Document Previewer

The Document Previewer module allows you to view file attachments across the system without needing to download the document. If you choose to download the document while previewing it, you can.

The Document Previewer can be accessed from four locations:

• Any file attachment field

• The Action Center Attachments panel

• Any Upload File window

• The Document Search module

 Note: If you attempt to preview an unsupported file, the following message displays:

"This file type is not supported by the previewer. Please download the file to view its contents."

However, you can still click the Download button to download a copy of the file and open it outside of ClientSpace.

Accessing the Document Previewer

File Attachment Field

To access Document Previewer from a file attachment field:

On any file attachment field, click the file name.

Action Center Attachments Panel

To access Document Previewer from an Action Center Attachments Panel:

1. On any dataform or CRM form with an attachments panel, in the Action Center, click the down chevron symbol to expand the Attachments panel.

2. Then, click the link of the file you want to preview.

   

Upload File Window

To access Document Previewer from an Upload File window:

1. On any file attachment field, click the Upload File icon.

   

   OR

    

   On the Action Center Attachments panel, click the Edit Attachment icon.

   

   The Upload File window displays.

2. What do you want to do?

   • To preview the most recently uploaded version of the file: Click the link under Current File.

     

   • To preview an older version of the file: Click Manage Versions and then when the screen refreshes to display a list of older revisions, click the link of the revision you want to preview.

     

The Document Search Module

To access the Document Previewer from the Document Search module:

1. From the modules bar, select Document Search.

   The Document Search dashboard opens.

   

   Note: You may need to use More Search to filter the list. For more details on using the Document Search module, see theDocument Search topic.Document Search

2. With the topic you want to preview selected in the grid, click Preview File.

   

Using the Document PreviewerDocument Search

Once the Document Previewer displays, you can easily navigate the window to view a document (such as a Word or PDF file) and optionally, download the document. For other supported file types, where you cannot view actual pages, you can preview an image of the file contents as pages or (as in the case of video or audio files) you can play the file in entirety and optionally download the file.

Document Previewer Toolbar

A static toolbar displays at the top of the Document Previewer for all file types.

It displays: 

• The document name.

• A page selector which allows you to either click through the pages using the left and right arrows or enter a page number and click the Magnifying Glass to jump to the selected page.

  Note: The page selector displays on paged documents only.

• A Download button.

• A Close button.

Previewing Paged Documents

There are two methods for previewing paged documents:

Method 1 - Arrows: Use the left and right arrows located in the toolbar and on either side or the preview pages to navigate from page to pages.

Method 2 - Page Selector: Type a page number and click the Magnifying Glass to jump to the selected page.

Note: If a paged document only has one page, the page selector still displays as 1 / 1. However, the left and right arrows for scrolling through pages are disabled on both the toolbar and on either side of the page.

Previewing Video and Audio Files

The Document Previewer allows you to play video or audio files in entirety as you would with any other player application. Just click the Play button. As with other file types, you also have the option to download the file.

Previewing Zip File Contents

When you preview a Zip file, the Document Previewer displays a list of files contained within it. If sub-folders are present, each sub-folder and the records within are listed. You must download the file to unpack the contents and view each file in entirety.

Converted Versus Unsupported File Types

To view a file in its original format within the Document Previewer, it must be supported by HTML5. If it is not supported by HTML5 but is still a supported file type in the previewer, it will either be converted to text or into an image per page. Excel workbooks, Word documents, and PDF files are examples of file types where each page is converted to an image. In the example below, the Document Previewer has converted the pages of an Excel workbook into images and displays the pages of the workbook as shown in the example below. To learn which file types are supported by HTML5 and which file types are supported as converted file types, refer to the supported files list

If a file type is not supported at all, the following message displays at the top of the Document Previewer and the Download button flashes as an indication that you must download the file to view its contents.

Downloading Files

At any time while previewing a file, you can click Download button on the static toolbar at the top of the Document Previewer to download a copy of the file to your PC. Retrieve the file from your Windows Downloads folder.

Exiting

There are multiple methods for closing a preview, including:

• Pressing Esc on the keyboard

• Using the Close button.

• Clicking in a blank area of the Document Previewer window (i.e., clicking in an area absent of preview content).

Once you close the preview, you are returned to the currently displayed form in ClientSpace.

Additional Notes

• Cell division are added to .csv file previews. Although native .csv files have no native formatting, cell division lines are added to enhance readability.

  

• The following message displays at the top of the Document Previewer when the file is a spreadsheet or comma-separated values file (i.e., .xls, .xlsx, .csv) as all columns of a spreadsheet or .csv file (as formatted using cell division lines) may not fit within the preview: 

  "Some data may not be shown in this preview. Please download the file to view its full contents."

Related Topics:

• Document Search