# Opening a DocuWorks Container

This topic describes how to open a DocuWorks container and display its contents (files).

- Opening the contents in Viewer
- Opening the contents in the [Contents] dialog box of a DocuWorks container
- Opening the contents on Desk
- Opening the contents in Viewer Light

Note
You can specify how to open a file when you double-click a document in [Document Operation] under [DocuWorks Desk Options] in the [Preferences] dialog box.

## Opening the contents in Viewer

Procedure
1.
Select a DocuWorks container on Desk, and select [Open in Viewer] from the right-click menu or [Open] from the [Document] menu.
Alternatively, double-click the DocuWorks container or the shortcut to the container.
Viewer starts, and the DocuWorks container opens.

## Opening the contents in the [Contents] dialog box of a DocuWorks container

Procedure
1.
Select a DocuWorks container, then click [Manipulate Container Contents] in the [Document] menu.
The [Contents] dialog box appears.
2.
Double-click the target file in the [Contents] dialog box.
The application associated with the file type of the contents starts, and the contents open.
Even while the application is running, you can operate Viewer to open multiple contents at the same time.
3.
Exit the application used to open the contents, then click [Close] in the [Contents] dialog box.
Important
If you edited and overwrote the contents that was opened with the application, click [Save and Close] in the [Contents] dialog box. The changes are applied to the contents only when [Save and Close] has been executed in the [Contents] dialog box.

## Opening the contents on Desk

You can open the DocuWorks containers stored in the following locations and display their contents in the workspaces.

- Task Space
- User Folder
- Link Folder
- Task Folder

Note
You cannot open a DocuWorks container on Desk by double-clicking it on the Windows Explorer or desktop.
Procedure
1.
Select a DocuWorks container on Desk, and select [Open in Viewer] from the right-click menu or [Open on Desk] from the right-click menu.
Alternatively, double-click the DocuWorks container.
The contents of the DocuWorks container are displayed in the workspace of Desk.
Note

- If it contains a password-protected document, the [Password] > [Open] dialog box appears. Enter the password to open it. When the password is temporarily stored, the container opens without a password. If a document is protected by a full access password, [Password] > [Full access password] dialog box appears. Enter the full access password.
- You cannot open the container if a document with the same name already exists in the DocuWorks container.
- You cannot open multiple DocuWorks containers at the same time.

The contents of the DocuWorks container are displayed as follows.

#### Tree view

A container folder icon is displayed under the folder where the DocuWorks container is stored. When you open a container in the container, another container folder icon is displayed under the container folder in tree view.
Note

- A folder and container folder are displayed even if they have the same name.

#### Workspace

In thumbnail view, the contents of the DocuWorks container are displayed in the order in which they are stored. When thumbnails are rearranged and saved in the workspace, the storage order is also changed.
Note

- You cannot rename the DocuWorks container opened on Desk.
- You cannot copy the path to the DocuWorks containers opened on Desk.

## Opening the contents in Viewer Light

Procedure
1.
Select a DocuWorks container on Desk, and select [Open in Viewer Light] from the right-click menu or [Document] menu.
Alternatively, double-click the DocuWorks container or the shortcut to the container.
Viewer Light starts, and the DocuWorks container opens.
Note
When you open a DocuWorks container in Viewer Light, only the cover page is displayed.