Google has now made it easy for users to view formatted PDF documents in the browser. This news was published on Google’s official Blog. The documents now carry a “Qucik View” link which when clicked opens the document in the browser (See captured screenshot below). However, minor losses to formatting, pictures/graphics and tables are to be expected. This is better than opening a PDF application inside or outside the browser for simple viewing of the intended files. Google has previously been giving an option for users to view PDF files as HTML, this is now the reverse. It is pretty much the same thing which has been built in to Google Docs and Gmail for similar purposes. The company plans to include this feature for even more file types for viewing. The viewing option is presently available in a little more than 50 % of the PDFs indexed by Google.
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