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How to Upload and View Documents in CrewBox

Keep contracts, specs, and permits in the job's file cabinet and open them right in the browser — no downloads required.

Upload documents

  1. Open your project and click the Documents tab.
  2. Click Upload Doc in the project sidebar's Quick Actions (or use the Upload First Document button if the project has no documents yet).
  3. Pick one or more files in the file picker. Supported formats include PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and text files.
  4. Each file gets its own success or failure toast, so you can tell exactly which uploads landed.
The document viewer, with details, notes, and comments alongside the file.
The document viewer, with details, notes, and comments alongside the file.

Uploaded documents appear as cards with a type-colored tile and a format badge (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Image, Video, Text, Archive), plus file name, size, uploader, date, and tags.

Open the document viewer

Click View in a document's action menu (or click the card) to open it in the full-screen viewer inside the console.

  • Move between documents with the previous/next buttons or your keyboard's arrow keys.
  • A collapsible sidebar shows details, notes, tags, linked tasks, and comments.

What each file type looks like

  • PDF — renders natively in the browser.
  • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV — render through an embedded Office viewer.
  • Images and videos — display natively.
  • Text files — preview inline.
  • Anything else — a graceful Download File fallback lets you save the file to your device.

Document URLs are deep-linkable: …/documents/<documentId> opens the viewer directly. Notifications use these links to drop teammates straight into the right file.