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SharePoint 2010: How to Show PDF Files in Browsers

SharePoint 2010: How to Show PDF Files in Browsers

Hi,

Recently someone expressed his requirements to open pdf files in browsers in the same way as excel files opens up when we use excel services. Although the settings was to open the file in web browser in advanced settings of the document library it was opening in the client application. After some digging into this issue I managed to get it done. Hence here are the steps I am sharing to get this done:

  1. Open the document library where you have stored the .pdf file.
  2. Go to the advanced settings and make sure that you have selected "Open in web browser" and not in client application.
  3. Login to Central Administrator--> Application management --> Web Application general settings and select your web application.
  4. Then select your web applicaion --> general settings.and change browser file handling to Permissive from strict as shown below

 


5. Click on OK and here you go.

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  • 19 Sep 2013 5:15 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 4. Comment: Changed tag "SPS 2010" to "SharePoint 2010", added tag

  • 1 Aug 2013 7:09 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 2. Comment: Modified title casing, added tag

  • 27 Jul 2013 4:52 AM

    Patris_70 edited Revision 1. Comment: deleted (en-US) title

  • 18 Feb 2012 12:44 PM

    Craig Lussier edited Original. Comment: added en-US to tags and title

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  • Posted by
    on 18 Feb 2012 12:44 PM

    Craig Lussier edited Original. Comment: added en-US to tags and title

  • Posted by
    on 5 Jan 2013 10:31 AM

    Rahul,

    Thanks for the assist but I had already verified that setting prior to my post.

    Joe

  • Posted by
    on 27 Jul 2013 4:52 AM

    Patris_70 edited Revision 1. Comment: deleted (en-US) title

  • Posted by
    on 1 Aug 2013 7:09 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 2. Comment: Modified title casing, added tag

  • Posted by
    on 19 Sep 2013 5:15 PM

    Richard Mueller edited Revision 4. Comment: Changed tag "SPS 2010" to "SharePoint 2010", added tag

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