Method of open selected files by converting paths of the files into addresses

A method for utilizing web browser to view documents comprises the following steps: the viewing area of the web browser is divided into a first display section and a second display section, wherein the first display section shows a tree diagram of the locations of file menus and individual documents, and the second display section shows the contents of a selected document. Then an accessing disk is designated to become the network disk if it is the file server on the intranet, and plural submenus, plural document names, and location paths are read from the disk. The tree structure of locations of the plural submenus and documents is formed according to the location paths of the plural submenus and documents in the disk. Next, the location paths of the plural file menus are set to become hyperlink addresses, and the tree structure of the plural submenus and documents is shown in the first display section. Since the location paths of the plural file menus being hyperlink address, when users select a document in the first display section, the web browser reveals the contents of the selected document in the second display section according to its own application programs or those supported by the system.