I saw another posting a few months ago, but again, Office365, DropBox, Google Drive/Docs, and LibreOffice are not options. Our users do not have mobile devices, so they can't use mobile apps (which apparently Microsoft is pushing the world to).(PDF output is NOT an option at this point, due to complexity and the large number of documents.) The users cannot be allowed to modify any of the documents.I am aware that the DropBox paid version is HIPAA compliant, however our internal policies do not allow for DropBox or any other 'Cloud' storage of any data. As my current employer is a Hospital and ruled by HIPAA guidelines, there are legal reasons why 'Cloud'-based solutions cannot be used.This however leaves us in a lurch, for a few reasons. This worked out well for cost, as we didn't need a full blown Office license, or could install Office Basic, then add the PowerPoint Viewer.Īs of November, Microsoft officially EOL'd extended support for the Word Viewer, and the PowerPoint Viewer and Excel Viewer are EOL April 2018.

So for some time now, we have been able to use the Microsoft Office Viewers (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) on workstations that needed to be able to view but not edit Office documents.

Excel viewer 2018