View a Document

There are two ways to open a document to view its contents:

  • Download
  • Preview

1. Download the Document

Download the Document

Clicking Actions > Download will prompt your browser to download the file and open it on your computer. Alternatively, you can click the name of the document under version history.

Once you've downloaded the file you may modify the file on your own computer and finally upload a new version of the document.

2. Preview the Document (Microsoft Office)

Preview the Document (Microsoft Office)

For Microsoft Office Documents you will find a Preview option in the Actions Menu which will open the document within the browser. Alternatively click the magnifying glass opposite the document in the version history section.

The document will not be editable however you do not require Microsoft Office to be installed for this to work. You can scroll through the whole document and if required download the document on the bottom right.

The built-in viewer can open:

  • Word-files
  • Excel-files
  • PowerPoint-presentations
  • Pure text files
  • PDFs