No interactive Word or Excel

[Talboy]

I'm using an FM12 Enhanced Container to store client docs. If I drop pdf or image files into the container they are interactive. That is to say I can scroll down the pages of a pdf in the container, even movies play in the container. However Word or Excel docs are only displayed as an icon and so I must export them before I am able to view them. I do have MS Word & Excel 2011 for Mac installed.

 

My question is: Is this normal behaviour or is there something wrong with my setup?

I have googled this issue but cannot confirm either way.

 

Help would be very much appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

[jbante]

FileMaker container fields do not support treating Word or Excel documents as interactive content. Your setup is fine.

[Talboy]

OK, thanks jbante. I had a feeling that might be the case.