Previewing documents

Easily preview any document that is available in a workspace without the need to download it.

Preview the following file types in Objective Connect without downloading them:

File type	Supported extensions	Maximum file size (previews will not be visible for documents over this size)
PDF	PDF	50 MB
Microsoft Office files	doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt and pptx	doc, docx, ppt, pptx - 50 MB xls, xlsx - 30 MB
Image files	jpg, jpeg, gif, png, svg and bmp	30 MB
Email files	msg and eml	30 MB
Others	odt, odp, csv, txt, tif and tiff	odt, odp, tif, tiff - 30 MB csv, txt- 4 MB

Important notes:

Audio/video preview is available only if you have the ability to download documents in a workspace, and your web browser supports the audio/video format. The supported audio file formats are mp3, wav, aac, m4a, f4a, and oga. Whereas, the supported video formats include mp4, ogg, ogv, webm, m4v, f4v, mov, flv, and mpeg.
If a preview is not available for a document or your web browser does not support previews of a video or audio file, download a copy of it to view it.
File types not included in the supported list are unsupported and cannot be previewed.
File size for preview:
- In July 2021 preview file size limit was increased to 50 MB for certain extensions (pdf, doc, docx, ppt and pptx ). However, older documents in Objective Connect will continue to have a limitation of 30 MB in size. Only new documents and document versions will have the new file size limit.
- For videos, preview file size depends on how much was uploaded.
Previewing documents is only available on web browsers that utilise HTML 5. Some web browsers may not support the preview of all of the supported document types.
When previewing Microsoft Office files in Objective Connect your fonts may not display like the original. This is because Objective Connect supports the default Windows font library and if the font in the file is not available, the preview conversion replaces the font with one that is in the standard library. This may cause some formatting changes.
For the best preview results and to limit any loss of formatting, we recommend that PDF files are shared.

How to preview a document

In Objective Connect, go to the document’s Preview page within your workspace.
Go to the workspace then the folder if necessary; select the document to open its Preview page.
The document is automatically displayed in preview mode in 2 panels. The left panel is a thumbnail image of each page and the right panel displays a larger view of the selected thumbnail.
The following toolbar options are available for you when previewing a document but not an image:

I want to ...	Then ...
Preview a certain page of the document.	If you already know the page you’d like to preview, enter the page number in on the preview toolbar. Or look through the thumbnails on the left panel and select the one you want.
Not see the thumbnail images when I’m previewing a document.	Select on the preview toolbar to hide and show the thumbnail panel.
Preview the document to display in full screen.	Select and Full Screen to preview the document in the full screen of your device. Press Esc on your keyboard or select Exit full screen on the preview toolbar to exit full screen mode.
Make the document text bigger.	Select then a percentage size you’d like to preview the document at.
Zoom in and out	Select to zoom in and out in a document.
Rotate the document	Select and or to rotate the document.

How to preview a document - On the mobile app

Tap on the document you wish to preview The document is automatically displayed in the preview mode.
The following toolbar options are available for you when previewing a document but not an image:

I want to ...

Then ...

Preview a certain page of the document.

If you already know the page you’d like to preview, enter the page number in Go to a specific page of the previewed document. on the preview toolbar.

Or look through the thumbnails on the left panel and select the one you want.

Preview the page before or after the one I want.

When you have previewed the page you want, select either |< or >| on the preview toolbar to go to the previous or next page.

Or you can use the scroll bar or thumbnail images.

Make the document text bigger.

Select Increase the text size of a preview. then a percentage size you would like to preview the document at.