Opening an element in its native software

In a Web browser

In Synapse Desktop

Depending on the type of file selected and the software that is installed on the workstation, the menu item will appear either as View Original with > Preview or View Original with > [software name]. (For example, if you want to open a QuarkXPress file and QuarkXPress is installed on the workstation, the menu item will appear as View Original with > QuarkXPress.) Select the available menu item.

When you open an element in its native software, Synapse Desktop actually downloads the element first. A progress bar in the Uploads & Downloads dialog box indicates the download progress.

Once downloaded, the element is automatically opened in either its native software (if available), or in the Macintosh viewer.