| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Final release | v11.8169.8172 SP3 (Word Viewer 2003) / September 27, 2007; 13 years ago |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Platform | x86 |
| Available in | 36 languages[1] |
English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Hong Kong SAR), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian | |
| Type | Document viewer |
| License | Freeware |
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Microsoft Word Viewer is a discontinued freeware program for Microsoft Windows that can display and print Microsoft Word documents.[2] Word Viewer allows text from a Word document to be copied into clipboard and pasted into a word processor.[3] The last version was Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 released in 2007.[4]
Seagate mac installer dmg. According to the license terms of the Microsoft Word Viewer, the software may be installed and used only to view and screen print documents created with Microsoft Office software. The software may not be used for any other purpose. Users may distribute the software only with a file created with Microsoft Office software to enable recipient to view and print the file.[5]
On November 29, 2017, Microsoft announced that Word Viewer would be retired in that month, no longer receive security updates nor be available to download.[6] Microsoft recommended for Windows 10 to use the Word Mobile application and for Windows 7 and Windows 8 to upload the file to OneDrive and use Word Online to view and print documents free of charge with a Microsoft account.[6][7]
Microsoft Office Word Viewer is a replacement for Word Viewer 2003 and all previous Word Viewer versions. For information on how to obtain the latest Word Viewer, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 891090. The Web Viewer app allows you to insert secure web pages into your presentation. Secure web pages are those that start with Non-secure web pages are not supported for security reasons. Most popular websites allow secure access. The application provides a preview button to make it easy to test whether your website works over https.
Format support[edit]
Microsoft Word Viewer supports:
- binary Word documents (.doc)
- Rich Text Format (.rtf)
- Text files (.txt)
- HTML (.htm, .html) and MHTML (.mht, .mhtml)
- Word XML format (.xml)
- WordPerfect v5.x and v6.x files (.wpd)
- Microsoft Works documents (.wps)
The Compatibility Pack for the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint File Formats was released on 6 November 2006, providing support to document formats found in Word 2007:
- Office Open XML documents (.docx, .docm)[8][1]
History[edit]
Word Viewer 6.0 was 16-bit and corresponded to Word 6.0. Word Viewer 7.0 and 7.1 was 32-bit and corresponded to Word 95. Word Viewer 7.1 would execute WordBasic macros without warning. The typical macro virus would not spread, but it could still execute (including any malicious code).
Word Viewer 97 was released with Word 97.[9][10] It was available for Windows in 32-bit versions. It can display Word documents in Internet Explorer 3.x and later.[3]
Word Viewer 2003 was released on 15 December 2004.[9] This includes many security enhancements over Word Viewer 97, and was the first version of Word Viewer to receive security updates.
Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 was released on 26 September 2007 with Office 2003 SP3.[4][1] Microsoft continued to provide security updates until February 2019 (mostly because POSReady 2009 shipped with it).[11]
History[edit]
Word Viewer 6.0 was 16-bit and corresponded to Word 6.0. Word Viewer 7.0 and 7.1 was 32-bit and corresponded to Word 95. Word Viewer 7.1 would execute WordBasic macros without warning. The typical macro virus would not spread, but it could still execute (including any malicious code).
Word Viewer 97 was released with Word 97.[9][10] It was available for Windows in 32-bit versions. It can display Word documents in Internet Explorer 3.x and later.[3]
Word Viewer 2003 was released on 15 December 2004.[9] This includes many security enhancements over Word Viewer 97, and was the first version of Word Viewer to receive security updates.
Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 was released on 26 September 2007 with Office 2003 SP3.[4][1] Microsoft continued to provide security updates until February 2019 (mostly because POSReady 2009 shipped with it).[11]
Development of the product has stopped ever since. In the meantime, Microsoft has made other ways of reading Office documents available, either through Word Online as well as WordPad (a native component of Windows) in Windows 7 and later, which can create, view or edit Office Open XML documents (.docx) alongside Rich Text Format (.rtf) and text files (.txt).[12][13]
No versions for any other operating system besides Windows were ever released.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abc'Word Viewer'. Download Center. Microsoft. 26 September 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^'How to obtain the latest Word Viewer'. Support. Microsoft. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013.
- ^ ab'Description of the Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000'. Support. Microsoft. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ ab'Description of Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3'. Microsoft. 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007.
- ^'LICENSE TERMS FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE - MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD VIEWER 2003'. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ ab'Word Viewer to be retired in November, 2017'. Microsoft Docs. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
- ^'Office for the web service description'. Microsoft Docs. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^'Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats'. Microsoft. 6 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2 February 2007.
- ^ ab'How to obtain the latest Microsoft Word Viewer'. Microsoft. 20 November 2008. Archived from the original on 27 June 2009.
- ^'Microsoft Word Viewer'. Helper applications. The Institution of Engineering and Technology. 20 October 2011. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^'Description of the security update for Word Viewer: February 12, 2019'. Microsoft. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ^'Windows 7: The Top 10 Hidden Features'. PC Magazine. Ziff Davis. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
- ^'Using WordPad'. Windows portal. Microsoft. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
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Discontinued versions of Office viewers
Microsoft recently discontinued the older versions of Office viewers. Microsoft will not provide hotfix, service pack, or security update support for these products. The discontinued Office viewers are as follows:
Word Viewer (all versions)
Excel Viewer (all versions)
PowerPoint Viewer (all versions)
Visio Viewer 2002
Visio Viewer 2003
Supported Office viewers
Office viewers being retired
The Word Viewer, PowerPoint Viewer and Excel Viewer have been retired. These Viewers will no longer be available for download or receive security updates. To continue viewing Office files for free, we recommend installing the Office apps or storing documents in OneDrive or Dropbox, where Word Online, Excel Online or PowerPoint Online opens them in your browser. For the mobile apps, visit the store for your device.
The Word app | The Excel app | The PowerPoint app |
Google Play | ||
iTunes | ||
Microsoft Store |
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To obtain the latest supported versions of the Office viewers, go to the following Microsoft websites:
Microsoft Office Word Viewer For Mac Download
Note Office viewers must be updated to a supported service pack level in order to remain in support. Use the following table to obtain applicable service pack information.
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Supported Office viewer | Service pack applicability | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Visio Viewer | Apply service packs for Visio 2010 Viewer | Microsoft office for mac standard. Visio Viewer is also known as Visio 2010 Viewer |
