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Microsoft recently discontinued the older versions of Office viewers. Microsoft will not provide hotfix, service pack, or security update support for these products. The discontinued Office viewers are as follows:
Office viewers being retired
The Word Viewer, PowerPoint Viewer and Excel Viewer have been retired. These Viewers will no longer be available for download or receive security updates. To continue viewing Office files for free, we recommend installing the Office apps or storing documents in OneDrive or Dropbox, where Word Online, Excel Online or PowerPoint Online opens them in your browser. For the mobile apps, visit the store for your device.
| The Word app | The Excel app | The PowerPoint app | |
| Google Play | Download | Download | Download |
| iTunes | Download | Download | Download |
| Microsoft Store | Download | Download | Download |
To obtain the latest supported versions of the Office viewers, go to the following Microsoft websites:
Note Office viewers must be updated to a supported service pack level in order to remain in support. Use the following table to obtain applicable service pack information.| Supported Office viewer | Service pack applicability | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Visio Viewer | Apply service packs for Visio 2010 Viewer | Visio Viewer is also known as Visio 2010 Viewer |
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