Files contained in AssetWise documents are normally listed in the Files topic in the Content pane. Clicking a file name opens the file in its native application (if installed). It may also open within the AssetWise window.

You may be prompted with a File Download dialog, confirming the file type and offering the options of Download or Open. If you select Open, the file opens within the AssetWise Web window.

When a file opens within AssetWise, the Content pane remains open but the Task pane disappears. The large pane in which the document opens is sometimes referred to as the Page pane. Most of the native menus and controls are available, but editing is inhibited in this mode.

To return to the three-pane display, simply click on the document class in the Navigation pane again.

If the document to be displayed is non-literary—a photograph, or a movie, for example—it may open in the Viewer as read-only. If an application capable of displaying the file is installed on your computer, it may also open within that application with full control. The Launch option would force the file into the separate application.