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Included with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is the ability to connect to an HTML Viewer server. The HTML Viewer server provides support for users who want to view the content of files on the Windows SharePoint Services Web site but do not have Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, or Microsoft PowerPoint from Microsoft Office 97 (or a later release of Office) installed on their local computers. Even users who have only a Web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) can view content by having the native Office file format converted to HTML on the fly. Although a slight delay occurs while the transformation takes place, the converted file is extremely close to the WYSIWYG formatting of the original. In addition to the process of transforming files on the fly for end users, administrators can use a batch process mode to convert the contents of entire folders to HTML.
Note By default, the HTML Viewer service supports only the following document types: .doc, .xls, .ppt, and .pps.
Transformation of a supported document can take between 1 and 30 seconds, depending on the complexity and size of the document as well as the speed and available resources of the dedicated computer. To provide for this ability and assure a fast response time, it is recommended that you dedicate a separate computer to this service.