PDF Reader

A general-purpose Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer based on Mozilla's PDF.js library

What is PDF Reader?

PDF Reader is an add-on for Edge that uses Mozilla's pdf.js library to offer a superior, customizable PDF viewing experience. It enables the rendering of both local and remote PDF files, gives you control over the look of the PDF viewer, and supports the display of both signed and unsigned signatures. Additionally, this add-on offers functionalities like text and image insertion, drawing capabilities, and partial support for PDF scripts. PDF Reader also comes with several rendering options that aim to give you the best PDF experience.

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Add-on stats

By: Bermet

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Users: 48,768 ▲ 169

Rating: 4.10 (23)

Version: 0.4.2 (Last updated: 2024-09-22)

Creation date: 2022-02-02

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
favicon

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 6.13M

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 662

Other platforms

PDF Reader (v0.4.2)

4.57

(75) 60,000

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Add-on summary

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This extension uses Mozilla's pdf.js library to display PDF files in your browser. It will be used as a replacement for the default PDF viewer. This extension supports rendering remote and local PDF files on top frames. The extension provides the same experience as you open PDF files in the Firefox browser.

To allow the extension to parse local PDF files, you need to enable "Access Local Files" in the extension manager.

If you prefer the extension to parse PDF files in frame elements use the right-click context menu checkbox

Features:

Provides both light and dark theme options
Facilitates page navigation using the "page" hash
Allows customization of the PDF viewer's appearance
Enables the display of both signed and unsigned PDF signatures
Permits the opening of PDF files by dragging and dropping them into the viewer
Offers partial support for executing PDF scripts
Allows for the insertion of text and images
Enables drawing functionality, such as digitally signing the PDF with a pen or mouse.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Adds hand tool for moving around PDFs
Allows adding CSS snippets
Improved PDF rendering and text readability
Quick text searching in PDFs
No jittery loading

Cons

No options to highlight, cross-out, or add notes to PDF text
Slower than the browser default PDF reader
Does not support downloading PDF files from Edge
May show plugin loading errors for large files (100MB+)
Does not open in detail for some documents

Most mentioned

Improved PDF rendering
Hand tool for moving around PDFs
No options to highlight, cross-out, or add notes to PDF text
Support for downloading PDF files from Edge
Plugin loading errors for large files

Recent reviews

勾选了在inprivate允许，再隐身模式仍然无法使用，显示被edge阻止

by galaxy, 2024-04-24

This extention can add CSS snippets. GREAT!

by 川, 2024-04-15

Solved the biggest issue I had with Microsoft Edge by adding a hand tool to pdf's so I can move around the document without having to use the scroll bars. I found a thread on Microsoft where users had been requesting this feature for 3 1/2 years from Microsoft with no results.

by Jay, 2023-08-07

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