Preview components

If you don't want to open a component for editing, or if it's a binary component like images and PDF files, you can simply use Inspire's preview features. For a quick preview, you can see a smaller view of the entire component in the Content details pane. You can also open the component in a viewer, which allows you to do things like change the font size, but you won't be able to edit the content and it remains unlocked.

For a quick view of the binary component, in the Components browser you can look in the Content details pane. You can see the first few sections of the topic at a glance and scroll to see the rest of the topic. This helps you view the actual content without opening it in an editor or viewer.

If the pane isn't open, click the down arrow in the pane's title bar.

If you think the preview isn't showing the latest version, click Refresh .

If you need to see more of the component, you can use the following steps.

To open a component in a viewer:

1. Click Components.
2. In the Components pane, navigate to the component you want to open.
3. Right-click the component and then select View.
   • An XML component that is not a map opens as read-only in the viewer.
   • A map opens as read-only, and you can click Download to download the map.
   • An image displays in a new tab, and you can click Download to download the image.
   • A PDF displays in a new tab.