The document page in view mode
When you open a document in a standard document module (for example Avvik, Kundetilfredshet or Styrende dokumenter), it opens in view mode. You need at least the Read right on the module’s row, or to have been invited to the document’s comments. Module names, sections, fields, statuses and receiver names are your company’s own setup, so your module may look different from the examples here, which use an Avvik module from a Norwegian setup.
Section tabs
Section titled “Section tabs”The document is divided into sections, one per workflow step. Each section has a tab with its name, or “Section 1”, “Section 2” and so on if it has no name. Tabs for steps the document has not reached yet are disabled.
Show all. A checkbox that shows every section at once instead of one tab at a time. It is hidden while the document is still at its first step.
The view-mode button bar
Section titled “The view-mode button bar”The screenshot shows the bar in the Norwegian interface; the icons are the same in English, and the tooltips are in English. From left to right:

| Button (tooltip) | What it does | When it is shown |
|---|---|---|
| Info icon (i) | Opens the info panel; see below. | Always. |
| Star (Add to favourites) | Adds the document to your favorites on the dashboard. Click again to remove it. | Not on archived documents. |
| Bell (Click to subscribe to updates on this document) | Subscribes you to the document; you get an e-mail when it is published. Click again to unsubscribe. | When you can open the document and also have the Read right on the main area row, which every user gets by default when their account is created; if the bell is missing, ask your user administrator. Also on archived documents. |
| Read & understood | Asks users to confirm that they have read the document. Requests sent to you show in Actions awaiting your input on your dashboard (if your company’s dashboard has this box); see The dashboard. | On published documents, when Read & understood is turned on for the module; see Turn Read & understood on for a module. |
| Opens the print and PDF flow. It may ask which images to include, and has a Produce PDF button. See Print a document or save it as PDF and The print dialog and the PDF. | Always. | |
| Archive | Archives the document after you give a description. On an archived document the tooltip is Archived, and clicking it unarchives. See Delete or archive a document. | With the Archive right on the module’s row, when you own the current step or the document is published. |
| Cog (Admin) | Holds Delete document, which deletes a published document after you give a reason and type the document’s ID. See Delete or archive a document. | On published documents, for Antenor only. No right in your company gives this, the Admin right on the module’s row included. |
| Pen (edit) | In a module with revisions, opens the document in edit mode; on a published document it first starts a new revision. If someone else already has a newer revision in progress, clicking it shows a message with that person’s name instead. See Edit a published document and see earlier revisions. | When you have Edit and own the current step, or the document is published in a module with revisions; not on archived documents. |
| Green button | Takes over the step that was sent to you and opens your section in edit mode. See Approve or reject a document you received. | On a document sent to you, until you click the green button. |
| Red button | Rejects the document back to the owner of the previous step, with a message you write. See Approve or reject a document you received. | On a document sent to you, until you click the green button. |
Small pencil next to a field. In a module without revisions, a published document has no big pen. Instead, a small pencil is shown next to the fields of a section for users with the Admin level on the Super area row, and for users set up in the module’s workflow as possible receivers of that section’s step, of the next step or of a later step. Fields that make other rows of the form appear or disappear have no pencil. Saving a change, one field at a time, needs the Approve right on the module’s row, or the Admin level on the Super area row; see Edit a published document and see earlier revisions.
Info panel (i)
Section titled “Info panel (i)”| Item | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Latest update | The date of the latest update, on published documents. |
| Revisions | The list of revisions, newest first; the last line is the original document. Each opens in a new browser tab. See Document states, status texts and the revision list. |
| Approved by | Who approved the document. |
| Id | The document’s short ID, eight characters. Click it to copy. |
| Archive details | Shown on archived documents. |
In the info panel, dates follow your language: 16.06.2026 in Norwegian, 16/06/2026 in English. See Revisions and the info panel.
Views at the bottom of the page
Section titled “Views at the bottom of the page”Below the form, the page has views that you switch between:
| View | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Log | One line per step, with the section, the created and updated dates, the user who held the step, whether it was sent externally, and rejections. This is where you see who has held each step. |
| Attachments | Every file on the document, with its file name, how it was added (“Direct upload”, “Upload field”, “Table field”, or “wysiwyg” for the text editor), the revision it was added in, and who uploaded it. See Add attachments to a document. |
| Actions | The actions linked to the document. Linked actions that are not closed stop the document from being published. See Create an action and send it to someone and Handle an action you received. |
| External | The people outside the company the document was sent to. |
Comments. The box at the very bottom, if the module has comments switched on. The owner of the current step can invite colleagues by name; someone invited can open the document while invited, even without the Read right on the module’s row.
Next step
Section titled “Next step”- Approve or reject a document you received
- Edit mode: buttons, the send dialog, the required-fields dialog
Related
Section titled “Related”- Revisions and the info panel
- Workflow steps, statuses, receivers and notifications
- Delete or archive a document
- Edit a published document and see earlier revisions
- Save a document as an observation
- The Log, Attachments, Actions and External views
- A document is not moving: find out who must act
- Actions linked to documents and other modules