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# Preview Notebook

Notebook page can be opened, and code & markdown cells can be previewed without activating the respective project.

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Check out the given illustration to understand how you can preview a Notebook.*
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***Preview of a Notebook***
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The user can preview a Notebook without activating the Project where the Notebook is saved.&#x20;

* Navigate to the Project List page and open a deactivated Project from the list.

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<figure><img src="https://2928669267-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F5yFkMe3dnFN9lbRa3Tzd%2Fuploads%2FtYWXHi2en1Y5Ox0pGSed%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=26856072-329a-4448-ab57-be12e5b1d700" alt=""><figcaption><p><em><strong>Opening a Deactivated Project from the Project List page</strong></em></p></figcaption></figure>

* The Notebook list page opens by default under the selected Project.
* Select a Notebook from the list and click on it.

<figure><img src="https://2928669267-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F5yFkMe3dnFN9lbRa3Tzd%2Fuploads%2FjSRxMgmjtzVV3vh9fOKw%2Fimage.png?alt=media&amp;token=594fdc7b-64a3-423c-8953-91e552c12d41" alt=""><figcaption><p><em><strong>Selecting a Notebook from the Notebook List</strong></em></p></figcaption></figure>

* The Notebook opens in the preview mode.

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* *The Notebook functionalities will be disabled during the project deactivation time.*
* *The confirmation dialog box appears (by default) to **Activate** the Project of which the Notebook is a part by clicking the **Yes** option for activating the Project, the user gets all the Notebook operations enabled to modify the Notebook content.*

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* *Refer the **Data Science Lab Quick Start Flow** page to get an overview of the **Data Science Lab** module in nutshell.* [***Click here***](/data-science-lab-1/data-science-lab-quick-start-flow.md) *to get redirected to the quick start flow page.*
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