ActiveX Control to Display Documents in Internet Explorer/text/shared/guide/activex.xhpActiveX controlinstalling;ActiveX controlInternet; Internet Explorer for displaying $[officename] documents$[officename] documents;viewing and editing in Internet Explorerviewing;%PRODUCTNAME documents in Internet Explorerediting;%PRODUCTNAME documents in Internet ExplorerActiveX Control to Display Documents in Internet Explorer
Under Windows only, you can view any $[officename] document in a window of the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Install the ActiveX control in the $[officename] Setup program.Installing the ActiveX controlClose $[officename] and the Quickstarter.Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar. Choose Control Panel.In the Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs.In the list, click %PRODUCTNAME, then click Change.In the Installation Wizard, select Modify.Open the Optional Components entry and find the ActiveX Control entry. Open the sub menu of the icon and select to install the feature.Click Next and Install.Viewing $[officename] documentsIn Internet Explorer, browse to a web page that contains a link to a $[officename] Writer document, for example.Click the link to view the document in the Internet Explorer window.You may still right-click the link to save the file on your harddisk.Editing $[officename] documentsThe $[officename] document inside the Internet Explorer shows a set of read-only toolbar icons.Click the Edit file icon in the document's toolbar to open a copy of the document in a new $[officename] window.Edit the copy of the document.