How To Open PDF Files In Adobe Reader From SharePoint Document Library In SharePoint 2013 For Internet Explorer Browser

Introduction

 

In this article, we will learn how we can open PDFs from SharePoint document library directly in Adobe Reader, update the PDF and then update it back to SharePoint document library in SharePoint 2013 on-premises for Internet Explorer browser.

 

Pre-requisites

• You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed
• You must have access to SharePoint 2013 central admin.

Steps

 

Follow the below steps to open PDF files in Adobe Reader client and update back in SharePoint after editing,

 

Step 1

 

Go to SharePoint 2013 central administration.

 

Step 2

 

Now select Application Management from the left navigation.

 

 

Step 3

 

Click on Manage Web applications.

 

Step 4

 

On clicking Manage web applications, it will redirect to the page where we can see all web applications available in our environment.

 

 

Step 5

 

Now select your web application and click on General Settings from the WEB APPLICATIONS menu as shown in the below screenshot.

 

 

Step 6

 

On clicking General Settings, it will open a popup. From this popup go to the Browser File Handling selection and select the radio button for Strict as shown in the below screenshot.

 

 

Step 7

 

Now go to the bottom of the popup and click on the OK button.

 

 

Step 8

 

Now open registry editor (type regedit in the run window). 

 

Step 9

 

Go to the Hkey_Current_User\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\11.0\Originals. Now right click here and select New -> DWORD as shown In the below screenshot.

 

Step 10

 

Here give the name bBrowserIntegration and set its value as 0

 

 

Step 11

 

Now go to your site collection and open site settings. Here select the Site Collection feature from the Site Collection Administration section.

 

 

Step 12

 

Now activate the Open Documents in Client Applications by Default feature if it is deactivated.

 

 

Step 13

 

Now open the document library from which you want to open your PDF in the Adobe Reader client. Go to the Library Settings from the LIBRARY menu.

 

 

Step 14

 

Now from General Settings, select the Advanced Settings.

 

 

Step 15

 

Now go to the selection of Opening Documents in the Browser and select the radio button of Open in the client application. 

Step 16

 

Now click on the OK button from the bottom of the page.

 

Step 15

 

Now open the Windows Powershell ISE and execute the below PowerShell commands. 

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell
$webApp = Get-SPWebApplication(“web application URL")
$WebApp.AllowedInlineDownloadedMimeTypes.Add("application/pdf")
$webApp.Update()

Step 17

 

All configuration for opening a PDF file in Adobe Reader client is done. So now execute iisreset command in command prompt with Run as administrator.

 

 

Step 18

 

Now go to the document library and click on the PDF file.

 

Step 19

 

It will open the PDF file in Adobe Reader client.

 

 

Step 20

 

Now update the PDF file and select the Save As the file.

 

Step 21

 

 Save As will open a popup to select the destination where you want to save this PDF file. From this popup, select the Add Account option from the left panel.

 

 

Step 22

 

On clicking Add Account, it will allow selecting destination as box, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and SharePoint Site.

 

Step 23

 

From these options, select the SharePoint Site.

 

 

Step 24

 

On selecting SharePoint Site, it will open a popup. In this popup enter the user account name and URL.

 

 

Step 25

 

On clicking continue, it will allow you to select the document library where you want to save the updated PDF file.

 

 

Step 26

 

Select the Document Library where you want to save a PDF file and click on Save button.

 

Note

• Disable in the Add On of Adobe Reader in Internet Explorer if it is installed.
• This will work for the Internet Explorer browser only.

Summary

 

This is how we can open PDF files in the Adobe Readder client and update it back to SharePoint document library in SharePoint 2013.

 

I hope this article will be helpful.