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One of the main reasons that you might need this is that Microsoft Excel and Word documents pervade. They are perfect media to store, display and distribute information and ideas.

A rather straightforward approach is to simply link that document up.

<a href="bank/sheet.xls" >some excel file</a>

Another approach is via JavaScript.

<script type="text/javascript">
	function openExcel(strFilePath) {
		var yourSite = "http://www.yoursite.com";
		openExcelDocPath(yourSite + strFilePath, false);
	}
	function openExcelDocPath(strLocation, boolReadOnly) {
		var objExcel;
		objExcel = new ActiveXObject("Excel.Application");
		objExcel.Visible = true;
		objExcel.Workbooks.Open(strLocation, false, boolReadOnly);
	}
</script>

To open a word document with javascript, go with the following code:

<script type="text/javascript">
	function openWord(strFilePath) {
		var yourSite = "http://www.yoursite.com";
		openWordDocPath(yourSite + strFilePath);
	}
	function openWordDocPath(strLocation) {
		var objWord;
		objWord = new ActiveXObject("Word.Application");
		objWord.Visible = true;
		objWord.Documents.Open(strLocation);
	}
</script>

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