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# ActiveX Control to Display Documents in Internet Explorer

Under Windows only, you can view any LibreOfficeDev document in a window of the Microsoft Internet Explorer. Install the ActiveX control in the LibreOfficeDev Setup program.

## Installing the ActiveX control

1. Close LibreOfficeDev and the Quickstarter.

2. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar. Choose Settings.

3. In Settings, click Apps.

4. In the Apps & features list, click LibreOfficeDev, then click Change.

5. In the Installation Wizard, select Modify.

6. Open the Optional Components entry and find the ActiveX Control entry. Open the sub menu of the icon and select to install the feature.

7. Click Next and Install.

## Viewing LibreOfficeDev documents

1. In Internet Explorer, browse to a web page that contains a link to a LibreOfficeDev Writer document, for example.

2. 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 LibreOfficeDev documents

The LibreOfficeDev document inside the Internet Explorer shows a set of read-only toolbar icons.

1. Click the Edit file icon in the document's toolbar to open a copy of the document in a new LibreOfficeDev window.

2. Edit the copy of the document.

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