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How to Open a PDF from the File Menu

If you have already opened one PDF in PDFelement, you will see the "File" menu on the top left. Here we present how to open a PDF file from the "File" menu.

  • Click the hamburger menu button and then select the "Open" or "Open Recent" option to select the PDF files from File Explorer.
A screenshot of the application interface displaying the list of recently opened files.
Open PDF from File Menu
  • Click on "File > Open Cloud", you will see many cloud options, including Dropbox, Google Drive, Wondershare Cloud, OneDrive, Box and SharePoint. You may need to sign in to your cloud account and complete access authorization; then you can open PDF files from "Open Cloud".
A screenshot of the application interface showing cloud storage access options.
Open Cloud Documents.
A screenshot of the file open interface highlighting the option to open files from Google Drive.
Access Authorization to Cloud Account.