# About DocuWorks Viewer Light

DocuWorks Viewer Light is a software application that allows you to view DocuWorks files created with DocuWorks (DocuWorks document, DocuWorks binders, and DocuWorks containers).
You can open and use DocuWorks files received via e-mail or published to a website even if you do not have DocuWorks installed.
Use the following function.

- Viewing DocuWorks files
- Printing DocuWorks documents and DocuWorks binders
- Searching for a text string in DocuWorks files
- Extracting original data or the content items
- Showing / hiding annotations (stamp, notepad)
- Copying image of pages
- Showing OCR result
- Selecting text and copying it to the clipboard

A DocuWorks file published to a web page can be viewed in the following ways:

- Directly view it in your web browser
  For information on the settings and instructions for viewing a DocuWorks file in your web browser, refer to here.
- Download it from the web page to view
  Open and view the downloaded file in Viewer Light.
  The instructions are described in this help.