{"id":284,"date":"2013-04-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vm-officeblogs.cloudapp.net\/2013\/04\/10\/office-web-viewer-view-office-documents-in-a-browser\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:04:40","slug":"office-web-viewer-view-office-documents-in-a-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2013\/04\/10\/office-web-viewer-view-office-documents-in-a-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"Office Web Viewer: View Office documents in a browser"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you have Office documents on your website or blog that you want your readers to view even if they don’t have Office installed?\u00a0 Would you rather view a document before downloading it?\u00a0 To give your audience a better experience, try the Office Web Viewer.<\/p>\n

What is the Office Web Viewer?<\/h3>\n

It’s a service that creates Office Web Viewer links.\u00a0 Office Web Viewer links open Word, PowerPoint or Excel files in the browser that would otherwise be downloaded. You can easily turn a download link into an Office Web Viewer link to use in your website or blog (e.g., recipes, photo slide show, a menu, or a budget template).<\/p>\n

Some benefits of the Office Web Viewer include:<\/p>\n