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KatyCally
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Feb 24, 2025

Opening PDF documents in Adobe Reader as default when in SharePoint

I'm after some advise please...

I'm aware you can open the Microsoft applications (Word, Excel etc) in App by default in SharePoint, but is there a way you can set PDFs to open in Adobe Reader as default? We have a user who has accessibility requirements and need be able to use the read out aloud function in Adobe Reader on these documents.

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    corfra1977
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    To set Adobe Reader as preferred App, check in the Windows settings : Apps->Standard-Apps->Adobe Acrobat and choose the application to open by default your documents.

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    corfra1977
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    You should have first the PDFs synchronised with OneDrive, after that it should work.

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