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Foxit Reader 11.1 adds Dark Skin for Pleasant PDF Viewing Experience
Foxit PDF Reader already comes with Night Mode. Foxit Software has removed Dark skin from version 11.0, the company has re-added it with version 11.1 after user request. Foxit PDF Reader After Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader could be a... More of this article »
How to add YouTube video Comments to PDF in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft is continuously making improvements to the PDF component in the new Edge browser, after text notes, the company recently added Video Comments support to PDF Reader. Here is how you can add a Youtube video comment to a PDF... More of this article »
New Microsoft Edge adds Dictionary to PDF Reader, here’s how to use it
Microsoft has ported another PDF feature from Edge Legacy to the new Edge browser, the ability to look up words in PDF is now available in new Edge in Canary and dev versions, here is how you can enable and use it. The previous version... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge now allows adding Video Comments on PDF documents
Microsoft is continuing to improve PDF Reader in Edge Chromium. After adding text comments and a slew of features, the company today added the Video Comments option to selected text in PDF documents. The feature is available to try... More of this article »
Chrome is getting a PDF feature that Edge doesn’t have
Chrome recently received Presentation Mode and other PDF features. Google is trying to add another feature that Chrome lacks when comes to PDFs- the ability to show PDF metadata or document Properties. The chromium team has started... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge Legacy hits with PDF Issues
Microsoft Edge Legacy isn’t dead yet, though the new Microsoft Edge rolled out to Windows 10 users via Windows Update. There is one more reason to ditch old Edge as it has a lot of PDF handling issues. Microsoft confirmed the... More of this article »
New Microsoft Edge lets you add comments to PDF Documents
Microsoft recently announced in the Roadmap for PDF viewer in Microsoft Edge that it will bring “text notes” soon. The ability to add comments to PDFs is now available in the new Edge. Microsoft is bringing all Edge legacy... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge 87 lets you view PDF Table of Contents and create InPrivate mode desktop shortcut
Microsoft Edge Canary and dev versions have received support for Table of Contents for PDFs and Edge v87, now allows users to create a desktop shortcut for InPrivate mode. Microsoft has a hectic task in hand when it launched the new... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge now allows using Digital Pen to highlight text in PDFs
Few hours back we covered about the release of Microsoft Edge 85. This version comes with PDF Highlighter tool and other new features. Yesterday, Microsoft announced it will add digital pen support to Highlighter tool for PDFs in Edge... More of this article »
Firefox PDF Viewer gets new User Interface and Form Filling Support
Mozilla has updated PDF.js, Firefox built-in PDF Viewer interface to align with Photon design which Mozilla follows for Firefox UI. The PDF Viewer has also received Form filling support for PDFs. You may not believe this: PDF.js, JavaScript... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge Canary can now verify Digital Signatures in PDFs
Microsoft Edge now lets you view and validate digital signatures in PDF files in the latest Canary version. New Microsoft Edge is the default PDF Reader on Windows 10, but its PDF Viewer is not packed with features such as Classic... More of this article »
Firefox lets you open PDFs with System Viewer
Firefox has taken a cue from Chrome and now offering the “Open in System Viewer” and ” Always Open in System Viewer” options for downloaded PDFs in its Download Panel. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge (both legacy... More of this article »
Chrome 87: PDF Viewer w/ New Interface, Table of Contents, Thumbnails, Annotations Support
Of late, Google has been constantly improving PDF Viewer in the Chrome browser. For instance, it developed an option to see PDF in a two-page view and let you save PDF forms. Now, the company is working on a new UI for the PDF Viewer. What... More of this article »
Chrome lets you download Edited PDFs now
Google Chrome now supports saving PDF forms, the PDF Viewer offer options on toolbar to download original and edited documents. Google Chrome comes with a built-in PDF viewer that lets you view PDFs in your browser. Chrome displays... More of this article »
New Microsoft Edge to open PDFs in App Mode in Firefox
Starting Firefox 79, If you select or set new Microsoft Edge to open PDFs in Firefox, then the PDFs will open in the Edge browser in a ‘toolbar-less window’ or ‘app mode’. Mozilla constantly updates and improves... More of this article »
Firefox can now be set as default PDF Reader in Windows 10
Starting Firefox 78, the built-in PDF Viewer in Firefox (PDF.js) can be set as default PDF Reader on Windows. Mozilla has made the necessary changes to browser installer to register Firefox as a PDF handler on windows 10. Like Chrome... More of this article »
