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Hi Luiz, I understand that you are looking for the way to edit PDF files in web browser directly, like the way to edit other types of Microsoft documents such as DOC files, XLS files. For the reason that there is no browser-based version of Acrobat like Office Web Apps (including Word Web App,...

Could someone help me open and edit in Acrobat a pdf of a SharePoint Online library and save it as a new version? I know that I can download the pdf, edit it, and than save it with my online account, but that's just not as practical as it is when dealing with doc files. Is there a way to edit...

I'm adding attachments (PDF and Office Docs) to a record in the asset web database. When I click on them to view I only get the option to save. Is there a way to open them when using the Asset Web Database?

Hello Andy, Based on my test with Windows 8, the PDF files in the public website can be opened well both in Internet Explorer 10 or in Adobe Reader application. You can follow the steps to narrow down the issue: 1.Make sure you have installed the latest version of Adobe Reader. 2.Set the Desktop...

I have created a public website; http://www.kittatinnylax.com/ I have created hyperlinks to documents so that visitors to the site can download reqired registration forms. I have uploaded both PDF and DOCX documents and created hyperlinks on the home page. If use IE9 on Windows 7, the PDFs...

Hi, We are creating a content repository where we would like our users to stay in the SharePoint environment as much as possible and to avoid making it more work for the users to conduct day-to-day activities in that SP environment. It seems that when you open a PDF in SP you cannot annotate and save...

Hi, We are creating a content repository where we would like our users to stay in the SharePoint environment as much as possible and to avoid making it more work for the users to conduct day-to-day activities in the SP environment. It seems that when you open a PDF in SP you cannot annotate and save...

Hi Nathan, Yes, the PDF will only open directly in browser but without editing. If you would like to check out when the file is opened, please kindly go to library settings , click " Versioning " under General Setting, then choose Yes for " Require documents to be checked out...

Hi Wilfred, No the files do not have a small lock on them. My problem is 1) I click on the file from my document library 2) And the file opens directly in my browser 3) This means I do not have the option to add annotations (you'll see they are greyed...

Hi RY, Please check if there is icon as below screenshot before the pdf file. If not, the file was not downloaded. You can click the “Check Out” icon, and then open it again to check the issue. Thanks, Keats Ge

Good day, I am having an issue with one particular computer in our inventory. I am unable to open PDF documents (that is the only extension I have noted so far) from within the SharePoint workspace application. I am able to open PDF documents from the SharePoint website. I can copy...

Hi, Last week Sharepoint online had a disrupted service due to planned maintenance. Following this maintenance the Adobe reader intergreation with Sharepoint is no longer working. Prior to the update, when opening a PDF from Sharepoint online the file would open in Adobe with the options...

Hi Nick, Thanks for your feedback. According to your description, I have a suggestion that you can try to download the 6MB file with other browser in your own laptop. In addition, I suggest you refer to ‘Why does it take so long to download a file’ part in IE9 FAQ for troubleshooting...

Hi Lbis, Thanks for your updates. From the mail message sent to you, this should be the updates applied to Office Web Apps. To further troubleshooting the issue, please help collect the following tips for us: What’s the version of IE? If it’s lower than IE 8, please upgrade...

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Hello, I have read a lot of information about pdfs. Basically, when I click on a pdf in my sharepoint online intranet, I get a save or cancel option. I need to be able to click on the pdf and open it in EITHER acrobat (reader) or in a new instance of a web browser. Is this possible...

Hi David, I’d like to confirm with you that you want to open PDF files in SharePoint Online. Is that correct? Currently, PDF files could not be opened in browser in SharePoint Online. We appreciated your reply. Your time and efforts on this issue are highly appreciated. However...

Hello Jamie, Thanks for your post here.I would like to confirm with you whether you mean you could open PDF files directly in SharePoint on-premise, but not in SharePoint Online. Currently SharePoint Online doesn't support opening PDF files directly, and we have already known this issue...

Hi David, This problem is caused by the PDF reader of the iPad. If the browser or the PDF reader doesn’t support encrypted PDF file, the pop-up window won’t be presented when you open the PDF file. Please try another PDF reader for the encrypted file. Cheers, Allen Cong

I heard from Microsoft a few weeks ago that PDF documents would be viewable from SP Online without having to save the files 1st. It appears that some users are currently able to open a PDF file in Adobe Reader without having to save the file, but others (who also have Adobe Reader installed) are not...

On my old site I was able to create links to pdfs in my site document folder & they would open in a new window. Now, when I click on the link it wants me to save the pdf before viewing it. How do I fix this so it automatically opens in a new window?

We have a large library of PDF files for internal use, which we have moved to a private Office 365 site. Previously, the files were easily identified by users using the thumbnails since the file names are long and technical. Now, on Office 365, there is no thumbnail and the files will not open in the...

I tired of reading so much stuff and getting nowhere. My Office live website worked just fine but not 365. I hyperlinked a spot on a webpage for a PDF file in my documents. It pop up no problem. On 365, it askes for you to save it without poping up. How do I get this to work. I've...

In a document library we have several PDF items. When opening the item-menu of a PDF item, we receive the message that the item is not found. PDF items can be opened when clicking on the title. In the same document library the item-menu of a Word document is correctly displayed. Can anyone help...

Let's sum up: Jim: Can you open pdf's directly in IE 8 or 9? Mch: Have you been sucessfull in this? I can open pdf's directly but I'm on a highly beefed up Windows 7 Pro, Office 2010, IE 8, Acrobat X - And then the mystery node: WITH SHAREPOINT 2010 SERVER ENTERPRISE INSTALLED...