File viewer

A file viewer (English native file viewer ) is used to represent the stored as digital data file. In general, the viewer works only in read access. Thus it differs from its counterpart, the editor.

In addition to pure observers who work in read-only access, there are also programs that have been extended to also consider possibilities for change exist. This can be saved to the original file, for example in viewers for CAD drawings, the red pencil function, with the additions or notes, or be a tagging feature.

Programs that are specifically designed to image files, is also called image viewer. A special subgroup of the 3D viewer, which you can rotate 3D models in space and thus viewed from all sides. Another group represent the document viewer

Examples of file viewer

  • For PDF files Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader, Ghostview, Evince or Xpdf
  • OpenDocument and OpenOffice.org files Visioo Writer
  • For Microsoft Office files Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Access and Visio viewer
  • For various image files see picture viewer
  • For plotting files such as PCL or HPGL SwiftView or VcView
  • For PostScript files Ghostview or Evince
  • For text files Less, More or xless
  • Application software
Geometric modeling Microsoft Visio Printer Command Language More (command)
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