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Heiko Watz
Iron Contributor
Jan 10, 2017

Open PDF documents in Client Application

We use SharePoint Online (Office 365) and store PDF files there. In the moment we are creating a workflow to manage and approve new contracts. We would like to use Foxit Phantom to edit the PDFs, a...
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Brad Hayes's avatar
Brad Hayes
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Jan 19, 2017

Heiko, you may want to cast a vote here, to get this feature worked on by microsoft

https://sharepoint.uservoice.com/forums/329214-sites-and-collaboration/suggestions/12336546-open-adobe-pdf-in-client-application  

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    melkinsco
    Iron Contributor
    Jun 24, 2019

    Brad HayesThis one's been open for over three years, has 1900+ votes and no responses from MSFT. I would have expected at least some acknowledgement of the issue, but not a single response to the comments from what I've seen.

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    Heiko Watz
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 23, 2017

    Thank you Brad Hayes - i make this vote already a few weeks ago.

    And i hope Microsoft is looking for this asap.

    But i need this in the moment - beacause we are using SharePoint already and the users ask me very often for this feature.

     

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