Viewing Electronic Documents

Once you have located an electronic document (e.g., Word, Excel, or PDF) in your repository, open it.

The electronic document will open in one of the following ways:

• If it has a Laserfiche image associated with it, the image will open by default.
• If it has no image associated with it, the electronic document will open in your device's default application for that type of electronic document or you will be prompted to choose an application to open the document with. All .rtf files can be opened in the Document Viewer.
• PDFs will open in a read-only state in the Laserfiche Mobile application.
• The document's text will only open when it's the only thing that exists for that document.

Note: If you choose to open an electronic document with another application on your device, you are effectively exporting the document. If your organization uses Advanced Audit Trail, you may be prompted to choose a reason for exporting.

If you cannot, or choose not to open an electronic document from Laserfiche Mobile, you can still edit its field information, start and view business processes, email a link to it, share it, and move it or copy it. Use the app bar at the bottom of the screen to choose one of these options.

To open an electronic document in another application

Note: You cannot open electronic documents in another application if Prevent users from exporting to other apps and saving copies of offline documents on mobile devices is selected under Security on the Laserfiche Mobile Configuration Page.

1. Open the document in the Laserfiche app.
2. In the app bar at the bottom of the screen, press Open In .



3. If your device does not have a default application that opens the electronic document, select the application you want to open the electronic document with.

To interact with electronic files in Laserfiche Mobile

Some electronic files, such as PDFs and .rtf files will open directly in the Document Viewer.

To zoom in

• Spread your fingers outward to zoom in to a document.

To zoom out

• Pinch your fingers inward to zoom out of a document.

More options

Use the app bar at the bottom of the screen for additional options.

• Press the Fields button to edit the document's fields.
• Press the Processes button to start a business process or view business process details.
• Press the Share button to email a link to the document or download the document to attach to an email.
• Press Switch View to switch from the image view to the text view and vice versa.
• Press Open In to open the document in another application.
• Press Save Copy Offline to save a copy of the document offline.
• Press Properties to view the document's properties.
• To go to a specific page, press the page number box , then press the thumbnail for the page you want to view.
• Press the Close button in the top left of the document to close it.
• Press the back button to return to the document's folder.

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This documentation is specific to version 9.3. You can find the most up-to-date help files for the latest version at Current Online Laserfiche Product Help Files. For further help or feedback, please see the Laserfiche Support Site.

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