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2021-10-21 17:11:28 • Filed to: Business Solution • Proven solutions
Most of the time you are surfing the Internet you will be looking at HTML pages but if you want to open an invoice, report, or even an ebook from your web browser you will probably need to open a PDF file. Opening PDFs is important but it isn't always set up by default in your web browser. In this tutorial you will learn how to work with PDFs in Google Chrome and SharePoint.
Google Chrome is one of the most popular browsers available but you will need to configure the browser to allow you to read PDFs from your browser. Adobe bundle the Acrobat Chrome extension with Adobe Acrobat Reader so by following these simple steps you can quickly start accessing PDF documents in Chrome. Once installed and enabled, the extension will allow you to:
To install the Acrobat Reader Chrome extension
PDFs will now open within your Google Chrome browser. If you would prefer to open a particular PDF in Acrobat Reader you can always click on the Adobe Acrobat prompt in the top-right corner of your window and select Open in Acrobat Reader.
Integrating SharePoint will allow you to check PDF files in or out of Acrobat. Once your Administrator has enabled SharePoint integration the SharePoint browser user interface will show which users have checked out each PDF file. Additionally, the SharePoint server menu allows users to Discard Check-Out, Check In or Prepare Document Properties from inside both Reader and Acrobat.
Here is how to configure SharePoint and get it working for you:
Do you have Acrobat 10.1.2 or higher?
It is important to remember that beginning with Acrobat/Reader 10.1.2, the ActiveX control PdfFile. OpenDocuments is now fully supported as is Adobe Acrobat. OpenDocuments. Both on-premise SharePoint servers and Sharepoint Online are being updated so that DocIcon.xml will associate PDFs with the ActiveX control named PdfFile.OpenDocuments. If your SharePoint package has not received this update you will need to complete a manual configuration to your DocIcon.xml. You can see whether or not the update has been received by using a text editor to open DocIcon.xml search for the entry which says PdfFile.OpenDocuments. If you cannot find that entry, then the manual configuration is required.
Configuring SharePoint manually
The DocIcon.xml file forms a part of the front-end Web server for both Microsoft SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 deployment. It is used to indicate the icon that will be displayed for each file type. It can also be used to say whether or not an ActiveX control will open the file.
The three functions of the DocIcon.xml file are:
Adobe Acrobat. OpenDocuments is an ActiveX control which is installed on a computer with Acrobat or Reader. If you want to use this ActiveX control to open PDF files on your computer, you will need to change the DocIcon.xml file. You must assign an ActiveX control and associate an icon for PDF your files. Follow these steps to make the changes you need:
Allow HTTP methods in IIS 7 or later
If you run into trouble see f the SharePoint WebDAVModule is running. If it is all requests are routed there and not to the SharePoint WebDAV component. You must disable the WebDAVModule avoid this.
Disabling the WebDAVModule is done like this:
If you want to disable SharePoint integration, it can be done like this:
Following these steps should enable you to get Acrobat working with both Google Chrome and SharePoint.
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