Open topic with navigation

# Use IDOL Admin to View Documents

As an alternative to using the `View` action, you can use the IDOL Admin interface to convert documents into HTML to display in a Web browser.

To use IDOL Admin to view a document in your Web browser

1. In the Control menu, click View.
2. Type the document reference into the text box. The reference can be:

   - a document in the local file system, for example:
     `C:\Documents\report.doc`

   - a document on an intranet site, for example:
     `//intranet/report.doc`

   - a Web page or document accessible on the Internet, for example:
     `http://news.bbc.co.uk`

3. If your document references have a common format, you can configure a standard prefix in the IDOL configuration file to add to each document reference. If you select the Use reference prefix check box, HPE IDOL Server adds this prefix to the `View` action automatically.

   For more information on using the `ReferencePrefix` and `UseReferencePrefix` parameters, refer to the IDOL Server Reference.

4. Click View.

   The document opens in your Web browser.

© 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | Send documentation feedback to HPE Close Send Documentation Feedback To open the configured email client on this computer, open an email window. Otherwise, copy the information below to a web mail client, and send this email to AutonomyTPFeedback@hpe.com. We appreciate your feedback! Product: Topic Title: Help Topic: Feedback:

_HP_HTML5_bannerTitle.htm