Opening Office files within Safari

Hi,
I am experimenting with running Safari on a PC and some of the pages I visit have links to Office files (.doc and .ppt/.pps mostly). In IE these links cause the files to open within the browser windows. In Safari the linked file gets downloaded. Is it possible to get the files to open in the browser in Safari?
Thanks,
Adrian

They must download. There are no browser plug-ins that allow the browser to display those formats.

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