Most of the online documents that we are going to find are generally in PDF format. However, every now and then we can find a format developed by Microsoft, which was developed with the intention of competing fairly with Adobe's PDF. Today we are going to talk about how to view XPS files in Windows 10 It is very easy!
What is an XPS file?
The XPS format was developed by Microsoft, the idea was to compete with PDF, although obviously the format never quite took off. Although this does not mean that every so often we do not find an XPS file..
In order to create an XPS file, it is essential to have a document editor that is capable of saving in that format. All Microsoft Office applications can save in XPS format. However, they cannot read it after the file is created; even no modern browser can read it, although we will find several programs that serve as a PDF reader that support the format.
Google drive
In case we do not want to install any application to read an XPS file, especially if it is something occasional. Then we can upload said XPS file to a Google Drive and we can see its content..
For this we go to Google Drive, we click on the "New" button and then "File upload"; We will select the XPS file and wait for it to load, then proceed to open it.
PDF Sumatra
An excellent PDF reader in general terms is Sumatra, which supports the XPS format. There are many third-party readers that we can test. However, Sumatra PDF Reader is completely free and has two versions, one that we can install and a portable one, to use occasionally..
The only thing we will have to do is download the program from the official website , we will execute it when we have it downloaded and we will drag the XPS file into the app to open it.
Microsoft XPS Viewer
Microsoft had its own XPS viewer in Windows 10 . The only problem is that new versions of Windows 10 no longer have this application installed by default. However, we can download it without problems.
- We open Windows configuration, for this we are going to press "Windows + i".
- Then we will have to go to "Applications".
- Next, we go to “Applications and Features”.
- We select "Optional functions".
- Now we are going to click on "Add a function".
- Here we will have to choose "XPS Viewer" from the list.
- We will have to click on "Install", this may take a while.
- Once it is installed, we will right click on an XPS file and select “Open with”.
- In this step we will select the XPS viewer that we just installed.
As you can see, it is still possible to view XPS files in Windows in a simple way.