Useful features of Microsoft Edge PDF reader

This time, we will introduce a useful feature of Microsoft Edge: the PDF reader.

The PDF reader can open PDF files stored on your computer, online, or embedded in a web page.

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Useful features of Edge PDF reader

  • Handwriting
  • Highlight
  • Page Display
  • 音 声 読 み 上 げ
  • Other features

Handwriting

When writing by hand, you can specify the pen color and thickness.

PDF Reader for Edge - Handwriting
PDF Reader for Edge – Handwriting

You can write freely except for some PDF files with access restrictions.

If you want to erase something, just select the eraser and trace over it.

PDF Reader for Edge - Handwriting
PDF Reader for Edge – Handwriting

Highlight

You can highlight the area you want by simply specifying the color and thickness and tracing it.

Handwritten and highlighted text can be saved by overwriting or by changing the name.

Edge PDF Reader - Highlighting
Edge PDF Reader – Highlighting

Page Display

In page view, you can display the page as a single page or two pages.

PDF Reader in Edge - Page View
PDF Reader in Edge – Page View

音 声 読 み 上 げ

Read aloud allows you to read the entire PDF or just selected portions.

PDF Reader for Edge - Read Aloud
PDF Reader for Edge – Read Aloud

Other features

In addition to the above functions,

  • Zoom in and out
  • rotation
  • Fit width (automatically shrinks or expands to fit the browser width)
  • table of contents
  • Search within a PDF
  • Print

And so on.

You can also hide handwriting and highlighting by clicking the gear icon in the top right and then clicking "Hide all annotations."

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