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Edit PDF in sharepoint online
Dear community, I am trying to edit pdfs stored in a document library on sharepoint with no success. Is this possible at all to do? Regards!
We looked at this recently, if memory serves, you have to configure any SharePoint library/folder location that you want to work in first in Adobe. A common scenario for us is users sharing PDFs for review with others via OneDrive. Adobe DocumentCloud was a non runner as it still makes the process for the user cumbersome.
If you discover different, please let me know.
If you discover different, please let me know.
Richard Bourke The Adobe Acrobat Cloud is setup as an Enterprise App authorized to your O365/Azure subscription and then you don't need to authorize it for each folder.
Once the user is allowed access to the Enterprise App they use it anywhere SharePoint or OneDrive
- SteveMartin, don't you need to configure each site URL via Add an account?
I recall it working great for a user in their own OneDrive or team site (which was added as an account for that user) but not so great an experience when random users share a PDF to others for feedback/review from their own OneDrive. I may have to revisit it if that's not the case.Richard Bourke Once installed as an Enterprise App (follow the process on Adobe linked above) you then just need to authorize users on that Enterprise App in your Azure Portal. Authorize everyone using an NT Group.
Hey SteveMartin, I tested this out again. It looks really slick, particularly for the single user working on a PDF.
Do you know if co-authoring is something that will be coming along in the future? It seems to not fully support it currently from my limited testing.
Also, am I correct that for commenting/annotating PDFs there is no license required?
I'd be interested to hear how this works. If we can enable it tenant wide, then that would be fantastic.
Not so great if it needs enabling on a folder by folder level.
SteveMartin - Do you only get the ability to annotate? We're looking for the full capacity of adobe either in the browser, or the ability to open from SharePoint in the client application without having to go via file explorer.
Andrew Silcock It works just as you'd expect. SharePoint or OneDrive content PDF file opens in the browser routing by way of documentcloud.adobe.com. The free version only lets you add comments and highlight/markup. But if you sign-in on Adobe and you have a license then you get all tools like combining pdf files, managing pages, etc. (license is not cheap of course - you pay per user/month).
Have your O365 Admin install the App on your tenant and give it a whirl its free - but likely you are exposing any PDF you open to Adobe (which you'd be doing anyway if you signup for the digital signing option).
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