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Whammers
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August 8, 2018
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SharePoint - default open PDF option - can this be changed?

  • August 8, 2018
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Hello all,

Does anyone know if there is a way to change the default "open" option for Acrobat PDF files in a SharePoint Online site?

For example when a user clicks on a PDF file by default it will "Open in Adobe Document Cloud" - now this is just fine except sometimes a user wants to print but there isn't a print option - yes they can do a right click and choose the browser print option but shows extra info, etc.

Another option is to simply choose the "Open in browser" option - which then gives a proper print option - yes an extra step but works just fine.

Nothing urgent but just curious if someone has found a way to change that default open option in SharePoint Online.

Thanks so much!

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    Correct answer AkanchhaS8194121

    Hey Whammers,

    Sorry for the delay in response to your query.

    If I understand your query correctly, you are willing to open the pdf file through web browser rather than opening it from Adobe Reader which are saved on SharePoint?

    The SharePoint account should have option to open the file either through Adobe Reader or in Web browser. But the default file opener is set during the set up of SharePoint account.

    As we do not have expertise on SharePoint settings. So,I believe the Microsoft Support forum will be the better place to raise this query.

    In a mean while I can suggest you to refer to the MS help article here- Open behavior for browser-enabled documents in Office Web Apps | Microsoft Docs 

    Thanks,

    Akanchha

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    LeandroRFreitas
    New Participant
    May 12, 2020

    I tried to open it using the link to the file in sharepoint, but Adobe Reader reports an error and asks that the site be listed on "trusted sites". I cannot insert this site in the corresponding Windows list (due to lack of administrator privileges), but I saw that in Adobe Reader the user can list trusted sites. Despite that, it still doesn't work, but I believe it is a way to make PDF documents open in the desktop software. If anyone succeeds in this way (or any other), please let me know.

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    Skyw@lker
    New Participant
    May 12, 2020

    Please start a new subject for this question.
    This subject is reserved for Adobe Document Cloud, NOT Adobe Reader desktop software. Thank you.

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    Skyw@lker
    New Participant
    February 29, 2020

    Answere from Adobe is incorrect. Very unprofessional !
    Question is about Adobe Document Cloud, NOT Adobe Reader.
    Also Adobe is refering to an article about SharePoint 2013 instead of
    SharePoint Online (Office 365).

    So the following question remains unanswered by Adobe:
    How to set the default opening of PDF files from SharePoint Online into
    Adobe Document Cloud to optional ???

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      Anonymous
      August 22, 2020

      Do you have any better suggestion??

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      earl5C1C
      New Participant
      September 9, 2020

      Do you? Or did you just come here to make a comment that helps no one while vaguely defending Adobe's inaction?

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      Anonymous
      March 12, 2019

      Did you find something about this? Because i'm with the same questions.

      Thanks!

      AkanchhaS8194121
      AkanchhaS8194121Correct answer
      Brainiac
      October 12, 2018

      Hey Whammers,

      Sorry for the delay in response to your query.

      If I understand your query correctly, you are willing to open the pdf file through web browser rather than opening it from Adobe Reader which are saved on SharePoint?

      The SharePoint account should have option to open the file either through Adobe Reader or in Web browser. But the default file opener is set during the set up of SharePoint account.

      As we do not have expertise on SharePoint settings. So,I believe the Microsoft Support forum will be the better place to raise this query.

      In a mean while I can suggest you to refer to the MS help article here- Open behavior for browser-enabled documents in Office Web Apps | Microsoft Docs 

      Thanks,

      Akanchha

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