How to Make a PDF Shareable Link.
Creating a shareable link for PDF is a simple way to allow people to view your document. In some situations sharing a PDF as an attachment won’t work. Perhaps your file is too large to attach to an email or the recipient doesn’t have a PDF viewer installed.
You might want to share a document with a group of people so that everyone can offer feedback and see each other’s comments. In these cases, a shareable PDF link is the best solution.
But, you may wonder, how do I make a PDF a shareable link? How easy is it to upload a PDF online? Look no further than our dedicated guide. This article will talk you through how to share a PDF as a link, track shared PDF links, and what the recipient sees when you turn a PDF into a link to share. Read on to find out.
What You’ll Learn.
- How to Make a PDF Shareable Link.
- Tracked Shared PDF Links.
- What the Recipient Sees with a Shareable PDF Link.
- FAQs.
How to Make a PDF Shareable Link.
There are three ways to share a PDF as a link in a few simple steps. First, you’ll need to create a PDF in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. Then choose one of the options below to convert a PDF into a shareable link:
Share an anonymous or public link to the PDF file.
Click the Share A Link To This File icon.
- Allow Comments is switched on by default. Click the switch if you want to turn it off.
- Click Create Link to generate and copy the link URL. This will upload the PDF to the Adobe Cloud, which may take a few moments depending on the size of the file. The link will be shareable immediately. Share it with people by pasting it into an email or messenger platform.
Share the PDF as an email attachment.
- Click the Send File By Email icon.
- Choose your email application in the Send by Email dialogue.
- Attach a Link is switched on by default. This shares a view-only link to the PDF in the email body.
- Click Next. This will open an email containing the link in a separate window. You can amend the email subject and write any additional information for the recipients within the email body.
- Enter the recipients’ email addresses and click Send.
Send personalised invitations for viewing or commenting on the PDF.
- Click the Share with Others icon.
- Enter the names or emails of the recipients.
- Add a message if you want to.
- Choose whether to allow comments or not by clicking the icon.
- Add a Deadline if you want to.
- Click Send.
- Recipients will receive an email with a link to the PDF.
Track Shared PDF Links.
It’s easy to keep track of PDF files that you’ve recently shared. They’re listed in Home>Recent in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. You’ll get a notification in Acrobat and an email when the recipient views the file. If you want to view and track all the files shared for viewing, follow these steps:
- Click Home in the top left of the Acrobat window.
- Click Shared By You to see the files you’ve shared with others for viewing or review.
- Click Shared By Others to see the files you’ve received to view or review.
You’ll see three columns of information for each file:
- Name - the name of the file.
- Sharing - if the file is shared or unshared.
- Date Modified - the last time the file was modified.
- If you want to view the details of a file, click on the file and a thumbnail will display on the right pane. You’ll see the actions you can perform displayed below. You’ll see different actions depending on whether the file was shared by you or shared by others.
Actions on files shared by you.
- Add People to the shared file.
- Unshare File if you want to prevent anyone else from viewing or downloading it.
- Copy the Shared Link to share with other recipients.
- Delete the shared file from the Adobe Document Cloud
Actions on files shared by others.
- View the timestamp of when the file was received.
- Copy the Shared Link to share with others or open the file in your browser.
- Remove Me allows you to remove yourself as a reviewer of a shared file.
- Report Abuse for any inappropriate content received.
What the Recipient Sees with a Shareable PDF Link.
If you receive a PDF shared via a link, you’ll be notified via email – which means you’ll need internet access. The email contains an Open button as well as a URL link to the shared document. You can click the button or copy and paste the link to open the document in your internet browser.
FAQs.
You can share a PDF as an email attachment by following the steps below:
- Open Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Click Send File By Email.
- Choose your email application in the Send by Email dialogue.
- Attach a Link is switched on by default. This shares a view-only link to the PDF in the email body.
- Click Next, enter the recipients’ email addresses and then click Send.
If you want people to be able to edit your PDF when you share it, follow these steps:
- Open your PDF in Acrobat and select Share With Others.
- Enter an email address for each recipient.
- Select Allow Comments – this is switched on by default.
If you share a PDF link, the recipient will be notified via email when they have internet access. The email contains an Open button as well as a URL link to the shared document.
Once online, they will be able to click the button or copy and paste the link to open the document in their internet browser. Then they will be able to add comments if you selected this option when sharing.
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