Word for the web uses a PDF reader to print documents (see the list of supported PDF readers). When you view or print a document in Word for the web, the document looks the same as it does in Print Layout view in the Word desktop app.

Top of Page Features supported for viewing and printing For example, these formats are not supported: Rich Text Format (RTF), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Portable Document Format (PDF), and Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions HTML (MHTML). Word for the web can’t open documents in other file formats. Word for the web can’t save documents in the. Word for the web displays documents in these formats, but to edit the document in the browser, Word for the web saves a new copy of the document in. The document can be opened, but macros do not run. Word Macro-Enabled Document (.docm) or Word Macro-Enabled Template (.dotm) Word for the web opens documents in these formats: In this articleįeatures supported for viewing and printingįeatures that differ between the browser and the desktopįile formats supported in Word for the web

Note: If you are using Word for the web with SharePoint 2010, see this version of Differences between using a document in the browser and in Word.

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