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I'm using Google Docs Viewer to embed all kind of documents. However I am having trouble to find out which formats are really supported.

On the offical Docs Viewer website (https://docs.google.com/viewer) Google links to a nice list of all supported formats. The following formats should be supported:

  • Google Docs
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Slides
  • Google Forms
  • Google Drawings
  • Image files (.JPEG, .PNG, .GIF, .TIFF, .BMP)
  • Raw Image formats
  • Video files (WebM, .MPEG4, .3GPP, .MOV, .AVI, .MPEGPS, .WMV, .FLV, .ogg)
  • Microsoft Word (.DOC and .DOCX)
  • Microsoft Excel (.XLS and .XLSX)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT and .PPTX)
  • Adobe Portable Document Format (.PDF)
  • Tagged Image File Format (.TIFF)
  • Scalable Vector Graphics (.SVG)
  • PostScript (.EPS, .PS)
  • TrueType (.TTF)
  • XML Paper Specification (.XPS)
  • .MTS files

However, if I try to embed Image files or Video files for example I will get the famous 'Sorry, this type of document is not supported for viewing' error.

So my question is: Why doesn't it show these files and which formats are really supported?

Example: JPEG (not working)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?embedded=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fnordware.com%2Fj2k%2Frelax-orig.png

See for more examples: http://jsfiddle.net/ABcz6/

Michaël
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Yes, I can confirm that JPGs as well PNGs that I tried did not work. Originaly I was trying to view such files with Drupals Embedded Google Docs Viewer, but then tested with just the URL https://docs.google.com/gview?embedded=true&url=http://www.example.com/test.jpg.

BUT, the semi-good news is that you can use TIFF images instead.

Maybe TIFFs are just more office-stylee :D

Michael Probst
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