In this article, we’ll use Firefox browser on a Windows 10 PC in the demo to show you how to download PDF documents from websites and/or open them in your favorite PDF program.įirefox has the built-in PDF reader and it allows users too select third-party PDF viewer at the same time. When you click a link to a PDF files in your browser, the PDF file displays in your browser. It can’t stop your web browser from opening online PDF documents.
This however only affects those local PDF files saved on your computer. Check out following steps to set Adobe Acrobat other than Edge as the default PDF viewer in Windows 10.
If you have your own desktop PDF program on computer, such as Foxit, Adobe Reader, Adobe Acrobat, Sumatra, and would like to open PDF files using a classic PDF reader other than browser, you can set the PDF application as the default PDF reader on your computer. Almost all modern web browsers, such as Edge, Chrome, Firefox, come with built-in PDF reader so that users can view PDF files directly without leaving the browser.
