How to browse files by column on iPadOS 13

Along with the launch of iOS 13, Apple also released the new iPadOS 13 operating system along with a lot of new features to support. One of them is the ability to browse files by column (Column View) on the Files application, which helps users view the contents of the file in columns without opening directly. How to view the file as above is similar to File Explorer on Windows.

Accordingly, when you browse a file on the iPad, a content column appears next to the user to preview the file name, the contents of the file and its information without opening it directly. If there are many similar files, we can use this file browsing feature to easily manage them. The following article will guide you how to enable file browsing mode under columns on iPadOS 13.

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Instructions to turn on file browsing under iPadOS column 13

Step 1:

We open the Files application on the iPad .

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Step 2:

Switch to the new interface, click on Browse to find the folder you want to open the file in column form. There are 2 storage items to open the folder are On My iPad and iCloud Drive. Click on the folder to select .

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Step 3:

In the interface of the folder click on the Column View icon . Then the folder will switch to the display type with the arrow icon to select the corresponding folder extension.

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Step 4:

If there are additional files in the folder, you can choose any file to preview the content without opening it directly. Besides this interface also displays some additional information for the file such as the date of editing, file size, file type .

Besides browsing files in column mode, users also have two other options to browse files as Grid view and List, through 2 icons in the top right corner.

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I wish you all success!