View a file

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View a file

The View tab preview ability is limited to *.pdf files and files that open (can be viewed) in Internet Explorer (such as htm, html, xml, txt and lift). So, you can view some added files in SayMore, but others must be opened in the program associated with the file type.

If you cannot view a *.pdf file or another file that should open in Internet Explorer (IE), you may need to research on the Internet why your IE does not display it. For example, you may need to install or upgrade your Adobe Reader®.

  1. Click the tab that has the file.

  2. In the left pane, click one of the following:

    • Project tab - Descriptive Documents or Other Documents

    • Sessions tab - a session

    • People tab - a person.

  3. In the right pane, click the file.

The tab (View, Image or Video) displays the file contents or a hyperlink you can click to open the file.

The Windows® File Download dialog box appears if the Always ask before opening this type of file check box is selected () in that dialog box. Click the appropriate command to open or to cancel the display of the file.

Play a media file has additional information.

Tip

  • You can clear () the Always ask before opening this type of file check box in the File Download dialog box. After you do this, you may not see the dialog box again. If necessary, get more help or refer to your computer's operating system Help system.

  • If the View tab does not display a

  • Folder structure describes where the files are stored.

Related Topics

Basic Tasks overview

Open it in the associated program

Tabs overview