# Opening a Document

You can open a document and view it in Viewer or Viewer Light.
While you can use the same procedures for a binder, you can also open a binder from the [Binder Index] dialog box.
This topic describes the following:

- Opening a document in Viewer
- Opening a document in full screen view in Viewer
- Opening a document in Viewer Light

You can specify whether to start up Viewer or Viewer Light when you double-click a document, in [Document Operation] under [DocuWorks Desk Options] in the [Preferences] dialog box.

## Opening a document in Viewer

Procedure
1.
In Desk, select the document you want to open, then select [Open] from the [Document] menu.
Or, double-click the document. In thumbnail view, double-click the page area of the document.
The Viewer window opens displaying the selected document.

## Opening a document in full screen view in Viewer

Procedure
1.
In Desk, select the document you want to open, then select [Full Screen] from the [Document] menu.
The Viewer window opens in full screen view displaying the selected document.

## Opening a document in Viewer Light

Procedure
1.
In Desk, select the document you want to open, then select [Open in Viewer Light] from the [Document] menu.
The Viewer Light window opens displaying the selected document.