We are looking at ways to integrate the new Teachers Without Borders site with Google docs.
Turns out that you can open:
documents – .pdf, .doc, .txt, .html, .rtf and .odt
spreadsheets – .xls, .csv, .ods
presentations – .ppt
By feeding the file url to this google url:
http://docs.google.com/?DocAction=updoc&formsubmitted=true&uploadURL=DOCUMENT_URL
Here’s an example if you needed to view a W4 form from the IRS url:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf
Use this url: