Creating a MS Word document

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I want to create a word document on the fly and then open this document from the server with MS Word.

Does MS Word have to be on the server (which could be a problem as it is a Linux box) or can PHP invoke the copy of Word that runs on the client's PC? If so , what would the PHP code be for this?

If Word has to be on the server to work properly, is there a way of creating an HTML file on the fly from a PHP script and then saving it as a .doc file on the server and then presenting the client with a hyperlink pointing to the saved .doc file, so that Word can be invoked on the client this way?

Thanks, in advance

Chris

[Operandi]

I've sorted this out for myself - I should think before posting!

FYI - Word cannot be invoked from a Linux box as it isn't there but an HTML doc can be stored on the web server as .doc, invoking Word from the client with a hyperlink.