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You can edit a document in its associated application by clicking the Open button in the Home tab. For e.g. Lets say that you want to edit .doc files, by selecting the Edit using Associated Application option, the .doc files will open in MS word.

To Edit a Document in its Associated Application:

1.	Select a document from the List View pane.

2.	On the Home tab click the Open drop-down and select the Edit in Associated Application option, or right click the document in the List View pane and select the Open > Edit in Associated Application option from the popup menu.

3.	You can also click the Edit button on the button on the Image Editor. Using the Image Editor window you can resize, crop and rotate a document. You can save the modifications made to a document from the Image Editor.

•	In the Document details window the icon of the associated file type of the document is displayed on the right hand side of the window. You can click this icon to open the document in its associated application.

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Sohodox supports the preview of most image file formats. You can manage files of any format using Sohodox. Files which have a format which Sohodox cannot display using it's internal viewer can be opened for viewing in their associated application (for e.g. .PPT files in MS Powerpoint) by clicking the Click here to open the document in its associated application link in the Display pane of the Document Details window.

•	If you double click a document in the Document List it will be opened in it's associated application if the built-in Sohodox viewers cannot display files of that type.

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You can also select an application to edit a document, to do this select the Edit in Selected Application option from the Open button. For e.g. Lets say that you want to edit .bmp files, by selecting the Edit in Selected Application option, you can choose an application for e.g. MS Paint to edit the file, instead of using the default application.