My documents are grey.

I just downloaded the latest Reader, adjusted the settings as in other posts and my documents are still grey. They print, but I can't see them to edit them.  They also download to Word as grey.  I need them, please

See:ActiveX Filtering in Internet Explorer
The article is written for Flash Player, but the SAME AcitveX filter that blocks videos messes with PDFs too.  Disable it and see how they open.

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    Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 12:50:42 -0600
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