step-by-step guide on How to view PDF file on Google Chrome
If you have chrome browser installed on your computer then there is no need to install software that views PDF file documents. Stop searching around; Google chrome makes it easy for us to read PDF files. You will learn in today’s topic how to view pdf file on google chrome, all you have to do is to install an extension named as PDF viewer. But first let’s clear up what does PFD mean?
PDF is the abbreviation word of Portable Document Format. Google defines PDF as “a file format that provides an electronic image of text or text and graphics that looks like a printed document and can be viewed, printed, and electronically transmitted.”
There are a lot of available software that allows readers to view, create, convert and edit PDF file. In order to view it without installing any software you can use Google chrome extension; PDF viewer. If you want to use software, you can use the Famous adobe reader, Digisigner, Foxit reader. Let’s say you would like to create PDF, you can use one of these programs: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator or Ghost Script. In order to convert it, you can use this program: Able2extract. There is also tools that edit PDF files including Foxit PDF Editor and LibreOffice Draw. Of course there are other tools but I tried to share with you only the best reviewed ones.
HOW TO VIEW PDF FILE IN GOOGLE CHROME?
After clarifying the meaning of PDF and providing the software that view, edit, convert and create it, let’s move to the second step, which is viewing it on Google Chrome Browser. Here is how to do it, the steps are so easy. Please open your browser, Go to menu, more tools and click on extensions. Scroll down, click on Get more extensions. In the search box, write PDF VIEWER. Add the extension to chrome. Wait a few seconds till the installation is complete.
The last step is to allow access to file’s URL’s. In order to that, go again to menu, more tools and click on extensions. Search for PDF viewer and mark ‘Allow Access to file URLs.
And that’s it, open a new tab on your browser and drop and drag PDF file to it.
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