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LuiIacobellis
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Jul 07, 2023
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Annotate PDF Stored In SharePoint & Save File

Users are unable to annotate on a PDF that is stored in a SharePoint Online document library. When they annotate on a PDF using Microsoft Edge and click save, they are prompted to select the save loc...
  • Paul de Jong's avatar
    Jul 07, 2023

    LuiIacobellis 
    This is a known limitation of SharePoint and PDF files.
    Possible alternatives:
    a. educate your users to download the pdf, edit the pdf, save the pdf and then upload the pdf
    (this is quite cumbersome)
    b. use SharePoint Adobe integration (https://www.adobe.com/documentcloud/integrations/microsoft-sharepoint.html)
    c. use apps that simplify steps in alternative a (e.g. https://collab365.com/best-document-management-solutions-for-sharepoint/#t-1677591384118). For example, keep the original location, remind the user that a document is being editted, ...
    d. use OneDrive (requires that the pdf files of interest are available locally)

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