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This section gives an overview of some important functions. The next screenshot shows the PDF reader toolbar. Table of contents lets users easily navigate through PDF documents that have a table of contents.
When a user clicks the Table of contents icon, a navigation pane that shows a list of the labeled sections and subsections in the PDF document is shown. The user can then click any of the labels in the pane to navigate to that section of the document. The pane stays open for as long as needed and can be closed when the user wants to go back to reading the document. The next screenshot shows the navigation pane for an open document.
Users can change the layout of a document from a single page view to two pages that are displayed side by side. The two page view is shown in the next screenshot. If a user presses the F7 key anywhere in the browser, they're asked if caret browsing should be turned on.
If enabled, caret browsing is available for any content opened in the browser, be it PDF files or web pages. When a user presses F7 again, caret browsing is turned off. When caret browsing is active and the focus is on the content, users will see a blinking cursor in the PDF file.
The caret can also be used to navigate through the file, or to select text by pressing Shift while moving the cursor. This ability lets users easily create elements as highlights, or interact with elements as links, form fields with the keyboard.
The next screenshot shows the popup menu for turning on Caret mode browsing. This capability is now available in Microsoft Edge. In addition to inking PDF files as needed, you can use color and stroke width to bring attention to different parts of the PDF file. The next screenshot shows how a user can add inking to a pdf page. PDF reader in Microsoft Edge comes with support for adding and editing highlights.
To create a highlight, the user simply needs to select the text, right-click on it, select highlights in the menu and choose the desired color. Highlights can also be created using a pen, or keyboard. The next screenshot shows the highlight options that are available. While reading a PDF file, text notes can be added to text in the file to jot down thoughts for easy reference later.
Users can add a note by selecting the piece of text they wish to add a note for and invoking the right-click context menu. Selecting the Add Comment option in the menu will open a text box where users can add their comments. They can type the comment and then click the check mark to save the comment. After a note is added, the selected text will be highlighted, and a comment icon will appear to indicate the comment.
Also, for files opened by a link from a web site, it shows a save button to download and save such file locally to your computer. Note: The default behavior can be easily restored by reverting the above steps, i.
Alternatively, you can apply a Group Policy tweak for Microsoft Edge and force enable or force disable the open PDFs feature for all users. Let's review this method as well. The above tweak uses the AlwaysOpenPdfExternally policy which is supported in the browser starting in Edge When the PDF file download option is configured via the group policy option, users won't be able to change in Edge settings.
The enforcement will be applied to all user accounts on your computer. It is not set by default, so users can manage the Always open PDF files externally setting in the browser as described in the first method in this post. Download Registry Files. Winaero greatly relies on your support. You can help the site keep bringing you interesting and useful content and software by using these options:. If you like this article, please share it using the buttons below. It won't take a lot from you, but it will help us grow.
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