PDF Reader

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

PDF Reader: A Superior PDF Viewer for Edge

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

Users: 46,154

821

Rating: 4.10

(23)

Version: 0.4.3 (Last updated: 2024-12-11)

Creation date: 2022-02-02

Permissions:

storage
contextMenus
favicon

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 4.11M

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 676 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#831 in Productivity ▲ 1

#18 in purpose keyword 1 ▼ 1

#38 in library keyword 25 ▼ 1

#41 in pdf keyword 73

#59 in destination keyword 8 ▲ 1

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Other platforms

PDF Reader (v0.4.3)

60,000 4.54

(80)

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

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 Edge Add-on Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

User 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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Add-on safety

Risk impact

PDF Reader requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of PDF Reader. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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