PDF Web Viewer

All features and tool possibilities at a glance

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Short facts

Conformance

  • ISO 32000-1 (PDF 1.7)

  • ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0)

  • ISO 19005-1 (PDF/A-1)

  • ISO 19005-2 (PDF/A-2)

  • ISO 19005-3 (PDF/A-3)

Supported formats

Input formats

  • PDF 1.0 to 1.7

  • PDF 2.0

  • PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, PDF/A-3

  • FDF (Form Data Format)

Output formats

  • PDF 1.0 to 1.7

  • PDF 2.0

  • PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, PDF/A-3

  • FDF (Form Data Format)

Features

Interface and page navigation

  • Navigate manually (user action) or programmatically through a document

  • Select between different fit modes: actual size, fit to width, fit to height

  • Rotate and display the page

  • Show thumbnails and use them for navigation

  • Show outlines (Bookmarks)

  • Change language of the GUI (currently English and German supported)

Annotations

  • Text annotations

  • Ink annotations (free hand drawings)

  • Stamp annotations (draft, approved, etc.)

  • FreeText annotations

  • Highlight annotations (highlight, strike out, underline, squiggly)

Additional features

  • Touch handling for mobile devices

  • Enter password to decrypt PDF documents

  • Read document from file or memory or from a blob

  • Supports the Forms Data Format (FDF) file format

  • Basic support for printing PDF files directly from the web browser

  • Viewing-only version for customers who do not use annotations