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title: "View a document"
url: "https://help.dox2u.com/en/article/view-a-document"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2022-08-16T11:54:18.012Z"
---

# View a document

dox2U lets you open and view your original and verified documents easily from multiple points across the product. Let’s see how

**Step 1:** Select the document you want to view. 

**Step 2:** Click the menu button ![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//317d5104-0bb0-41e2-bf8a-528d5206020e) and select “View”. 

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//4d082b92-4f8e-4afc-a57d-17d95e271de9)

**Step 3:**  Your selected document opens us in View mode in a new tab. 

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com//5872bb68-12ef-40f9-941b-439e42675286)

> **📓Things to Note:**
> 
> -   **Clicking on the document name will also open the doc in a View mode.**
> -   **When you tap to open the view mode for a doc, it will automatically open up in a new tab.** 
> -   **You can only view docs where either you are the Owner or you have Shared Access** 

  
**🙋What all can you do?**

The following actions can be performed on documents:

-   [Download](https://help.dox2u.com/en/article/download-a-document) & [Print](https://help.dox2u.com/en/article/print-a-document) your document
-   [Share it](https://help.dox2u.com/en/article/guide-sharing-documents-using-dox2u) with team members or guests 
-   [Edit](https://help.dox2u.com/en/article/edit-a-document) your document 
-   Add notes and [tags](https://help.dox2u.com/en/article/add-tags-to-a-document) for your reference 
-   [View Extracted Text & a Searchable PDF](https://help.dox2u.com/en/article/view-text-extraction-status-extracted-text-and-searchable-doc)