Previewing objects

Easily preview a document to see if it is the one you want to work on without having to download or open it. You might be able to tell if it's the one you want simply by changing your display to the grid view. Depending on how Objective ECM has been configured to generate thumbnails, you may be able to preview a number of different document types. Although you will always be able to preview image files. The number of pages of a document type that you can preview is also configured by your Objective ECM administrator. Normally you can preview the first 5 pages of a document. The thumbnails in grid view are always the last published and/or latest draft versions of the objects, depending on how your system has been set up.

Select an object icon in compact or comfortable view to display it in preview mode. If you are in grid view, select the thumbnail to preview the object. You can also select the thumbnail in the Preview section of the object's Details page to open it in preview mode.

The version that is displayed in preview mode is normally the last published version. As the object owner or a user with appropriate privileges, you can view the latest draft version of the object in preview mode.

Previewing an object is not an action that is listed in your Dashboard's Recent documents.

The preview options available for documents / PDFs are listed in the table below and a subset of these is available for images.

I want to ...	Then ...
Go to the next page of the document	do one of the following: scroll press your keyboard down arrow key press Page Down on your keyboard select the down arrow on the preview options select one of the 5 thumbnail images displayed on the left-hand pane. This option is not available for images.
Go to the previous page of a document	do one of the following: scroll press your keyboard up arrow key press Page Up on your keyboard select the up arrow on the preview options select one of the 5 thumbnail images displayed in the left-hand pane. This option is not available for images.
Change the display of the preview	use the preview toolbar zoom options to decrease, increase and reset the zoom on your preview.
Preview the object in full screen mode	use the full screen option on the preview toolbar .
Open the object in its native application	select in the preview toolbar in the top right-hand corner of the page.
Edit a new version of the object	select in the preview toolbar in the top right-hand corner of the page.
Choose an action for the object	select in the preview toolbar in the top right-hand corner of the page then an action.
Search in preview mode	press Ctrl+F on your keyboard to use your browser to search the preview document.
Go to the previous / next object in the container	use the left and right arrows to the side of the preview to go to the previous and next object in the container or search results.
Close the preview	select in the preview toolbar in the top right-hand corner of the page.