try it and see if that will meet your requirements.

Hope this helps.
DougCranston