View pdf without downloading it

 · This article will get you to the spot (even if the title isn't exactly what you're aiming for): View PDF files in Firefox or choose another viewer. The PDF settings may have changed because the Adobe Acrobat plugin is no longer enabled in the regular release of Firefox 52 and later. (No plugins other than Flash run in those versions.). To change from using the built-in PDF viewer to your PDF reader plugin: Click the menu button New Fx Menu and choose Options. Select the Applications panel. Find Portable Document Format (PDF) in the list and click on it to select it. Click on the drop-down arrow in the Action column for the above entry and select Use PDF reader name (in Firefox).  · Share the contents my PDF with select people, without allowing them to download, copy, or print. THE SOLUTION: Google drive with no download. It will display the PDF contents and not let them copy/download/print. It's working great. I've been using it. I understand others may have different needs that this does not address.-billb.

Answer (1 of 3): You are wasting your time attempting this. Whatever you do, you can't stop someone simply taking screen captures and re-assembling the document. They can then use OCR to get the text (although it may need editing). If you don't want people to be able to get a copy - then don't p. Share the contents my PDF with select people, without allowing them to download, copy, or print. THE SOLUTION: Google drive with no download. It will display the PDF contents and not let them copy/download/print. It's working great. I've been using it. I understand others may have different needs that this does not address.-billb. Answer (1 of 2): There is a pdf viewer stock app that comes on all Android phones. However, one must still download the pdf file before it can be seen. I have a Huawei (w/ EMUI 10 Android 10) Android phone, with Chrome, Firefox Brave browsers. I also have 3 options for opening a pdf under Def.

To change from using the built-in PDF viewer to your PDF reader plugin: Click the menu button New Fx Menu and choose Options. Select the Applications panel. Find Portable Document Format (PDF) in the list and click on it to select it. Click on the drop-down arrow in the Action column for the above entry and select Use PDF reader name (in Firefox). “ There is a cloud based PDF viewer available from CloudPDF. This is probably the surest way to prevent your visitors from downloading a document as it stores the PDF in the cloud instead of locally on your browser. The document doesn’t even appear in your source code that way. You can make a free account on CloudPDF viewer ". Viewing the PDF file in the browser (without download) requires an add-on to the client's browser. Google Chrome, for example, has a built-in PDF viewer and can open files directly, while IE and Firefox require that you install a plug-in (the one that comes with Adobe Reader). There are two other approaches.