# Committee files: clearer viewing and downloading

*Released 27 May 2026*

We have made it clearer and quicker to open committee documents (agendas, minutes, financial statements and the like) from the committee page.

![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/93215a3d-e66b-4b9b-8aaf-71a6ab2518b0.png)

*Every committee document now shows a colour-coded icon for its file type - red for PDF, blue for Word, green for Excel, and so on.*

## Click a file to choose what to do

Click a document and a small menu opens. It shows the document's type, title and date at the top, then two choices:

- **View in new tab** - opens the document straight away so you can read it without leaving the page.
- **Download** - saves a copy to your device, keeping the document's original filename.

![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/79280c23-07fa-4bb7-8d4a-7d5503d7b03e.png)

*Clicking a file opens a menu showing the document's details, then View in new tab and Download.*

## What opens where

- **PDFs and images** open in a new browser tab so you can read them on the spot. Previously a click always downloaded them.
- **Word, Excel and PowerPoint** documents open in a free Microsoft online viewer in a new tab, so you can read them without that software installed.
- **Download** is always available when you would rather keep your own copy.

## For committee administrators

Nothing changes about managing files. The **Edit**, **Send Email** and **Delete** buttons appear on each file as before - the new view and download menu simply sits alongside them.

![](https://ngx-ramblers.org.uk/api/aws/s3/site-content/78df69d0-1ad3-4432-b7a9-edc6ac392891.png)

*Administrators still have Edit, Send Email and Delete on each file.*

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*Technical reference: [#281](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/issues/281), commit [1c47295](https://github.com/nbarrett/ngx-ramblers/commit/1c47295a10cd13ad8716d7837bedb88493a4c5b2).*