Windows 7 - XPS Viewer

**Brink**

How to Open the XPS Viewer in Windows 7

Information

The XPS viewer is a Windows 7 application used to view a XPS document. By default, XPS Viewer will open automatically when you open a XPS document. This will show you how to manually open the XPS Viewer.

Note

An XPS document is any file that is saved to the XML Paper Specification or .xps file format. Although you can create XPS documents (.xps files) by using any program that you can print from in Windows, you can view XPS documents only by using the XPS Viewer, which is included with this version of Windows.

When you click an XPS document, it will open automatically in the XPS Viewer. The two toolbars that appear at the top and bottom of the XPS Viewer provide options for viewing and managing XPS documents, including:

Saving a copy of the XPS document to your computer.
Finding a word or phrase in the read-only XPS document.
Going to a specific page by typing a page number or by navigating forward and back through the document pages.
Zooming in or out to make text and pictures easier to read.
Viewing one or more pages at a time on your screen.
Digitally signing the XPS document.
Determining who can access the document and for how long by applying document permissions.

EXAMPLE: XPS Viewer

Here's How:

1. Open the Start Menu and click on All Programs, and on the XPS Viewer shortcut. (See screenshot below)
NOTE: If you need to manually open the XPS Viewer , then the XPS Viewerexe file is located at C:\Windows\System32\xpsrchvw.exe. Clicking on a XPS document will also open the XPS Viewer with the document opened inside automatically.

That's it,
Shawn

**linuzo** · 11-09-2008

An XPS document is a new Microsoft document format that you can use to archive content in a standardized format or publish content in an easily viewable form. You can also use this format to ensure that no one is able to edit your original work.