Read Msword07 file in Iexplorer without word07

Open Msword07 file in Internet Explorer without having Msword07

By following these simple steps given below you will be able to read msword 07 docs in you internet explorer without having Microsoft word 2007.

Step 1: Change the file extension of your docx file to .zip (hello.docx -> hello.zip)

Step 2: Extract the contents of this zip file locally using Winzip or any other unzip utility.

Step 3: Open the “word” folder in the extracted files and you should see a file called document.xml.

Open document.xml inside Internet Explorer and there you have the full text of your docx document.

If there are any images or charts, they’ll be available under a sub-folder called media.

Though you get to read the text without formatting, it’s still a useful technique to know.

Thanks Amit