Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents can be previewed straight from the Document Index, without having to download the documents, and do not require any programs or plugins as it opens within the browser.
⚠️ Good to know: When previewing Office documents people will not be able to edit (read-only mode).
Search, edit, print, comments are not available when previewing PDFs.
How to preview a document
Go to the left menu. Under View, select Document index.
Select the file you want to preview and select the Item menu.
Locate the Excel, Word, PowerPoint or PDF document, and click on the file name.
A new window will open displaying the file in the browser.
💡 Tip: Admins, Viewers, and Publishers can also preview from the Manage Documents page.
Supported file types and file sizes
File Type | File Size |
Word | No limit, but subject to the 60 second time out for file downloads. |
Excel | 25MB |
PowerPoint | No limit, but subject to the 60 second time out for file downloads. |
150 MB |