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<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="2"/>Under Windows only, you can view any <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> document in a window of the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Install the ActiveX control in the <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Setup program.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="3"/>Installing the ActiveX control</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="4"/>Close <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> and the Quickstarter.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="5"/>Start the <span class="T1"><help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Setup</span> program. There is a link to start Setup in your {installpath} folder.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="6"/>In Setup, choose the <span class="T1">Modify</span> option and click <span class="T1">Next</span>.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="7"/>Open the <span class="T1">Optional Components</span> entry and find the <span class="T1">ActiveX Control</span> entry. If it has a solid color it is already installed. If it has another color, click it until it shows a solid color.</p>
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<p class="P2"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="8"/>Click <span class="T1">Modify</span>, answer any other dialogs, and end the Setup program with <span class="T1">Complete</span>.</p>
<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="10"/>In Internet Explorer, browse to a web page that contains a link to a <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Writer *.sxw document, for example.</p>
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<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="11"/>Click the link to view the document in the Internet Explorer window.</p>
<p class="P3"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="12"/>You may still right-click the link to save the file on your harddisk.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="14"/>The <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> document inside the Internet Explorer shows a set of read-only toolbar icons.</p>
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<p class="P4"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="15"/>Click the <span class="T1">Edit file</span> icon in the document's toolbar to open a copy of the document in a new <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> window.</p>
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<p class="P4"><help:paragraphinfo state="U" number="16"/>Edit the copy of the document.</p>