Microsoft Edge 84 adds Read aloud support for PDFs
Microsoft continues to improve and add new features to PDF Viewer in new Microsoft Edge, with the latest Canary update, the company has added Read Aloud support for PDF documents. When compared with Edge Legacy, new Edge PDF Viewer... More of this article »
Foxit Reader 10.0: You can no longer Print PDFs
Foxit Reader 10.0 has removed the ability to create PDFs in both web browsers and within the application by removing the PDF Printer driver and Create menu item in the File menu. Foxit Reader 9.7.2.29539 is the last version to have... More of this article »
Chrome’s PDF Viewer to let you View two PDF Pages Side by Side
Popular PDF Reader from Adobe and built-in PDF Viewer in Microsoft Edge Legacy on Windows allows viewing two pages of a PDF side by side which could be useful on wider screens or Chromebooks where you can also use it to compare certain... More of this article »
Google Fixes the PDFs Issue in Chrome 80
There have been a lot of reports from Chrome users on the official help forum and social media sites that PDFs are no longer loaded by Chrome PDF Viewer plugin in Chrome 80 stable version on Windows and Mac, the PDFs appear gray or... More of this article »
New Microsoft Edge browser gets Text Highlight feature for PDFs
In case you don’t know, Chromium-based Edge is the new Default PDF Reader in Windows 10 now, the browser already offers basic PDF Viewer functions, today Microsoft added Text highlighting feature to new Microsoft Edge browser... More of this article »
Microsoft Chromium Edge is the new default PDF Reader in Windows 10
Recently we’ve covered Microsoft Edge Stable when installed on Windows 10 will hide Classic Edge and it is not possible to uninstall. Another thing we noticed recently is it also takes over from Legacy Edge or other PDF applications,... More of this article »
Foxit Reader 9.4.0 adds Night Mode and Batch Print option for PDFs
Foxit Software released a new version 9.4.0.16811 for Foxit Reader on January 03, 2019, with new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. The update has added night mode, ability to tear off tabs for a PDF document to open in a separate... More of this article »
Disable or remove Foxit Reader’s ‘Convert to PDF’ Right Click Menu item
Foxit Reader, PDF application from Foxit Software is not only a PDF Viewer, but it also has a PDF Printer built-in that allows converting text documents or images to PDF. You can do this in many ways: for e.g. you can drag and drop... More of this article »![Image for Latest Chrome displays PDFs in White Screen [Bug]](https://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/chrome-displays-PDFs-in-white-screen-or-as-blank-page.png)
Latest Chrome displays PDFs in White Screen [Bug]
Google Chrome 68, which has recently added Emoji option to right click menu to access Windows 10 Emoji Picker, has PDF display problems on Mac. Mac users using Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer are seeing the white screen or blank... More of this article »
Foxit Reader 9.0.1 Integrates OneNote, offers Protected View
Foxit Software has released Foxit Reader 9.0.1 with OneNote Integration, Protected View and Online ink features. The Update has also included accessibility and user-friendly improvements and fixed stability issues. Foxit Reader 9.0.1 OneNote... More of this article »
Microsoft to Retire Reader App in Favor of Edge
The Reader app from Microsoft available on Windows Store, allows to open and view PDF, XPS and TIFF files. The app is going to be discontinued and won’t be available to use on Windows 10 after February 15, 2018. Microsoft suggests... More of this article »
Opera 50 gets Save Page as PDF feature
Opera 50 gets more interesting with the addition of Save Page as PDF feature and bookmarks bar changes. Opera desktop team has added ‘Save as PDF’ option to Page menu under O-menu, you can find this option in the page right... More of this article »![Image for How to disable Chrome PDF Viewer [Updated for 2018]](https://techdows.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Disable-Chrome-PDF-Viewer.png)
How to disable Chrome PDF Viewer [Updated for 2018]
If you’re using Google Chrome 68 or later versions in 2018 and want to disable Chrome’s built-in PDF Viewer to enable Adobe Reader or other desktop application for viewing PDF files on your computer, follow the instructions... More of this article »
Disable Foxit Reader ConnectedPDF Features
Foxit Reader 8.0 has integrated Dropbox and introduced ConnectedPDF technology (with which normal users has no use), today, Foxit Software has released Foxit Reader 8.0.2 and provided an option to turn off ConnectedPDF features in... More of this article »
How to Print Pages in Edge browser?
The Edge browser to users, who use any other browser as default will see it as Internet Explorer in older Windows versions, if you want to use Microsoft Edge browser for that rare one time to print web pages, know how to do that. READ... More of this article »
Google Chrome: How to Always Open PDFs with System Viewer?
