<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="guide"
id="archive-view">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#managing-archives"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.4" date="2011-12-12" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.6" date="2012-08-05" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.8" date="2013-03-25" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.34" date="2020-02-09" status="candidate"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Marta Bogdanowicz</name>
<email>majus85@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
<desc>View an existing archive and its content.</desc>
</info>
<title>View an archive</title>
<p>There are two ways to view an archive:</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title>View all files</title>
<p>Press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
<gui style="menuitem">View All Files</gui>.
<app>Archive Manager</app> will list all files
inside the archive. You will see their names, sizes, types, dates of the
last modification and locations.</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>You may use the column headings mentioned above (name, size…) to
sort the files in your archive. Do this by clicking on them; you can
toggle to sort in reverse order.</p>
</note>
</item>
<item>
<title>View as a folder</title>
<p>This view displays the classic directory structure. To use this, press
the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and select
<gui style="menuitem">View as a Folder</gui>.</p>
<note style="tip">
<p>While viewing your archive in this way, you can press <key>F9</key>,
or press the menu button in the top-right corner of the window and
select <gui style="menu">Sidebar</gui>, to see a tree view of the
folders in the side pane. It allows you to navigate easily between
folders.</p>
</note>
</item>
</terms>
<section id="file-open">
<title>Open files in your archive</title>
<p>Open files which are in your archive by double-clicking on the file
name, or by right-clicking on the file name and selecting
<gui style="menuitem">Open</gui>. <app>Archive Manager</app> will open the
file with the default application for that file type.</p>
<note>
<p>Open the file with a different application by following these steps:</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Right click on the file.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <gui style="menuitem">Open With…</gui>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Select the application that you want to use and click
<gui style="menuitem">Select</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
</note>
</section>
</page>