Opening DjVu Documents Using a Browser

There are now two ways to open and view DjVu documents. Included with the DjVu Browser Plug-in is a new standalone viewer called DjVuViewer. While the DjVuViewer enables you to view local DjVu documents (those located on your own computer) without using a browser, a browser is necessary for viewing DjVu documents over a network, such as the Web.

The DjVu Browser Plug-in enables your browser to open any DjVu document online or on a network. By default local files automatically open with the new DjVuViewer*, but if you wish you can view them through a browser by dragging and dropping them into the browser window.

To open a DjVu document using a Web browser, do one of the following:

• Drag and drop a DjVu document in your file system into your Web browser window. DjVu documents usually have the extension “.djvu”.
• Drag an attached DjVu document in an e-mail application into your Web browser window.
• From the File menu, choose Open. In the “Open” dialog box, select a DjVu file that is not on your local computer, then click OK; Note: If you do not see DjVu files that you know are in the directory, change the “Files of type:” view to “All Files (*.*)”.
• Navigate to a DjVu file on the Web by entering a URL in your Web browser.

Upon opening a DjVu document, you will be looking at the Viewing Area.

*NOTE: If you already have a previous version when you install DjVu Browser Plug-in 6.0, a dialog box notifies you that DjVu files currently open with another application and asks whether you would like to change this and use DjVuViewer to open local files. If you click “Yes” local files will automatically open with the DjVuViewer, just as they would if you were installing the DjVu Browser Plug-in for the very first time. If you click “No” they will continue to be opened through your Web browser.