Viewing PDF Documents
Interplay MAM assets can contain documents as essence files. By default, assets are created by ingests, watch folder imports, and import or upload processes in Interplay MAM. If you have appropriate privileges, you can also upload a document to an asset in MediaCentral UX, as described in
Creating Assets.
When a document is imported or uploaded, a PDF proxy is created, and its text is extracted and indexed for searching in the Search pane. If an appropriate template is configured, you can view the extracted text in the Metadata pane as contents of a “Document text” property field. During upload, the first page of the document is extracted as a thumbnail and displayed in the corresponding row of the Assets pane and Search pane result lists.
The Documents pane lets you view an entire PDF document. When you open an asset that has a PDF file with preferred usage “Preview,” the Documents pane loads a PDF viewer with default viewing features. You can also download the document essence from the Documents pane if the asset contains a file with the appropriate preferred usage and you have the privileges for downloading.
The following illustration shows the Document pane and identifies its controls.
| Display or Control | Description |
1 | Pane Menu button | The Pane menu for the Documents pane contains the following options: • Actions. Creates a process in the MAM system and attaches the asset to the process. See Creating Processes. • Download. Downloads the document. If you do not have the privileges for downloading or the asset does not contain a “HiRes” file, the Download link is disabled. • Help. Displays a Help topic describing controls in the Documents pane. From this topic you can access the entire MediaCentral UX Help system. |
2 | Fit to Page / Fit to Width toggle button | Toggles the display of the PDF document page in the pane: • Fit to Page: Displays the entire PDF page in the pane. • Fit to Width: Adapts the PDF page to the width of the pane. |
3 | Zoom In button | Increases the magnification of the PDF page in the pane. |
4 | Zoom Out button | Reduces the magnification of the PDF page in the pane. |
Note the following:
• Opening a document requires a “browse” PDF (file with preferred usage “Preview”). You can check the usage preference of a file in the File Info pane. See
The File Info Pane. If you open an asset without a browse PDF, the Documents pane shows the “Asset has no document data” message.
• Downloading a document requires a “HiRes” document (file with preferred usage “Editing,” “Distribution,” or “Archive”).
• If you want to preview as well as download a PDF in the Documents pane, the asset you open must contain both a browse PDF and a HiRes PDF.
• Your ability to download documents depends on Interplay MAM user privileges and rules. Downloading documents might be tracked, depending on your company policy. Download tracking can be enabled and disabled by your Interplay MAM administrator.
To open the Documents pane:
Select Documents from the Panes menu.
To open a PDF document:
Double-click an asset in the Assets or Search pane.
If the asset has a PDF file with preferred usage “Preview,” the PDF opens in the pane.
The Documents pane displays the first page of the PDF document.
To navigate the PDF document:
Use default controls to navigate the document:
- Use the scroll bar of the PDF viewer to navigate up and down in the document.
- Press Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End to go to the first or last page of the document.
- Press the Page Up or Page Down key to navigate page-by-page.
- Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key to navigate line-by-line.
To scale the PDF document:
Click the Fit to Page toggle button to display the entire page in the pane.
Click the Fit to Width toggle button to adapt the PDF page to the width of the pane.
Click the Zoom In button to magnify the page in the pane.
Click the Zoom Out button to reduce the magnification of the page.
To download a document:
Click the Pane menu and select Download.
The file is downloaded to the default download folder on your computer, as specified by your browser.
