Open Lotus Notes documents in Microsoft Word without coding

Assume, for example, that you have a form and view with a few Lotus Notes documents.

1. Open your form in design mode and go to the second tab, labeled Defaults. Select Others from the content-type section and add application/msword.
2. Design your form with simple HTML, as such:

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   You don't need to create any extra forms if your application runs on both Lotus Notes and the Web. Hide the HTML portion in Notes; the remaining form design can remain the same.

3. Open your view in design mode and append ".doc" in your column along with your field name. For example:
4. Save and run the view on the Web. Click the hyperlink column and you'll see the document in Microsoft Word.

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