Link Field Formatter
Categories
Component ID
Component name
Component type
Maintenance status
Development status
Component security advisory coverage
Component created
Component changed
Component body
This module provides a new format for the Link field type. This format presents the file as a fully rendered object within a web page - i.e. it displays the contents of the link as appropriate to its filetype (Adobe Acrobat .pdf, Microsoft Word .doc/.docx, Micrososft Excel .xls/.xlsx, Microsoft Powerpoint .ppt/.pptx), using the Google Docs embedded rendering engine.
N.B.: Only link having .pdf,.doc/.docx, .xls/.xlsx. and .ppt/.pptx may use this formatter - Google Docs must be able to access the link url in order to render and display it. In other words, it won't work on a typical development laptop, or if your server is behind a firewall where Google is unable to access it.
Also this module helps play audio files and render images hosted on another server.