# Explore a document

## See a document in full-screen view

Open a document in '**Search**' > '**Documents**' > **one document** and click the **icon with in and out arrows** (this applies to the List layout while in Grid and Table layout, the documents always open in full-screen view):

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-086277adfab2aaf8c909ae9f18cc8871d0937291%2FScreenshot%202025-06-11%20at%2014.17.34.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s search in document page in List view with a document opened and its in out icon on the top right highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You now see the document in full screen view and can **go to the next document in your results** by using the **pagination carousel** on the top of the screen:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-29961061b41f4bc8fc51829b600ce119400ff752%2FScreenshot%202025-06-11%20at%2014.19.39.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s document full screen view with the pagination carousel on the top highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Search in a document

* Open a document in '**Search**' > '**Documents**' > **one document**
* Stay on the first tab called '**Text**'. This tab shows the text as extracted from your document by Datashare.
* Click on the **search bar** or press <kbd>**Command (⌘) / Control + F**</kbd>
* Type the terms you're searching for
* Press <kbd>**ENTER**</kbd> to go from one occurrence to the **next** one
* Presse <kbd>**SHIFT**</kbd>**&#x20;+&#x20;**<kbd>**ENTER**</kbd> to go from one occurrence to the **previous** one

{% hint style="info" %}
To see all the keyboard shortcuts in Datashare, please read '[Use keyboard shortcuts](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/usage/use-keyboard-shortcuts)'.
{% endhint %}

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d1e35fab30baae4585e4139da490100005372a42%2FScreenshot%202025-06-07%20at%2020.04.20.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s page to search documents in List view with a document open on the &#x27;Text&#x27; tab and the search bar to search within the document highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## See original document

Go to the '**View**' tab to see the original document.

Note: this visualization of the document is **available only for some file types**: **images, PDF, CSV, xlsx and tiff** but not other file types like Word documents or e-mails for instance.

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-7d2e14933b24492da4554086de7b96ac105099e9%2FScreenshot%202025-06-07%20at%2020.39.25.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s page to search documents in List view with a document open on the &#x27;View&#x27; tab which is highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

##

## **Search for attachments and documents in the same folder**

{% hint style="info" %}
**Attachments** are called '**children documents**' in Datashare.
{% endhint %}

Go to the '**Metadata**' tab and click on '**X documents in the same folder**' or '**Y children documents**':

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-447cc9d70954ad92ccb6819f997bfad49ab4b2ac%2FScreenshot%202025-06-07%20at%2020.26.48.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s page to search documents in List view with a document open on the &#x27;Metadata&#x27; tab and the dropdowns &#x27;X documents in the same folder&#x27; and &#x27;Y children documents&#x27; highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You see the list of documents. To open all the documents in the same folder or all the children documents, click '**Search all**' below. There is no 'Search all' button if there is no documents, as for the children documents below:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-9fc4c85881cb2670a9ea74336c412b9a33108531%2FScreenshot%202025-06-07%20at%2020.29.24.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s page to search documents in List view with a document open on the &#x27;Metadata&#x27; tab and the dropdowns &#x27;X documents in the same folder&#x27; and &#x27;Y children documents&#x27; and the &#x27;Search all&#x27; button highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

##

## **Explore metadata**

Go the '**Metadata**' tab to explore all the properties of the document:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f8ce5736ab47ed41545327e31e08ad404ad17cb0%2FScreenshot%202025-06-07%20at%2020.32.23.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s page to search documents in List view with a document open on the &#x27;Metadata&#x27; tab and list of metadata highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

If a metadata is interesting to you and you'd like to know if other documents in your project share the same metadata, click the **search icon**:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-1364d9ef245fc6e39af0b0cc435597bfb3ef7dd8%2FScreenshot%202025-06-07%20at%2020.35.43.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s page to search documents in List view with a document open on the &#x27;Metadata&#x27; tab and the search buttons for one metadata with its tooltip &#x27;Search this metadata value&#x27;highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

You can also copy or pin a metadata.

##

## **Entities**

In the '**Entities**' tab, only if you previously run tasks to [Find entities](https://icij.gitbook.io/datashare/local-mode/find-entities) in Datashare, you read the name of people, organizations, locations and e-mail adresses, along with the number of their occurrences in the document:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3ef94201dc41ae42693e27d528231ab17cb18eca%2FScreenshot%202025-06-11%20at%2014.03.32.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s full-screen document view on the &#x27;Entities&#x27; tab"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

**Hover one entity** to see a popover with all their mentions in context in the document by clicking on the **arrows**:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-ef971533bc026f434789ceb04b2f047a7d1e013c%2FScreenshot%202025-06-11%20at%2014.04.46.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s full-screen document view on the &#x27;Entities&#x27; tab with one entity and its popover on the &#x27;Mentions&#x27; tab highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Go to the '**Info**' tab to check how the entity was extracted:

<figure><img src="https://2881303961-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LWCyd3pDXO_H4jk9DgG%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-3264e821c4aa9bb50360088b0a2fce12472152bb%2FScreenshot%202025-06-11%20at%2014.06.30.png?alt=media" alt="Screenshot of Datashare&#x27;s full-screen document view on the &#x27;Entities&#x27; tab with one entity and its popover on the &#x27;Info&#x27; tab highlighted"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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