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Aditi_Gangwar
Microsoft
Jun 16, 2020Roadmap for PDF reader in Microsoft Edge
Update - March 1st, 2021: We've published an updated version of this roadmap. Check out Aditi's update over here, and we encourage you to continue to drop your PDF reader feedback into the comments o...
AnaMendoza
Aug 14, 2020Copper Contributor
Thank you for the insight on your roadmap!
I would like to make some suggestions (maybe some of them have already been adressed), in hopes that one day they can be implemented:
- Enable counter-clockwise rotation.
- Enable inserting images (from archive or pasted from clipboard).
- Include a selection tool (it would be great if it could be both a lasso to use with pen or fingers and a square/rectangular one). Allow this selection to be erased, copied to clipboard, highlighted, etc...
- Include, in the draw utility, some transparent inks (similar to a highligter), to allow for writing over text without obscuring it (I am thinking of e.g. marking an entire page as draft).
- Include an "insert shape" tool, to allow us to insert arrows, squares, circles... without having to draw them directly with ink.
- Enable presure sensitive ink as an option (fixed pen width is also very useful).
- Include an "open pdf" button or option in menu, with previous opened pdfs history available.
And finally, though it would not be a pdf reader characteristic per se, but rather an Edge feature... if possible, allow for the pdf editing tools (drawing, highlighting, etc) to be used directly on webpages, and allow a "save as pdf" option. Or, if this is not possible, allow a "save as pdf" option for websites (and then we can work with them directly in the reader as a normal pdf).
Thank you very much in advance!