# PDF Thumbnail Preview **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Created:** [19 July 2017 19:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166 "2017-07-19T19:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Angela\_Moore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/angela_moore/32/5115_2.png) [@Angela\_Moore](https://forum.asana.com/u/Angela_Moore)\ **Post date:** [19 July 2017 19:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/1 "2017-07-19T19:07:07Z")
I have used a variety of task management tools. As a designer, it would be great if there was thumbnail/image preview of pdfs. I know that Basecamp there are. ---
**Author:** ![Melissa1](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Melissa1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Melissa1)\ **Post date:** [18 September 2017 04:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/2 "2017-09-18T04:50:52Z")
Agreed, Images only appearing in the newsfeed view HUGE is going to be the reason I go with podio I think. the attachments you should get to choose if they are thumbnails or list view. ---
**Author:** ![pedro\_prada](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/pedro_prada/32/9299_2.png) [@pedro\_prada](https://forum.asana.com/u/pedro_prada)\ **Post date:** [9 November 2017 12:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/3 "2017-11-09T12:24:52Z")
Does anyone have a solve (creative solve) for this? Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_Highland](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/andy_highland/32/11499_2.png) [@Andy\_Highland](https://forum.asana.com/u/Andy_Highland)\ **Post date:** [9 January 2018 17:54 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/4 "2018-01-09T17:54:11Z")
This is needed badly! Basecamp has this. Why not Asana? ---
**Author:** ![Tricia\_Baker](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Tricia\_Baker](https://forum.asana.com/u/Tricia_Baker)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2018 13:42 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/5 "2018-04-12T13:42:49Z")
Agreed. It’s incredibly annoying that you can preview a PDF in almost every other program out there these days. Asana would be borderline perfect without that! ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Adams](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Ian\_Adams](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ian_Adams)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2018 21:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/6 "2018-04-30T21:24:26Z")
**PLEASE ADD THIS FEATURE! I really need this!** ---
**Author:** ![Anders\_Osterling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/anders_osterling/32/18803_2.png) [@Anders\_Osterling](https://forum.asana.com/u/Anders_Osterling)\ **Post date:** [19 July 2018 16:13 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/7 "2018-07-19T16:13:19Z")
Yes I would like this too. Wouldn’t have to be complicated to implement, just render a JPG of each page of the PDF and then treat them like normal JPGs…? ---
**Author:** ![Demian\_Servin\_Hernan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/demian_servin_hernan/32/24398_2.png) [@Demian\_Servin\_Hernan](https://forum.asana.com/u/Demian_Servin_Hernan)\ **Post date:** [30 October 2018 18:39 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/8 "2018-10-30T18:39:11Z")
Would like this as well, since as a designer most print files end up being sent as PDFs. ---
**Author:** ![sara5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/sara5/32/26042_2.png) [@sara5](https://forum.asana.com/u/sara5)\ **Post date:** [7 December 2018 01:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/9 "2018-12-07T01:04:48Z")
I’m new to Asana and was wondering if I could somehow see PDF’s as thumbnails. Does anybody know if this feature has been added since the discussion in October of 2017? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Amanda\_LaFranco](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/amanda_lafranco/32/10419_2.png) [@Amanda\_LaFranco](https://forum.asana.com/u/Amanda_LaFranco)\ **Post date:** [4 December 2017 18:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/10 "2017-12-04T18:59:58Z")
PDF Thumbnails would be a huge help, especially with projects in board view. ---
**Author:** ![Brian\_Burch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/brian_burch/32/27367_2.png) [@Brian\_Burch](https://forum.asana.com/u/Brian_Burch)\ **Post date:** [10 January 2019 18:06 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/11 "2019-01-10T18:06:54Z")
Why can’t Asana display .pdf files similar to the way bitmapped file types display? I’m used to Basecamp and it’s ability to display PDF as well as .jpg or .png file types. ---
**Author:** ![Xandy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/xandy/32/30461_2.png) [@Xandy](https://forum.asana.com/u/Xandy)\ **Post date:** [27 March 2019 17:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/12 "2019-03-27T17:02:59Z")
Agreed! Please add preview for pdf file ---
**Author:** ![twilson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/twilson/32/36445_2.png) [@twilson](https://forum.asana.com/u/twilson)\ **Post date:** [24 June 2019 21:38 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/13 "2019-06-24T21:38:51Z")
I love this idea. One way I wish I could use it is in interviewing candidates for a job position. I have set up each candidate as a task and attached their resume. It would be much more convenient if I could view their PDF resume within the task, rather than opening a viewer outside Asana. ---
**Author:** ![Cally\_McIntyre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/cally_mcintyre/32/34652_2.png) [@Cally\_McIntyre](https://forum.asana.com/u/Cally_McIntyre)\ **Post date:** [19 July 2019 15:21 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/14 "2019-07-19T15:21:48Z")
Also the ability to annotate it would be nice without having to download it. On another note: I’ve noticed with the Asana Plugin for Adobe InDesign it will only let you attach a PDF instead of a JPG which makes it very hard for designers to get quick feedback if my approver has to download it to see it. Leave feedback and reupload. ← not convenient at all ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_Brenner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/ben_brenner/32/212914_2.png) [@Ben\_Brenner](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ben_Brenner)\ **Post date:** [20 August 2019 17:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/15 "2019-08-20T17:57:46Z")
Would love the ability to click on a PDF attachment and have a pop-up window appear that would let me scroll and zoom in/out, then provide a second button to download a copy. My ‘Downloads’ folder is cluttered with PDFs from Asana that I just needed to quickly reference. ---
**Author:** ![Caterina\_Andolfato](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/caterina_andolfato/32/40699_2.png) [@Caterina\_Andolfato](https://forum.asana.com/u/Caterina_Andolfato)\ **Post date:** [25 September 2019 14:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/16 "2019-09-25T14:53:49Z")
Second this! Please add a PDF preview function, as it is already for JPEGs. ---
**Author:** ![ham](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/ham/32/40708_2.png) [@ham](https://forum.asana.com/u/ham)\ **Post date:** [19 April 2021 10:21 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/17 "2021-04-19T10:21:31Z")
Still no progress on this? ---
**Author:** ![Ryan\_Thomas2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/ryan_thomas2/32/87738_2.png) [@Ryan\_Thomas2](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ryan_Thomas2)\ **Post date:** [19 October 2021 22:28 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/18 "2021-10-19T22:28:24Z")
I’m finding the same issue with lack of PDF previews for our team. I have to now save a JPEG and a a PDF version when I post progress so something appears in the Board view and people can visually reference the task/project. Very sad that this issue has been going on for YEARS!!! I’m not the decider for tech tools currently but in past roles I was and Asana never made the cut, this is one of the reasons why. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lennan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/jeff_lennan/32/71397_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lennan](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeff_Lennan)\ **Post date:** [20 May 2022 21:16 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/19 "2022-05-20T21:16:45Z")
May 2022 check in on this feature request from 2018: @powersthatbe is there a reason that Asana doesnt do this obvious thing when the other major project management platforms have for years? ---
**Author:** ![anon85693253](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@anon85693253](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon85693253)\ **Post date:** [12 April 2023 09:49 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166/20 "2023-04-12T09:49:31Z")
agreed. would be so great to have a thump of the pdf within a ticket and to be able to choose which asset within a ticket is a thumb for the ticket. [Next page](https://forum.asana.com/t/pdf-thumbnail-preview/5166.md?page=2)