Can you view files natively from within the Asana interface?

[Natalia]

Welcome to the Forum @Jesah and thank you for reaching out!

Great question! This present behaviour responds to the Proofing feature we have recently launched. Please note that it is currently possible to preview PDF files or pictures (.jpeg, .png) within Asana. However you’re correct, for other types of files, you would need to previously download them in order to view them.

Having said that, I can certainly understand that this might not be the ideal process for you. We have a few threads in the forum regarding this topic. If you haven’t yet, I would encourage you to add your comment and vote on the ones you would like to see implemented:

Ability to print an attachment without downloading the file.

Hi everybody, today we can no longer print an attachment from a task with out downloading it first, this is not a huge thing but over the course of the day it is time consuming, just wondering if this is just part of a new update or does anyone know of another way around it, thanks

Ability to see a file without downloading it

The latest version of Asana changed the PDF viewer to an image view and took away features that were very important to our team including the ability to rotate and zoom the image (without zooming the entire browser). we should not have to download the file in order to view it properly. How can we get this back? Thank you.

Have a nice day Jesah!