{"id":356461,"date":"2020-06-18T07:46:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T05:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=356461"},"modified":"2020-06-18T07:47:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T05:47:32","slug":"microsoft-wants-its-edge-browser-to-be-a-powerful-pdf-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/356461-microsoft-wants-its-edge-browser-to-be-a-powerful-pdf-reader.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft wants its Edge browser to be a powerful PDF reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has detailed a number of features coming to its new Chromium-based Edge Internet browser which will greatly improve the experience of reading PDF files in the application.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/articles\/roadmap-for-pdf-reader-in-microsoft-edge\/m-p\/1467667#M2827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>roadmap<\/strong><\/a> detailing upcoming features for the browser, Microsoft has outlined its plan to make Edge a powerful PDF reader in addition to an Internet browser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the course of last year, we worked hard on building a powerful PDF reader that fulfils the needs of compatibility, reliability and security for you and your organization,&#8221; Microsoft said.<\/p>\n<p>Current PDF features within Microsoft Edge include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill PDF forms<\/li>\n<li>Ink on PDF files with colours of your choice<\/li>\n<li>Create highlights for different file segments<\/li>\n<li>View PDFs in dark mode<\/li>\n<li>Protected PDF and permissions support<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility support<\/li>\n<li>Read aloud<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Microsoft added that PDF features under development for the browser include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoother scroll experience<\/li>\n<li>Table of contents<\/li>\n<li>Highlight mode<\/li>\n<li>Text notes<\/li>\n<li>Sensitivity labels for protected files<\/li>\n<li>Digital signatures<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Microsoft said it is actively accepting feedback from users regarding which features they find important in browser-based PDF readers.<\/p>\n<p>The Chromium-based version of the Edge Internet browser is now available for users on Windows and Mac, and it is <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/354835-chromium-edge-rolls-out-through-windows-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>rolling out<\/strong><\/a> to Windows 10 users through Windows Update.<\/p>\n<p>It is based on the Chromium web engine, which is the same framework that Google Chrome is built on, although Microsoft\u2019s browser includes a number of unique features, such as support for 4K Netflix playback.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft has also recently ramped up its efforts to convert Chrome users to its new Edge browser.<\/p>\n<p>The company has added an advertisement for its Edge Internet browser to the Windows 10 start menu which will appear when a Windows 10 user searches their system for an alternative browser, including Google Chrome.<\/p>\n<p>It also shows a fullscreen splash page advertising the newly-installed Edge browser after Windows 10 users download the latest update.<\/p>\n<p>If Windows 10 users had previously unpinned the Edge browser from their taskbar or uninstalled the browser, they will need to so again after downloading this update.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/354835-chromium-edge-rolls-out-through-windows-update.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Chromium Edge rolls out through Windows Update<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has detailed a number of features coming to its new Chromium-based Edge Internet browser which will greatly improve hte experience of reading PDF files in the application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":326119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[979,15725,123,65183],"class_list":["post-356461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-browser","tag-edge","tag-microsoft","tag-pdf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356463,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356461\/revisions\/356463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}