Chrome Office Viewer opens Office docs right in your browser

Chrome Office Viewer extension, opens all MS Office Documents(Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint slide) right  in your browser itself  – identical to Chrome’s PDF Viewer.

Note: Installing Chrome Office Viewer requires the latest beta (v27) of the Chrome browser.

Platform -Windows and Mac


Formats supported:
.doc
.docx
.xls
.xlsx
.ppt
.pptx


 According to Google's description, the Chrome Office Viewer offers the added benefit of malware protection: "We added a specialized sandbox to impede attackers who use compromised Office files to try to steal private information or monitor your activities."

chrome beta

This extension allows only to view the files and to edit we have to use only Google Drive or other options.Display problem with data over written are the defects in this extension.