Preview a File

You can preview a file in the user portal without opening it for editing.

If you do not see the Preview button when you hover over a file, contact your administrator.

If you are an administrator, enable Document Preview.

To preview a file:

Hover over a file in the User Portal.
A row of icons appears.
The Preview icon is the first icon, which looks like an eye.
Click the Preview icon.
(You can also click the name of the file to open it for preview).
A window that shows the content of the file opens.
The preview can be edited with the same Web edit/Office Online and Edit in Desktop applications that are available for editing the file from the file listing.

Which types of files can I preview?

Preview is available for audio, video, image, pdf, txt , md and Office file types, as well as the file types indicated in the table below.

For file types that cannot be previewed, such as exe, FileCloud displays a download option in the preview window.

How can I use the DICOM images in preview?

You can store, view and share medical files such as X-rays, CT scans, Ultrasounds and MRIs securely in FileCloud Server.

You can upload a medical file with a file extension of .DICOM.
In the dashboard, you can select a file with the .DICOM extension, and then click the Preview button.
In Preview mode, the medical file is rendered as an image with special viewing options that are exclusive to viewing .DICOM files.

When you open the preview, you have the following cursor options:

Option	Keys	Description
Drag	hold down the left mouse button	moves the image around in the preview window
Zoom In	scroll the mouse wheel forward	enlarges the image in the preview window
Zoom Out	scroll the mouse wheel backwards	reduces the image in the preview window
Lighten the Image	+ hold down the mouse wheel and drag forward	increases the contrast to lighten the image
Darken the Image	+ hold down the mouse wheel and drag backwards	decreases the contrast to darken the image

In addition, you can click following options at the bottom of each preview window to perform the actions listed below:

Pan/Zoom - Click and drag mouse over image to adjust pan and zoom.

Image - Click and drag mouse over image to adjust brightness and contrast.

Scroll - Use mouse wheel top/bottom to flip through the images. Double-click to animate.

Reset - Reset to initial image.

Tags - Display image metadata information.