Making Word document embedded in a web page editable or read-only

Question

I'm embedding some Word documents into our web page using iframe like this:

<iframe src="ftp://ftp.example.com/www/uploads/Image/test.doc" width="100%" height="400">  
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</iframe>

The problem is that the embedded Word control allows the user to edit the documents and shows an icon to save them, but doesn't actually save anything. Is it possible to setup Word to save edits back to the FTP server? If not, is there someway we can make the document read-only so the user doesn't get the idea that they can make changes? We're using IE7 and Word 2003.

(I just asked a related question about getting Word to save to a FTP server: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/606456/possible-for-word-to-edit-documents-directly-off-an-web-server-without-sharepoint)

Answer 1

I would recommend converting the file to an mht file. this will provide cleaner lines when shown in the browser and prevent the user from editing or saving the file.

Answer 2

You can use ActiveX component like EDraw OfficeView or UltraOffice to embbed office and give you few control against the save and edit the document. You can also send it back to server for save.