Sharing the Glow - Using TextGlow to display Word documents on SharePoint

Muhimbi - Displaying MS-Word files in a SharePoint Web Part using TextGlow and Silverlight

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This article shows you how to embed TextGlow into SharePoint and use it to display content stored in a Document Library. It is assumed that you are familiar with the Content Editor Web Part, if not then check out Todd Bleeker’s excellent resource on this topic.

OK, let’s get started

1. Make sure you have a copy of Silverlight 2.0 installed on your system
2. Navigate to an existing or create a new SharePoint site collection.
3. Download the TextGlow Silverlight viewer, unzip and copy the TextGlow folder (including the folder) to a document Library named ‘Shared Documents’
4. Add a new Content Editor Web Part (CEWP) to a page of your choice and set the height to something suitable (I used 700 pixels),

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Okay, that’s just cool! And it looks like a no coding or server side tweaking solution. Will have to try this as soon as I get a few minutes…

(via James Newton-King - TextGlow SharePoint Web Part)

 

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