What if you’re using a PDF Reader application like Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader on your computer and always want PDFs accessed in the Chrome browser to open with it? Here is how you can set Chrome to always open PDF files in... More of this article »
Foxit Reader 8 integrates Dropbox and adds Touch Mode Support
Foxit Reader v8.0 released and is available to download from Foxitsoftware website. Version 8 of the Foxit PDF Program introduces ConnectedPDF Technology, integrates Dropbox and offers support for Touch Mode. For end users, who use... More of this article »
Disable Adobe Acrobat Reader DC’s Tabbed Interface
These days most desktop PDF Readers offer tabbed browsing feature, which means they open PDF documents in multiple tabs in the same application window, of course, this is not the case in earlier versions (recently, SumatraPDF has added... More of this article »
Foxit Reader 7.3: Open PDF files from Google Drive and OneDrive
Foxit Software has released Foxit Reader 7.3 by adding support for OneDrive and Google Drive cloud services, this means, after adding either or both of those accounts to Foixt Reader, you’ll be able to open PDF files from Google... More of this article »
SumatraPDF’s 64-bit Version is Now Available
Previous Sumatra PDF 3.0 version allowed to open multiple documents in tabs, today version 3.1 of the program has been released and available to download with 64-bit builds. Apart from adding 64-bit Windows support, SumatraPDF 3.1... More of this article »
How to Change the Default PDF Viewer in Windows 10?
Easily set Adobe Reader or other PDF Application as default PDF Reader instead of Microsoft Edge in Windows 10. In Windows 10, Microsoft Edge isn’t only the default browser, but it is also the default PDF Viewer. This brings... More of this article »How to disable Reader App on Windows 10?
Windows 8 by default offers Reader modern app to open PDF files, whenever you came across a link to a PDF file on page in browser or when you open one such file from your computer it will open in Windows Reader, since Windows 10 Technical... More of this article »
Sumatra PDF 3.0 Released with Tabs
Sumatra PDF, a lightweight PDF Reader for Windows which till now, lets you open and view multiple PDF documents in multiple windows has got an update, Sumatra PDF 3.0 has been released with ‘Tabs‘ enabled by default, the... More of this article »
Foxit Reader 7 Offers Shared Reviews and Ribbon Customization Features
Foxit Software has released Foxit Reader 7 and is available for download. This is a major update, and it has added a lot of new features such as Shared reviews, 2D Barcode displaying, Signature verification on XFA forms and ribbon... More of this article »Chrome to get Shortcuts for rotating PDF Documents and Clear Download History
Till now, Chrome PDF Viewer has offered ‘Rotate clockwise’ and ‘Rotate ‘counterclockwise’ options in the PDF context menu for rotation. The latest update for Chromium has added keyboard shortcuts for... More of this article »
What’s new in Adobe Reader XI 11.0.09?
Adobe Reader XI version 11.0.09 has been released and available for download with the fixes for critical vulnerabilities, Yep! This is a security update, if you’re using Adobe Reader XI you’re recommended to upgrade to... More of this article »
Opera integrates Chrome PDF Viewer into the developer Stream
PDF Viewer now available in Opera 25 developer lets you view PDF documents without the need to install a third-party plugin in the browser. Gradually, Opera desktop team is integrating Chrome tools and features into their browser,... More of this article »PDF.js to get Huge Memory Improvements in Firefox 33
PDF.js, Firefox’s built-in PDF Viewer has got huge improvements in memory consumption and speed department in version 29, it to get additional large reductions in memory consumption in Firefox 33 browser (which set to release... More of this article »
What is armsvc.exe of Adobe Reader and how to disable it?
We’ve already covered about Adobe Reader processes AdobeARM.exe and reader_sl.exe, these run on startup automatically. armsvc.exe is another process related to the Adobe PDF Program, which will be used when needed by the Updater... More of this article »
How to make Adobe Reader as Default PDF Handler in Windows?
Want to set Adobe Reader as default PDF Reader in Windows? Here is how you can do it. We’ve covered how to make Foxit Reader application as default for handling PDF files in Windows, if you want to make Adobe’s PDF one... More of this article »
This Free Tool Converts CHM files to PDFs Easily
Microsoft offers Compiled HTML or for short CHM format in Windows for applications to provide documentation. One downside of CHM files is these are not convenient to read on computer and mobile devices, FYI- eBooks on internet now... More of this article »
Foxit’s Cloud Reading Service for PDFs available with Foxit Reader
When you install Foxit Reader 6.1 and above Cloud Reading Plugin of it also gets installed. That Plugin is for Foxit Cloud -currently in Beta available for Foxit Reader on PC and Foxit Mobile Reader on Android -allows registered users... More of this article »