Microsoft Word Viewer

Microsoft Word Viewer
Developer(s)Microsoft
Final release
v11.8169.8172 SP3 (Word Viewer 2003) / September 27, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-09-27)
Operating systemWindows
Platformx86
Available in36 languages[1]
List of languages
English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese (Hong Kong SAR), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
TypeDocument viewer
LicenseFreeware

Microsoft Word Viewer is a discontinued freeware program for Microsoft Windows that can display and print Microsoft Word documents.[2] Word Viewer allows text from a Word document to be copied into clipboard and pasted into a word processor.[3] The last version was Word Viewer 2003 Service Pack 3 released in 2007.[4]

According to the license terms of the Microsoft Word Viewer, the software may be installed and used only to view and screen print documents created with Microsoft Office software. The software may not be used for any other purpose. Users may distribute the software only with a file created with Microsoft Office software to enable recipient to view and print the file.[5]

On November 29, 2017, Microsoft announced that Word Viewer would be retired in that month, no longer receive security updates nor be available to download.[6] Microsoft recommended for Windows 10 users to use the Word Mobile application and for Windows 7 and Windows 8 users to upload the file to OneDrive and use Word Online to view and print documents free of charge with a Microsoft account.[6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Download page was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "How to obtain the latest Word Viewer". Support. Microsoft. 27 November 2012. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Description of the Microsoft Word Viewer 97-2000". Support. Microsoft. 19 January 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference KB934736 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "LICENSE TERMS FOR MICROSOFT SOFTWARE - MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD VIEWER 2003". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
  6. ^ a b "Word Viewer to be retired in November, 2017". Microsoft Docs. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  7. ^ "Office for the web service description". Microsoft Docs. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.