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http://www.accessforums.net/).
There is no 'runtime' version of Word. There is, however, the free Word viewer, if that's all one needs. See:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/down...ails.aspx?id=4. Although the documentation refers to Word 2003, it works with Word 2013 files also.