The default PDF readers in web browsers usually have limited functionality and can only allow users to view downloaded files or perform some simple operations. Fortunately, you can use PDF reader extensions or PDF editor extensions to perform some advanced operations.
If you want to choose a nice PDF viewer extension, here are some options for you.
#1. AskYourPDF
This extension lets you chat with your PDFs, get summaries, ask questions, and receive the answers you need. Its key features are as follows:
- AI-powered chat interface: You can interact with PDFs using natural language queries and questions.
- Annotation and collaboration tools: You can highlight, underline, add comments, and draw directly on the PDF documents.
- PDF conversion and merging: You can merge multiple PDF documents into a single file and convert PDF documents to other formats.
This PDF reader extension offers a free version with essential viewing, annotation, and editing features. You can have a try. Note that the advanced features require a paid subscription.
#2. Adobe Acrobat Chrome Extension
Adobe Acrobat is a famous PDF editing program. It offers the Adobe Acrobat extension, which can view, fill, comment, sign, convert, and compress PDFs in Google Chrome. Its key features are as follows:
- PDF viewing and editing: You can open, zoom, and navigate through PDF documents easily. You can also modify text, images, and shapes within PDF documents easily.
- Annotation and collaboration: You can work on PDF documents simultaneously with others. Then, highlight, underline, add text boxes, and even draw directly on the document to emphasize important points or provide feedback.
- Form filling and signing: It automatically detects form fields and allows you to fill them directly, eliminating the need for printing and scanning.
- PDF conversion and compression: You can reduce the file size of PDF documents and convert PDF to documents to other formats.
This PDF editor extension is free to add to Chrome and provides basic PDF viewing and editing capabilities. But if you want to unlock the full features, you need to subscribe to plans.
#3. WPS PDF Chrome Extension
This PDF viewer extension allows you to annotate PDFs with highlights, comments, and drawings. Then, the collaboration can be realized by sharing and commenting on documents.
As you can see, the extension lacks advanced editing capabilities, but the advantage is that it is completely free. If you want a PDF reader extension with some simple editing features, you can try this one.
Bottom Line
If you don’t like the above PDF editor extensions, you can also try other options like Kami PDF extension, Xodo PDF extension, PDF Buddy, and Soda PDF extension.
However, you should know that most free PDF reader extensions don’t have advanced PDF editing features and powerful PDF editor extensions are seldom free. If you know such an extension, share it with me via Twitter and I will update my post.
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Linda has been working as an editor at MiniTool for 5 years. She is always curious about computer knowledge and learns it crazily. Her articles are simple and easy to understand. Even people who do not understand computer can gain something. By the way, her special focuses are disk management, data recovery and PDF editing.