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title: "Basic File Viewer: Features & Usage"
url: "https://help.ontraccr.com/en/article/basic-file-viewer-features-usage"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-07-25T17:48:00.817Z"
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# Basic File Viewer: Features & Usage

## **🖼 Basic File Viewer: Features & Usage**  
 

The **Basic File Viewer** in Ontraccr allows you to open, view, and annotate standard files like PDFs and images. It’s designed for quick document access and light markups — perfect for forms, invoices, and general documentation.

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## **📄 Supported File Types**

The Basic Viewer works best with:

-   PDFs
-   Image files (e.g. JPEG, PNG)

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## **🔍 Viewing Tools**

When you open a file in the Basic Viewer, you’ll see the following options:

-   **🔄 Rotate Left / Rotate Right** – rotate the document clockwise or counterclockwise
-   **🔍 Zoom In / Zoom Out** – control how closely you're viewing the content
-   **⬆⬇ Page Navigation** – scroll between pages using arrows on the left side
-   **⬅➡ File Navigation** – move between files in the current folder by clicking left or right

💡 Tip: These tools are ideal for reviewing multi-page documents or cycling through a batch of related files.

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## **✏️ Annotation Tools**

Click the **Annotate** button on the right to enable drawing and text tools.

You can:

-   **Draw freehand** on the document
-   **Highlight text or areas**
-   Add **text boxes** or **freehand text**

Once your changes are complete, click **Save**.

✔ This automatically creates a **new version** of the file — your original remains unchanged.

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## **⬇ Downloading Files**

At any time, you can click the **Download** button (top-right corner) to save a local copy of the file you’re viewing.

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## **🗂 Version Access**

If a file has multiple versions:

-   Click the **More** icon (three vertical dots)
-   Open the **Versions** section
-   You can view or download any previous version of the file

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## **🧾 Summary**

-   The Basic Viewer supports rotating, zooming, annotating, and downloading PDFs/images
-   Annotations are saved as new versions — so you never lose the original
-   Great for invoices, receipts, simple markups, and everyday documents
-   Versioning and page/file navigation features are built in