Open a file with (without adding it to the library)

When you tap a PDF, text, Markdown, code or data file on your phone (including a PDF that came in WhatsApp) and choose , the file opens right away; it isn't added to the library and doesn't go to Drive. The top bar says "Not in library". You can use it like Google's or Samsung's PDF viewer: listen, read, mark up, take notes, search. Opening is light: the pages show immediately and the text is extracted in the background (the top bar shows "Preparing text 12/650"; on scanned pages "Recognizing text 2/3"); even a 650-page PDF doesn't strain the device. Once the text is ready, Listen on the dock reads it aloud right away; no need to add it to the library.

1. 1Tap the file and choose from the "Open with" list. If you choose "Always", files of this type will always open in from now on (also set under Settings › Reading › Default app › App settings, which opens Android's "Open by default" section).
2. 2The file opens in the reader. Markup, notes and your place are stored on this device: open the same file again and it continues where you left off.
3. 3To listen, tap "Listen" on the dock; in a scanned document reading starts once text recognition finishes.
4. 4To bring the file into your archive, tap the "Add to Library" button in the top bar (next to the Ai orb on wide screens, just under the title on phones; it is in the ⋮ menu too). In the window that opens, the Name field is already filled with the file's real name (for example "SÖZENLER 2025 Return"), not a title stored inside the PDF such as "PowerPoint Presentation"; edit it if you like, and the document keeps that name in the library. Then browse the folders under the "Will be added to" card: tapping a folder goes into it and makes it the target, and the path bar at the top (Library › Company papers › Ltd) takes you back. If you have many folders, "Search folders…" searches subfolders too. If there's no suitable folder, tap "New folder", type its name and choose "Create": the folder is created inside the open folder (as a subfolder) and becomes the target. The button at the bottom says where the document will go ("Add to Bauhaus"). For a multi-page PDF there are "All (7 pages)" and "Specific pages" options under the name: if you only need a few pages of a 200-page file, choose "Specific pages" and type the numbers separated by commas in the Pages field that opens (for example 1, 3, 5-8; a hyphen means a range). The "Cancel" and "Add to library" buttons at the bottom always stay in place; when the folder list or the Pages field grows, only the middle part scrolls. The selected pages are added to the library as a single PDF in the order you typed and opened; the original file you opened from outside isn't changed. You can split it again later with PDF tools › Split. When you bring in all pages, the document moves into the library, goes to Drive with its markup and notes, and shows on your iPhone and on quillo.tr. The next time you tap the same file, the library document opens.
5. 5When you're done, Back returns you to the app you opened the file from (file manager, email); 's Home doesn't get in the way. If you added it to the library, Back goes to the library as usual.

A file opened outside the library has no Notes mode on the dock, and the More (⋮) menu is short: Add to Library, Search, Go to page, View settings, Save to device, Share annotated PDF, Print, Help. "Save to device" saves the file to your phone under exactly the name you opened it with (for example "SÖZENLER 2025 Return.pdf"); any marks or notes you added are inside the file. The save window opens in the folder you last saved to, so you don't have to look for it again with the next file. "Share annotated PDF" also goes out under the file's name ("SÖZENLER 2025 Return (annotated).pdf"). The full menu (chapters, Ai, PDF tools, translation) comes once it is added to the library.

Files opened from outside are listed with their count and size under Settings › Sync › Files opened from outside; "Clear" deletes them all. They aren't deleted automatically.

In text, data and code files, Edit on the dock opens the text editor (see "Editing text and code files").