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ChrisBull
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Display .Docs

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Not sure if its a php issue but does anyone know how to or where i should start looking to get microsoft documents like word and excel to display in the browser, they dont need to be editable, just viewable...
Was thinking that there might be a way to convert them to a pdf and display that?

Any And All Help Appreciated,
Many Thanks
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manohoo
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If the docs don't have to be editable, why not save the excel/word document as html?
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They're not my docs. My company would like a preview for some docs before the employee downloads it.
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icesolid
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Honestly, I would just look into using Google Docs, much more robust that what you can build yourself.
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