How do I open a Word document in a web part

Question

I want to display a .docx (Word) document in a Sharepoint page. I have a sharepoint page with a Page Viewer web part an a Word document on the same Sharepoint site. What I'm trying to do is the following :

• Copy the link to the word document
• Open the tool pane for the web part
• Copy the link to the word document in the link text box
• Click ok

The document is not displayed, and when I re-open the tool pane, the link has disappeared. See screenshots below :

I assume I'm doing something wrong, but I get 0 feedback from Sharepoint. No error, the link (when I test it) works, etc...

Answer 1

Follow below steps to achieve this:

1. Go to your SharePoint page.
2. Add web part from : Media and Content > Page Viewer Web Part > Insert
3. Edit web part properties.
4. Keep web part settings as "Web Page"(first option in web part properties).
5. Copy the link of a document file in a document library from the ellipsis(...) with ?Web=1.
6. Paste URL in the Link field of web part.
7. Click Apply.
8. Resize web part height from "Appearance" if needed.
9. Save page.

Note:

1. The URL to the Word/PDF file will end with the parameter ?Web=1 after the file name as this is what makes a office document open in Office Web Apps. So keep it as it is.

2. If the office Web Apps installed and connected to your SharePoint farm then it will render the document file on the web page inside Word Web App.

Update:

1. For Modern Pages on SharePoint online, you can use the file viewer web part on pages.

2. Use the File viewer web part to insert a file on your page. File types you can insert include Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, PDFs, 3D models, and more.

   Source:

   1. Use the File viewer web part.