If you have someone that sends you a Word, Excel or Powerpoint document and you don’t have Office on your computer, you don’t need to run out and buy those products. Microsoft has free downloads for viewers/printers available for download from their website.
Word 97-2003 Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en
Excel 97-2003 Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8378bf4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&DisplayLang=en
Powerpoint 2003 Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=428d5727-43ab-4f24-90b7-a94784af71a4&DisplayLang=en
Powerpoint 2007 Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&DisplayLang=en
Word 2007 and Excel 2007 Viewer Instructions:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925180