View assets with Showpad's Asset Viewer Updated November 15, 2025 16:49 You have several options available when viewing content in the Asset Viewer. Depending on your Showpad package and preferred device, you can record a video message, start a slideshow, add annotations, share the asset, and more. In addition to the actions you can take, you can see quick insights on content within your Experiences and Shared Spaces by expanding the asset details panel in the Asset Viewer. See the context for each asset based on its popularity with peers and how long prospects spent viewing it on average. Use this engagement intel to help you choose what content to share and show your prospects. You can also view the description, author, tags, comments, and when they were last edited. See how it works Key features See relevant content stats quickly Hide what you don’t need Gain insight into what content is achieving results You need this to succeed A Showpad content license For AI-generated asset summaries, the Showpad Content Ultimate package is required, and asset summaries must be enabled by your admin Assets uploaded by your Showpad admin to view The quick way View an asset Browse through assets or play video and audio files Select actions from the top menu On the Web App and Windows Desktop app, open the details panel by clicking the arrow on the right See the asset summary, comments, and Shares data Choose your success platform iOS Android Windows Desktop Web App See how it's done on the Web App When you click on content in an Experience, Collection, My Files, Page, search results, or Shared Space, it opens in the Asset Viewer. Find an asset you want to view, interact with, or get more information about. Use the search icon at the top or navigate to the Content tab. Click an asset to open it in the Asset Viewer. Hover over the document in the viewer to display the left and right arrows. Click the arrows to navigate through the document pages. If viewing an asset in a folder, the next asset will display after viewing all pages in the initial document. Video and audio files start playing automatically in the Asset Viewer. Hover over the video to display video options. Pause/Play: starts and stops the video Seek bar: select a different spot in the video timeline to view Volume: sets the audio volume. If grayed out, no audio is available Full screen: expands the video to fill your screen Three dot menu: reveals additional options Playback speed: select a faster or slower speed Picture in Picture: opens a mini player in a new window, allowing the file to play in the background while you perform tasks outside of Showpad. The mini-player will stop playing when you close the Asset Viewer or navigate to another asset. Use the menu at the top of the screen for the following actions, which may vary according to your package: Start Showpad Video: begins recording a video message from this asset Add to Collection: select the entire asset or specific pages to add to a Showpad Collection Annotate: use a pen, highlighter, text size, and color to accentuate the asset during presentations Toggle thumbnails: opens and closes the left-side menu detailing the asset by page or slide More actions: open the asset in a native app, such as Adobe or Microsoft, download the asset, or like it with a thumbs up Share: generate an email, a link, or add the asset to a Shared Space In-document search: If your asset contains enough detectable text, you will see a magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner. Click it to expand and enter the text you want to search for. Use the arrows to jump forward and back between multiple uses of the same word to locate key topics quickly. Use the options from the bottom menu to open the thumbnails for multi-page assets, zoom out or zoom in, and switch between single-page view or continuous scrolling. The asset details panel is automatically hidden, so when you’re presenting, the first view is simply the content. Your preference will be remembered the next time you select an asset. Click the arrow in the lower right corner to expand the asset details panel, or click the info or comment icon to open the respective section. Check out the type of information available about the asset being viewed.Here are the different types of details and what they mean: Info: Find out who created the content, when it was first added, or when a new version was last uploaded. Description: What the document creator wants you to know about the asset. Engagement: Provides insight into overall peer usage by displaying in-app views, Shares, and average customer view time. Engagement is refreshed every 24 hours.The numbers reflected span over the entire lifetime of the asset. If an asset is updated, it will take about a day for data changes to appear. These metrics do not reset to zero so that all historical data is maintained. Tags: Everything added by the admin to label content for easy searching. If tag categories are used, they will appear ahead of the tags Discover More: Shows recommended learning content. Recommendations are based on whether the asset is used in one or more lessons within the Course or if the asset's title matches the title or description of the Course. Notes:- If no recommended Courses exist, the Discover More section will not show.