Document Preview

The preview option lets you see the content of the selected object. M-Files shows the document preview for the file types listed on this page. Click the Preview tab to open or close the document preview or drag the left border of the window to resize it.

To zoom PDF files on the Preview tab, right-click and select Zoom In Tool. Right-click again to use the different zoom tools.

To edit the object, check out the document and make necessary changes, or add annotations in the preview mode.

On the Preview tab, you can see the content of these file types:

• Email files (eml, emlx, msg)
• HTML and web archive files (htm, html, mht, mhtml)
• Image files (tif, tiff, jpg, jpeg, bmp, gif, png)
• Microsoft Excel files (xlsx, xlsm, xltx, xltm, xlsb, xls, xlt)
• Microsoft PowerPoint files (pptx, pptm, ppsx, ppsm, potx, potm, ppt, pps, pot)
• Microsoft Word files (docx, docm, dotx, dotm, doc, dot)
• OpenDocument files (odt, ott, ods, odp)
• PDF files
• RTF files
• Text files (txt)
• Visio drawings (vsdx, vsx, vtx, vdx, vssx, vstx, vsdm, vssm, vstm, vdw, vsd, vss, vst)

It is possible to extend the support for other file types. For example, DWG files. To do this, you must have a compatible third-party application set up and set it as the default application for that file type. However, this is necessary only for file types that are not listed here.