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Icons in the document view

The Documents view docview uses different colours and icons to indicate what state the document is in, whether it can be opened in the currently open Office application, and what actions may be performed on it.

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Colors and fonts

Color & Font Meaning
Black & bold The document is compatible with the program you have open.
Black & not bold The document is not compatible with the program you have open (eg. excel cannot be opened in Word), but can still be downloaded to your computer to open in its appropriate program
Red & bold - struck through The document has been archived and is compatible with the program you have open.
Red & not bold - struck through The document has been archived and is not compatible with the program you have open.

Status icons

Icon Status Meaning
draft Draft All documents first uploaded into Upchain begin in a Draft state. This means that it can be modified and versioned to maintain a history of its changes.
review In Review The document has been submitted to a workflow and currently awaiting review.
published Published The document is considered finished and ready to be used for its intended purpose.
archived Archived This means the document is in a read-only state and cannot be modified further.

Document actions

When you click on a document, additional icons appear that enable you to download, check out, check in, cancel a check out, or access additional functions.

Icon Name Meaning
download Download Download a read-only copy of the document to your computer.
check out Check out Download an editable copy of the document to your computer, place a check out lock on the document so no one else may edit it.
check in Check in Upload changes made to the document you've checked out and increment its version by one (1).
cancel Cancel check out Remove the check out lock on the document and do not upload any changes.
additional Additional functions Access the functions listed above in a drop-down menu.
Note: You may also access the above functions by right-clicking the document.

Additional icons

Icon Name Meaning
check out lock Check out lock Indicates that you or someone else has the document checked out.
version Document version Indicates the latest version of the document. Click to access previous document versions.
creator Document creator Indicates which user initially uploaded the document.

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