i have a task about .PDF files that pdf file should open in browser with custom zoom level of 125% or 150%, i tried many times, but it is not working properly in firefox, as it implements zoom on PDF file but it switch on page#2, i study the adobe's given parameters for PDF file and tried to use them as following in href,
"SICS-47.pdf?page=1&zoom=125,0,0"
"SICS-47.pdf#page=1&zoom=125,0,0"
but no success, anyone here can help me please ?
thank you so much in advance.
The adobe partner reference states on page 5 that this is for IE and Netscape. I'm not sure how old this document is, but you might want to check the Firefox support for this functionality as it could be incomplete.
Reference: Adobe Partner
Another thing you could do is modify the PDF content to make sure the document opens properly. Depending on which tool you're using you could use a free library like the Perl API2 library or a paid tool like the Java iText library. Maybe there are command line tools out there that do the same, but I'm not aware of them.
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I created a browser extension that lets you look up words in Wikipedia or Wiktionary without needing to open a new tab ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/in-page-lookup/ , almost done porting to Chrome). It is very useful when you are doing research and come across a word you don't know or want to know more about. The only thing is, a lot of research content is in PDF format. A long time ago (~2013ish) I had an older version of the app based on the old Firefox add-on framework and that did let iframes show up over pdf documents but this has not been the case for many years. I don't think the extension is even recognized in pdf documents, I get "Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist" and there is no extension content script on the pdf page. So, my question is, is it possible to put an iframe over a pdf document? Do I need to work on the background side, and if so, how? Thanks.
Is there any way to modify texts in PDF on Chrome using the Chrome inspect tool? I was stuck because in the Chrome inspect element, differently than any other websites and even PowerPoint presentations opened in Chrome, I'm able to modify texts, while with PDFs I cannot. Does anyone know how to do it?
Edit: Yes I know that the changes made through Chrome DevTools are temporary, but usually I'm able to make those changes, even if they're temporary. But with PDFs I can't.
There are differences in the way some browsers handle PDF data.
Chromium based browsers are more traditional in that the PDF plug-in is based on a Foxit/Skia collaboration, So you need to understand in that case, the downloaded PDF you are viewing is in the binary application/pdf (file already outside of the html wrapper).
Just as you cannot edit the PDF text in Acrobat Reader, the most you can do is incrementally add comments/annotation or field data to the end of the file, before save as a secondary download. The server cannot see your changes unless you submit as an upload.
With Firefox and Google docs there is often a different approach where the PDF is "Repr"oduced as an "Ex"ample (A ReprEx of the PDF) so it is built of a hybrid image and text overlay to emulate that part of the real PDF source. When you previously or later save the underlying downloaded PDF (for viewing) it would not necessarily include any browser based HTML editing, in the saving.
There are other techniques for other cases, but to answer the basic OP question most simply, the answer is NO you cannot change a PDF body, only add notes, etc via extensions. Microsoft variant of Chrome I.E. Edge has some inbuilt annotation ability thus does not need a second extension.
Found this question because I was googling a similar situation--I was wanting to manipulate type sizes and margins on a PDF in inspector via Chrome. I found that FireFox DevTools will allow you to view those styles and even alter the content in the PDF while in browser. I am late to the game but hope this provides answers for someone else in the future.
I am wondering if there is a way to edit pdf file (generated by Adobe Illustrator) in a web browser? They types of 'edit' that I'm after such as reposition element, changing color, changing text...etc and finally save the edited file.
iText seem like a good framework but not sure about it's capability.
Theoretically this is possible. But it would mean you would have to use a client-side PDF library capable of doing such edits. Such libraries are not common; in fact the only one I know of that could enable you to write something like this is created by PDFTron (https://www.pdftron.com).
(I know nothing more about that product; haven't used it or looked at it in detail)
I have installed Adobe LiveCycle ES4 using Default Settings on my system and i am using the GeneratePDFService for converting a URL to PDF.
The Logic is working properly but the problem is in the output PDF which is generated after conversion, the problem is, here in we are using Marathi Font, but after conversion only the Numerals/Numbers are displayed properly in Marathi in the PDF generated, instead of the whole Page.
in the page, we have used CSS font-face reference too and also tried implementing the font inline, but of no use.
The font used too is installed in the Windows\Fonts Folder.
Looking for favorable replies.
Thanks
I don't know the exact reason as I was using these services, it was working.Anyway I have a solution. For chrome ie and ff you can install save as pdf(webpage save as pdf) services.you can check for browser plugins or extensions for this.This will help you.For ie i think already a save as pdf feature is available.
I would like to write a "quick look" feature for my web application, that allow user "view" these kind of document on the web page, how can I do so? Thank you.
You could use OpenOffice which can open all of those formats. OpenOffice can also be used to convert a document to HTML. All that can be done through a Java API on the server (no GUI required).
I do not know how good the generated HTML is though, but it might be worth trying.
For PDF you will need an OpenOffice plugin that enables OpenOffice to open PDFs (for editing).
Check out the Crocodoc API. Crocodoc provides an HTML5 viewer (no Flash!) which you can embed in your web pages. It's free for non-commercial use.