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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.
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.

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.
- 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.
  - How do I control Live Text display?
    Toggle the display of Live Text on or off per session, active document, or even by recognizer type.
  - What can I do with Live Text?
    Live Text appears in the active document as dash-underlined text. When you hover over a Live Text instance, a blue drop down arrow icon displays to the right of the underlined text. You can then left-click to open a Live Text context menu of options. You can also use the Tools > Show Live Text and Actions menu option.
  - How do I build a Live Text dashboard?
    You can open a dashboard of one or more widgets actions that have been deployed to you, or that you have created as sidebar widgets, to jointly act on a Live Text instance in your active document.
  - What do I do when a widget or Live Text action prompts me to authenticate?
    If a Web-based or feed-based widget requires authentication, you must authenticate before using it. For example, when you click on a Live Text item, you will be prompted to enter a user name and password when the target widget for that Live Text requires authentication.
  - What are the My Widgets sidebar panel toolbar options?
    The My Widgets sidebar panel toolbar contains options for accessing the widget catalog and controlling your sidebar panel view state.
  - How do I add a widget to the My Widgets or client sidebar panel?
    Add a widget to your client or My Widgets sidebar panel in any of the following ways.
  - What can I do with a widget panel in the client sidebar?
    In addition to acting on Live Text, you may also be able to see and add widget panels in your client sidebar.
  - How do I add an emailed widget?
    You can add an emailed widget attachment to your 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.

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.

Although users can have any range of available Widgets and Live Text capabilities based on how their administrator has configured them, in this help system end users are defined as those users who can act on Live Text and installed widgets and be provisioned with widgets based on membership in widget categories. End user and power user capabilities often overlap.

Note: Regardless of whether the My Widgets sidebar panel is visible, widget actions that have been provisioned to you are engaged when you act on Live Text.

Note: You can use the Widgets preference panel to optionally display the My Widgets sidebar and toolbar.

If Live Text display is enabled, you can see and act on auto-recognized Live Text in your documents using widget actions created specifically for your use. For example, you can select a Live Text instance (for example, a flight number) and act on it (for example, to look up a flight status) by opening a third-party flight status widget action that has been provisioned to you.

Note: You can also control the display of Live Text using the Live Text preferences panel or by clicking Tools > Recognize Live Text in this Document.