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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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type="topic" style="task"
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<link type="guide" xref="files"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="nautilus-preview"/>
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<desc>Quickly show and hide previews for documents, images, videos, and more.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-09-03" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Shaudn McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
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<title>Preview files and folders</title>
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<p>You can quickly preview files without opening them in a full-blown application.
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Select any file and press the space bar. The file will open in a simple preview
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window. Press the space bar again to dismiss the preview.</p>
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<p>The built-in preview supports most file formats for documents, images, video,
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and audio. In the preview, you can scroll through your documents or seek through
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your video and audio.</p>
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<p>To view a preview full-screen, click the
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<media type="image" src="figures/view-fullscreen-16.png">fullscreen</media>
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button near the bottom, or press <key>f</key>. Click
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<media type="image" src="figures/view-fullscreen-16.png">fullscreen</media>
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or press <key>f</key> again to leave full-screen, or press the space bar to
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exit the preview completely.</p>