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Widgets and Live Text
Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in a document, including mail, using widgets (.XML files) created for their use. Power users and administrators can create and edit widgets, and deploy them to users to engage a Notes® form, view, XPage, document or Composite Application, or third party services such as Web page, feed, or Google Gadget™, or automatically install or update a client plug-in for specific Notes users.
Getting started with Widgets and Live Text
Widgets and Live Text is designed for three main user types -- end user, power user and application developer, and administrator. Policy and preferences control various access levels. Roles often overlap. For example, a power user may create and deploy widgets to end users while end users may use widgets that have been created for them, rather than create their own.
What Live Text preferences can I set?
You can control the display of Live Text using preference panel options.

Widgets and Live Text
Widgets and Live Text enables end users to see and act on Live Text in a document, including mail, using widgets (.XML files) created for their use. Power users and administrators can create and edit widgets, and deploy them to users to engage a Notes® form, view, XPage, document or Composite Application, or third party services such as Web page, feed, or Google Gadget™, or automatically install or update a client plug-in for specific Notes users.
- Getting started with Widgets and Live Text
  Widgets and Live Text is designed for three main user types -- end user, power user and application developer, and administrator. Policy and preferences control various access levels. Roles often overlap. For example, a power user may create and deploy widgets to end users while end users may use widgets that have been created for them, rather than create their own.
  - What Widgets and Live Text defaults are provided?
    Enabling the Show Widget Toolbar and the My Widgets Sidebar panel option displays the My Widgets sidebar panel and the Widgets menus and toolbar. However, the administrator can use policy or preferences to control user access to various aspects of Widgets and Live Text functionality.
  - What Widgets preferences can I set?
    You can use the Widgets preferences panel to specify the name of the widget catalog server, catalog, and catalog categories to install. Also use the Widgets preferences panel to toggle display of the Widgets toolbar buttons, the Tools > Widgets menu options, and the My Widgets sidebar panel.
  - What Live Text preferences can I set?
    You can control the display of Live Text using preference panel options.
- Working with Widgets and Live Text - End users
  If you are a Widgets and Live Text end user who does not have widget creation or catalog access rights, you can act on Live Text in your active document or double-click an installed widget to start an action. Depending on your policy or preference settings, you may also be able to do other tasks, such as add a new widget to your client sidebar or My Widgets sidebar panel.
- Advanced Widgets and Live Text topics - Power users or application developers
  You can create and edit Notes® and Web-based XML extensions (widgets) and make those widgets available from a central catalog.

What Live Text preferences can I set?

You can control the display of Live Text using preference panel options.

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You can toggle the display of Live Text by clicking Tools > Recognize Live Text in this Document. You can also control the display of Live Text for all the available documents in your current session by clicking File > Preferences > Live Text. For Accessibility, you can also use the Tools menu.

The Live Text preference panel options are as below:

Enable Live Text by default for all opened documents
Check to display Live Text visually underlined in this session.
Underline style
Specify a thick or thin line, and a green or blue color, for highlighting Live Text.
Live Text content types
Select which content types to display as Live Text.