How to quickly open documents from the iPhone home screen

We will create a shortcut to open the document from the main screen on the iPhone to view the content, without having to open the document reader application manually step by step as before. Below are instructions for quickly opening documents from the iPhone home screen.

Instructions for opening documents from the iPhone home screen

Step 1:

First, open the Shortcuts application on iPhone, then click the plus icon in the right corner. Next, click on search and enter the keyword to open the file . Now you click on the display task to set up.

Step 2:

Switch to the new interface, at File we click to select the file you want to open right from the main screen . The Files application will now appear so you can select the file you want to use.

Step 3:

Next at Default Applications , you select the application that will open the file we choose from the main screen.

If you do not want to pre-select the application that opens the document , enable Show Open menu in . There will then be a pop-up showing which application you opened this document in.

Step 4:

Next, at Open File name, click the drop-down arrow and select Rename to change this action if you want. Enter a new name for this task and then click Done to save.

Next, click Select icon to reselect the icon and color for the task.

Step 5:

Click Add to main screen to bring this shortcut to the main screen on iPhone. Finally click Add to bring the shortcut to the main screen.

As a result, you will see the shortcut to open the document from the main screen. When you click, you will see the document content.

Step 6:

In case you want to change to another document , click the Open file shortcut and then click the current document name to change to another document .

To delete this shortcut, press and hold the shortcut and select Delete.

Samuel Daniel

Update 06 September 2023