Useful tips for linking to pdf from html

November 2007

Recently a client asked me if it was possible to have a pdf on their website open up at 100% automatically. I said I didn’t think it was possible but I’d have a look and see what I could find. Turns out it is possible and there’s a bunch of other commands that you can pass to Adobe Reader too.

Check out this useful article entitled Linking to PDF documents from HTML

Commands

When linking simply add a # after the pdf url and enter the command e.g. <a href=”mypdf.pdf#zoom=100”>

  • page=1 (brings you to page number)
  • zoom=100 (opens pdf at 100%)

Examples

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