Automatically view (launch) a Word document without having to download it first.

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  drbrucehornstein · Member · Sep 20, 2013 at 6:11 pm

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  How do I give a reader the choice of viewing (launching) or downloading a Word document which I have linked from a page?

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  eurello · Staff · Sep 22, 2013 at 7:02 pm

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  Hi there – This depends on the browser that your viewer is using. Typically, when they right-click on a download link, the browser will provide the option to download or view. But you can also embed the document in your page directly using Scribd:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/scribd/