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Jul 13 2022
How to View DOCX in an Angular Web App
by Andrey Safonov
Looking for an Angular DOCX viewer? This blog describes how to view Microsoft Office documents in an Angular file viewer app using PDFTron’s WebViewer. This includes Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint formats and legacy formats like DOC, XLS, and PPT.
With just a few lines of code, view files client-side, without server dependencies, Microsoft Office licenses, or third-party software. The PDFTron WebViewer directly converts `DOCX,` `XLSX,` and `PPTX` files using JavaScript, and renders them for viewing dynamically.
You can also try our
View our full Angular doc viewer demo on
Additional Functionality
WebViewer supports more than simply viewing Office documents, offering
WebViewer also supports formats like PDF, images,
How to View DOCX in an Angular Web App
Step 1 - Get Started
After the Angular doc viewer example is running, pass the URL, blob, file path, or arrayBuffer to `initialDoc` property in the WebViewer constructor.
Code Example for Angular Document Viewer
WebViewer({
...,
initialDoc: 'https://myserver.com/myfile.docx',
}, document.getElementById('viewer'));You can also call `loadDocument` with the same parameters.
WebViewer(...)
.then(instance => {
instance.UI.loadDocument('https://myserver.com/myfile.docx', { filename: 'myfile.docx' });
});Step 2 - Run the App
Now run the app via 'npm start'.
View the npm Angular file viewer docx app, by navigating to http://localhost:4200/. The app automatically reloads if you change any source files.
A Customizable UI
To configure the UI, WebViewer comes with a rich set of APIs. For an idea of the vast possibilities, check out the
Conclusion
The process to add Office document viewing and collaboration to your native npm Angular file browser app is straightforward using the PDFTron WebViewer, a
You can also check out other capabilities on our
If you have any questions about PDFTron’s SDK or WebViewer, please
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ANDREY SAFONOV
Head of Product
First a developer then a solution engineer. Now a product team leader and dev experience advocate.
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