Documents as a node/block/field

Question

I'm working on my first Drupal site.

Using FileViewer I can load a PDF saved in a field, for viewing of various types. I haven't found something that does the same for Word Docs, Excel, etc.

Does anyone know of something that works in Drupal 7 to load documents other than PDF like FileViewer does inside a browser? Or like Scribd does (Scribd is hosted. I am behind a firewall with limited access for users. So I don't want to use a Scribd like service.)

Answer 1

It seems that FileViewer has been folded into a module called PDF, which uses JavaScript to render PDF files.

So the next logical question is: How do you render Word docs, like Google Docs? And the answer is: Google Docs Integration module, which lets you show a list of Google docs, but doesn't let you display the documents.

Web searches give up nothing else.

Good luck...

Answer 2

You can use this plugin Embedded Google Docs Viewer

There are steps you should take:

1. Go to Structure -> Content Types -> YOUR_TYPE -> Manage Fields

2. Add a new field with type "File"

3. Go to Manage Display -> YOUR NEW FIELD -> Format and change it to Embedded Google Docs View

   Your content will be displayed in an IFrame.

Answer 3

This question in Stack Overflow might help you: reading-writing-a-ms-word-file-in-php.

Note that that solution talks about a PHP interface to Microsoft office, not a Drupal module.