View Word documents with free Word Viewer from Microsoft

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Microsoft Word Viewer is a standalone freeware program for Windows. It allows users who do not own Microsoft Word to view, copy  & print documents that are created in Microsoft Office.

microsoft word View Word documents with free Word Viewer from Microsoft

The Word Viewer, together with the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats, allows you open Word documents saved in the following formats:

  • Word Document (*.docx)
  • Word Macro-Enabled Document (*.docm)
  • Rich Text Format (.rtf)
  • Text (.txt)
  • Web Page formats (.htm, .html, .mht, .mhtml)
  • WordPerfect 5.x (.wpd)
  • WordPerfect 6.x (.doc, .wpd)
  • Works 6.0 (.wps)
  • Works 7.0 (.wps)
  • XML (.xml)

With Word Viewer and the Compatibility Pack, you can view, print, and copy document contents to another program. However, you cannot edit an open document, save a document, or create a new document.

This download applies to Microsoft Office Word 2007 and earlier.

Details: Microsoft.

Go here to see the complete list of Microsoft Office Online File Converters and Document Viewers.

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Anand aka HappyAndyK is an end-user Windows enthusiast, a Microsoft MVP in Windows Desktop Experience since 2007, and the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, TheGeeksClub.com & WinVistaClub.com. Creating a System Restore Point before trying out a new software or a tweak is always recommended.
  • tuxplorer

    They haven’t release a 2010 viewer yet?

  • http://www.thewindowsclub.com/ Windows Club

    Not yet – was searching for it, when I realized that even this was not covered on TWC yet.

  • http://www.mswordhelp.com mike.smith

    I would also add that for users who do not have to use MS products there is an alternative in OpenOffice.org or Google Docs. Especially the latter has good record in dealing with MS Word documents.

    On the other side, OpenOffice.org has also portable version so you can run it from your USB stick.