WebSphere Portal
Document Viewer
Document Viewer(c) allows users to browse Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, or rich text files.
Use Document Viewer
The Document Viewer allows users to conveniently browse Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, or rich text files. The files can be viewed either within the portlet or in another window. Users can also modify the size of the display area if they browse within the portlet.
Set up Document Viewer
Client requirements
This portlet application supports, at a minimum, Netscape 4.72 and Internet Explorer 5.0.
The Rich Text File Viewer only supports Internet Explorer and requires a WORD viewer at the minimum.
You need Adobe Acrobat Reader and the Web browser plug-in for the PDF viewer. For more information, go to http://www.adobe.com .
You need the corresponding viewer application to use the Word, Excel and PowerPoint document viewers. These viewers are not supported on Netscape 6. If you are using Netscape 4, you can download the correct viewer plugin from http://home.netscape.com/plugins/search_pi.html
Server requirements
There are no special server requirements.
Deployment/Installation
There are no special installation instructions for this portlet. For general information on installing portlets go to Administering your portal, Portal administration portlets, Installing portlets.