- Only assigned, unfinished Courses will be displayed. Paths and unassigned or complete Courses will not be shown. Submit private feedback: Send thoughts, edits, and ideas for assets privately to the admin and/or author of the asset. The feedback will not be seen as a public comment. Click the Comments icon to see thoughts others have left or leave your own in the text field. Or, send your thoughts directly to your admin and the asset's author by selecting Submit private feedback to the author(s). Click the Asset Summary icon to view a quick AI-generated summary of the asset in the form of questions and answers. The number of questions and answers depends on the length of the document. Note that AI asset summaries are not supported on assets viewed in Courses. Documents uploaded before 2019 will not provide a summary.Use the thumbs up or thumbs down option to indicate if these answers were valuable. Showpad will use these responses to improve the AI model and generate better FAQs in the future. See how it's done on the Windows Desktop App When you click on content in an Experience, Collection, My Files, Page, search results, or Shared Space, it opens in the Asset Viewer. Find an asset you want to view, interact with, or get more information about. Use the search icon at the top or navigate to the Content tab. Click an asset to open it in the Asset Viewer. Hover over the document in the viewer to display the left and right arrows. Click the arrows to navigate through the document pages. If viewing an asset in a folder, the next asset will display after viewing all pages in the initial document. Video and audio files start playing automatically in the Asset Viewer. Hover over the video to display video options. Pause/Play: starts and stops the video Seek bar: select a different spot in the video timeline to view Volume: sets the audio volume. If grayed out, no audio is available Full screen: expands the video to fill your screen Three dot menu: reveals additional options Playback speed: select a faster or slower speed Picture in Picture: opens a mini-player in a new window, allowing the file to play in the background while you perform tasks outside of Showpad. The mini-player will stop playing when you close the Asset Viewer or navigate to another asset. Use the menu at the top of the screen for the following actions, which may vary according to your package: Start Showpad Video: begins recording a video message from this asset Add to Collection: select the entire asset or specific pages to add to a Showpad Collection Annotate: use a pen, highlighter, text size, and color to accentuate the asset during presentations Toggle thumbnails: opens and closes the left-side menu detailing the asset by page or slide Make available offline: download the asset to be able to view it offline More actions: open the asset in a native app, such as Adobe or Microsoft, download the asset, or like it with a thumbs up Share: generate an email, a link, or add the asset to a Shared Space Use the options to open the thumbnails for multi-page assets, zoom out or zoom in, and switch to single-page view or continuous scrolling. The asset detail pane will be automatically hidden so that anytime you’re presenting, the first view will be content. Click the arrow in the lower right corner to open the asset detail pane. Your preference will be remembered the next time you select an asset. Click the arrow in the lower right corner to expand to see content details. Check out the information available about the asset being viewed.Here are the different types of details and what they mean: Info: Find out who created the content, when it was first added, or when a new version was last uploaded. Description: Anything your admin wants you to know about this content will be displayed here. Engagement: Provides insight into overall peer usage by displaying in-app views, Shares, and average customer view time. Engagement is refreshed every 24 hours.The numbers reflected span over the entire lifetime of the asset. If an asset is updated, it will take about a day to view data changes caused by the update. These metrics do not reset to zero so that all historical data is maintained. Tags: Everything added by the admin to label content for easy searching. If tag categories are used, they will appear ahead of the tags Discover More: Shows recommended learning content. Recommendations are based on whether the asset is used in one or more lessons within the Course or if the asset's title matches the title or description of the Course. Notes:- If no recommended Courses exist, the Discover More section will not show.