Setup your web server to properly serve MS Office 2007 files
by ricardoz on Oct.20, 2008, under Tips, Web related
Most web servers are missing the new MIME types needed for Office 2007 files (docx, xslx, etc.) and when you server one of this files from your web application the users browser typically tries to open them as ZIP files.
To fix it just add the needed MIME types to your web server:
- docm application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12
- docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
- dotm application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12
- dotx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template
- ppsm application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12
- ppsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow
- pptm application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12
- pptx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
- xlsb application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12
- xlsm application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
- xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
- xps application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument
For example, in Apache Tomcat you need to edit the conf/web.xml file and add the needed mime-mappings.
