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Compare Chrome extensions: Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools vs Open in PDF Reader

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Stats Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit, convert, sign tools Open in PDF Reader Open in PDF Reader
User count 208,000,000+ 100,000+
Average rating 4.36 3.51
Rating count 46,398 49
Last updated 2024-04-23 2022-12-15
Size 1.37M 50.28K
Version 24.4.1.2 0.3.2
Short description
Do more in Google Chrome with Adobe Acrobat PDF tools. View, fill, comment, sign, and try convert and compress tools. Send PDF links directly to your favorite PDF viewer like Adobe Acrobat Reader
Full summary

Adobe Acrobat is the industry-leading PDF solution, used by millions of people. Use Acrobat PDF tools right in Google Chrome to get the best PDF viewing experience and get more done while browsing. You can add comments to PDFs, including sticky notes, text, and highlights—all for free.

If you need more advanced Acrobat features, you can try tools to export to and from PDF, create a PDF, merge PDF documents, organize a PDF, reduce PDF size, and more. Working with PDFs online has never been so easy.

HOW TO USE THE ACROBAT CHROME EXTENSION

  1. Install the Acrobat extension for Chrome.
  2. Pin the extension for quick access.
  3. Open any PDF in your browser.
  4. Select an Acrobat tool.

VIEW, DOWNLOAD, PRINT, and STORE PDFs • Get the best PDF viewing experience with the Acrobat PDF reader. • Download or print with a quick click. • Sign in to store your files online for fast access to PDF files from anywhere.

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The "Open in PDF viewer" extension opens PDF files directly in your favorite external PDF viewer application. To use the extension, right-click on a PDF link and select the "Open in PDF viewer" item. The extension downloads the PDF file in your default downloads directory and then executes the external command to open the downloaded file with the default PDF viewer (e.g. Adobe Acrobat Reader or FoxIt PDF reader).

Note that to execute an OS-level command, you need to install a native client. Native client installation guide appears on the first usage.

Features:

  1. Open PDF files from right-click context menu
  2. Transfer already opened PDF files to the external PDF viewer by pressing the browser's action button
  3. Detect PDF links and open them with left-click
  4. Open the external PDF viewer with a user-defined delay
  5. Supports most common PDF viewers

Change Logs: 0.1.1: It is now possible to define left-click open in default PDF reader from the options page. If this mode is enabled, the extension blocks the default action when a link with the PDF mime type is the target. 0.1.2:

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