- Only assigned, unfinished Courses will be displayed. Paths and unassigned or complete Courses will not be shown. Submit private feedback: Send thoughts, edits, and ideas for assets privately to the admin and/or author of the asset that will not be seen as a public comment Click the Comments tab to see thoughts others have left or leave your own in the text field. Or, send your thoughts directly to your admin and the asset's author by selecting Submit private feedback to the author(s). Click the Asset Summary icon to view a quick AI-generated summary of the asset in the form of questions and answers. The number of questions and answers depends on the length of the document. Note that AI asset summaries are not supported on assets viewed in Courses. Documents uploaded before 2019 will not provide a summary. See how it's done on iOS When you tap on content in an Experience, Collection, My Files, Page, search results, or Shared Space, it opens in the Asset Viewer. Tap the Content/Experiences tab or the search icon on the Home tab to find an asset to view and see its details and options. Tap an asset to open it in the Asset Viewer. Swipe left or right to navigate through the document pages. If viewing an asset in a folder, the next asset will display after viewing all pages in the initial document. Video and audio files start playing automatically in the Asset Viewer. Tap the video to display video options. Pause/Play: starts and stops the video Seek bar: select a different spot in the video timeline to view Picture in Picture: opens a mini-player in a new window, allowing the file to play in the background while you perform other tasks outside of Showpad, including while your device is locked. This option is available when enabled, along with Enable Background Playback, in your Account settings. Playback speed: select a faster or slower speed To ensure the video or audio file will start playing where you left off, toggle on Remember last played position in your Account settings. While viewing a document, tap the screen to view the menu at the top and thumbnails of the pages and assets at the bottom. The options may vary according to your package: Add: Select the entire asset or specific pages to add to one or more Showpad Collections or Shared Spaces. Asset Summary: Tap to view a quick AI-generated summary of the asset in the form of questions and answers. The number of questions and answers depends on the length of the document. Note that AI asset summaries on iOS are only supported on English PDFs with enough content. They are not supported on assets viewed in Courses. Documents uploaded before 2019 will not provide a summary. Share: Generate an email or link to share the asset. Annotate: Use a pen, highlighter, text size, and color to accentuate the asset during presentations. Tap the thumbnails at the bottom of the screen to open other assets inside the folder in the Experience. Swipe from left to right to view additional assets if available. The page thumbnails are above the asset thumbnail. Tap to open a different page. Swipe from left to right to view all pages if necessary. More actions: Tap the three dot menu to view additional options. Comments: See thoughts others have left or leave your own in the text field. Like File: Tap to let the marketer know you like the content. Tap again to unlike. Print: Select to print the whole file or the page you are currently viewing. Select a connected printer and settings. Tap print when ready. Share via...: Choose your connected email app and follow the prompts. Open in...: Select an app to open the asset in. Start Slideshow: Tap the screen to close the menus and view the slide show. Tap the screen again and tap the slideshow icon to stop the slideshow. Search file: Enter the text you want to search for. Tap a page containing the search term. The term will be highlighted on the page. See how it's done on Android When you tap on content in an Experience, Collection, My Files, Page, or search results, it opens in the Asset Viewer. Tap an Experience or the search icon on the Home tab to find an asset to view and see its details and options. Tap an asset to open it in the Asset Viewer. Swipe left and right to navigate through the document pages. If viewing an asset in a folder, the next asset will display after viewing all pages in the initial document. Video and audio files start playing automatically in the Asset Viewer. Tap the video to display video options. Pause/Play: starts and stops the video Seek bar: select a different spot in the video timeline to view While viewing a document, tap the screen to view the menu at the top and thumbnails of the pages and assets at the bottom. The options may vary according to your package: Annotate: Use a pen, highlighter, text size, and color to accentuate the asset during presentations. Share: Generate an email or link to share the asset. Add: Select the entire asset or specific pages to add to a Showpad Collections. Search file: Enter the text you want to search for and tap the magnifying glass. Tap a page containing the search term. The term will be highlighted on the page. Tap a thumbnail at the bottom of the screen to open other assets inside the folder in the Experience. Swipe from left to right to view additional assets if available. The page thumbnails are above the asset thumbnail. Tap to open a different page. Swipe from left to right to view all pages if necessary. More actions: Tap the three dot menu to view additional options. Start Slideshow: The slideshow will start automatically. Tap the screen again and tap the stop icon to stop the slideshow. Open with...: Select an app to open the asset in. Comments: See thoughts others have left or leave your own in the text field. Like this File: Tap to let the marketer know you like the content. Tap again to unlike. Info: Read a description of the content optionally provided by your admin. Print: Select to print the whole file or the page you are currently viewing. Select a connected printer and settings. Tap the printer icon when ready. 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