I prepared a few guidelines and slides to illustrate better how the workflow looks like when using the Adobe Acrobat extension in modern web browsers like Chrome.
Honestly, I have not seen anyone taking the time to document this workflow yet to show it's done in Windows 10.
Soooo, if you like this guidance and it works for you, hit the correct answer button for this solution) 😄
I will be using Brave browser on my end for the following example.
To install the Adobe Acrobat Chrome browser extension:
- If your web browser is old, you need to update it to be able to get this extension (or download the new version of your browser).
- Once the web browser is updated you will be able to access the extension from the browser settings
- You will be forwarded to the chrome extensions landing page where you can enable or activate the extension as shown in the next slide
- In your case, using Chrome browser, you can follow the same procedure as shown above with Brave browser, OR, type in the URL bar "chrome://extensions/" to go directly to those settings preferences
- As you may have noticed in the slide above, this is where you can also make your Chrome browser the default web browser in your Windows 10. If desired, just click on the "Set as default" blue button.
NOTE: Once you've installed and enabled the Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome, this is what you can do:
- First, ensure that you've given the PDF ownsership to Adobe Acrobat in MS Windows and not to MS Edge
- To do this, right-click on any PDF file and select from the context menu "Open with"
- Select Adobe Acrobat DC from the listed items.
- Tick the checkbox where it says "Always use this app to open .pdf files"
OK. So now that you are all set, follow through with the next steps:
- When browsing or accessing a shared PDF file in a networked environment with your preferred Chrome-based browser, right-click on the URL link.
- Select from the context menu Adobe Acrobat--->> and choose "ConvertLink Target to Acrobat PDF.
- It will take a few seconds for the conversion. As long as Adobe Acrobat is your default PDF owner in Windows (or macOS, or even Adobe Reader DC emulated in Linux); when the conversion is done it will open up automatically in Adobe Acrobat.
- The next slide belows demonstrates that the converted link opens up in Acrobat, and it shows the following message " The file https://www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/knowledgecenter/media/c4611_sample_explain.pdf is a secure document that has been embedded in this document. Double click the pushpin to view."
- Just double-click on the pushpin icon as instructed and the document will open in Adobe Acrobat
NOTE: This is the best workflow so far. You can use the method explained above instead of downloading a file, then trying to find it in the directory that you've just downloaded the PDF to every single time.
However, you can still use that method as suggested by Try67 which it isn't really that bad at all. It may involve a two-step process but it is very quick. So, in my case, using Brave browser as an example:
- Ensure that Adobe Acrobat has the PDF ownership in Windows 10, not MS Edge
- Click on a link and it will only take a few seconds to download.
- After selecting where to save it (which you can configure in your brwoser setting to download automatically to a desired folder), it will display the selected download at the bottom of my web browsing window. As soon as the download has completed, this allows the user to further choose from a few actions what to do next .
- Click on Open and it will open up the downloaded file in Acrobat DC.
NOTE: Just remember, it will open up the downloaded PDF in Acrobat as long as Acrobat is the default PDF owner in your operating system.
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I prepared a few guidelines and slides to illustrate better how the workflow looks like when using the Adobe Acrobat extension in modern web browsers like Chrome.
Honestly, I have not seen anyone taking the time to document this workflow yet to show it's done in Windows 10.
Soooo, if you like this guidance and it works for you, hit the correct answer button for this solution) 😄
I will be using Brave browser on my end for the following example.
To install the Adobe Acrobat Chrome browser extension:
- If your web browser is old, you need to update it to be able to get this extension (or download the new version of your browser).
- Once the web browser is updated you will be able to access the extension from the browser settings
- You will be forwarded to the chrome extensions landing page where you can enable or activate the extension as shown in the next slide
- In your case, using Chrome browser, you can follow the same procedure as shown above with Brave browser, OR, type in the URL bar "chrome://extensions/" to go directly to those settings preferences
- As you may have noticed in the slide above, this is where you can also make your Chrome browser the default web browser in your Windows 10. If desired, just click on the "Set as default" blue button.
NOTE: Once you've installed and enabled the Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome, this is what you can do:
- First, ensure that you've given the PDF ownsership to Adobe Acrobat in MS Windows and not to MS Edge
- To do this, right-click on any PDF file and select from the context menu "Open with"
- Select Adobe Acrobat DC from the listed items.
- Tick the checkbox where it says "Always use this app to open .pdf files"
OK. So now that you are all set, follow through with the next steps:
- When browsing or accessing a shared PDF file in a networked environment with your preferred Chrome-based browser, right-click on the URL link.
- Select from the context menu Adobe Acrobat--->> and choose "ConvertLink Target to Acrobat PDF.
- It will take a few seconds for the conversion. As long as Adobe Acrobat is your default PDF owner in Windows (or macOS, or even Adobe Reader DC emulated in Linux); when the conversion is done it will open up automatically in Adobe Acrobat.
- The next slide belows demonstrates that the converted link opens up in Acrobat, and it shows the following message " The file https://www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/knowledgecenter/media/c4611_sample_explain.pdf is a secure document that has been embedded in this document. Double click the pushpin to view."
- Just double-click on the pushpin icon as instructed and the document will open in Adobe Acrobat
NOTE: This is the best workflow so far. You can use the method explained above instead of downloading a file, then trying to find it in the directory that you've just downloaded the PDF to every single time.
However, you can still use that method as suggested by Try67 which it isn't really that bad at all. It may involve a two-step process but it is very quick. So, in my case, using Brave browser as an example:
- Ensure that Adobe Acrobat has the PDF ownership in Windows 10, not MS Edge
- Click on a link and it will only take a few seconds to download.
- After selecting where to save it (which you can configure in your brwoser setting to download automatically to a desired folder), it will display the selected download at the bottom of my web browsing window. As soon as the download has completed, this allows the user to further choose from a few actions what to do next .
- Click on Open and it will open up the downloaded file in Acrobat DC.
NOTE: Just remember, it will open up the downloaded PDF in Acrobat as long as Acrobat is the default PDF owner in your operating system.
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