Windows 10: Microsoft Edge PDF note-taking enhanced with support for text comments

Brink · Nov 17, 2020

Greetings Insiders,

The ability to add text comments on PDF documents is one of the features we provided for the PDF reader in legacy Microsoft Edge. We have heard feedback that some of you miss this useful feature, so we are pleased to announce that we are bringing it back to Microsoft Edge! Here is how you can access this functionality in the latest version of Canary and Dev.

To try it out, open any PDF file in Microsoft Edge. Select the piece of text you want to comment on and invoke the right click context menu. You will see the new Add comment option in the menu.

Clicking that option will open a text box where you can add your comment. Then simply type the comment you want to leave on the document, then click the checkmark to save the comment.

Once a note is added, the selected text will be highlighted, and a comment icon will appear to indicate the comment. You can hover over that icon to preview the comment or click on it to open and edit it.

Alternatively, you can also add comment on a text highlight you had previously added in the document. Just right click on any existing text highlight to add a comment on it. You can add as many comments as you want on a PDF document. You can also delete the comments previously added using the Delete button present inside the note.

Once you are done adding your comments on the document, you can save the document so that your comments are saved as part of the document. You can access the comments anytime later by opening the saved document in Microsoft Edge.

Try out the text comment tool in latest Canary or Dev channel and let us know what you think! We would love to hear your feedback to make improvements in future. From within Microsoft Edge, you can go to ââ¦â menu > Help and feedback > Send feedback, or simply use the shortcut (Shift+Alt+I) on a PC to open the feedback tool.

- The Microsoft Edge Product Team
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Source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...ts/m-p/1893435

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Brink · Nov 17, 2020

Microsoft releases roadmap for PDF reader in Microsoft Edge

Over the course of last year, we worked hard on building a powerful PDF reader that fulfills the needs of compatibility, reliability and security for you and your organization.The feedback we received from you with the Edge Insider builds has been really encouraging, and here are some of the most asked features that are today, across Windows and Mac:

Fill PDF forms

Ink on PDF files with colors and stroke width of your choice

Create highlights to attention to different parts of the file

View PDFs in Dark mode

Open Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) and Information Rights Management (IRM) protected PDF and view permissions

Accessibility support including keyboard accessibility, screen reader support, and capability to view PDFs in high contrast mode

Read Aloud (available in Canary)

Here are the features we’re currently working on:

Smoother scroll experience: We are bringing the smooth scroll of Legacy Edge to the modern browser.

Table of Contents: You will soon be able to view the contents of PDF files and navigate through the file with the same.

Highlight mode: In this mode, you will be able to create highlights directly by selecting text, without the need of clicking on a highlight button.

Text notes: With this, you will be able to add their own notes to text in PDF files. These notes will travel with the PDF.

Protected PDF files: Microsoft Information Protection adds a layer of security to your documents. It ensures that only the users who have certain permissions as view, copy, annotate can take those actions on the file. Hence, no matter where the document goes, the data of your organization remains secure.

Viewing labels of protected files: You will soon be able to view the sensitivity labels

Viewing MIP files protected in other tenants: This will enable you to view the files protected in other organizations, or in other tenants in the organization.

Digital signatures: View and validate certificate based Digital signatures on signed files.

Accessibility improvements: With this, you will be able to fill PDF forms using screen readers, and navigate through PDF documents using caret mode.

We are actively looking at feedback from you about the features you find important.

Please feel free to comment below, or submit detailed feedback through the browser (Shift+Alt+I).
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Source: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/...ge/m-p/1467667

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Oz Solomon · Nov 17, 2020

Microsoft Edge keeps taking over PDF file open/association

Every few days the file association for PDFs on my Windows 10 machine switches to Microsoft Edge.

I then right click on a PDF, choose "Open With -> Choose Another App", select Acrobat from the list, and check "Always use this app to open .PDF files".

Then for a few days it sticks, but always winds up going back to Microsoft Edge. I haven't figured out a pattern to suggest when/why this happens. It just does and is very annoying.

Does anyone have an idea of why this happens or how to permanently fix it?

harrymc · Nov 17, 2020

Stop PDFs Web links from displaying inside Microsoft Edge

In order to disable Microsoft Edge's PDF feature, you need to change the file association
of PDF files, which you can do with the following steps:

Open PC Settings.

Click on Apps.

Click on Default apps.

Click Choose default apps by file type.

Scroll down and find .pdf and click the button on the right side, which is likely to read "Microsoft Edge".

Select your app from the list to set it as the new default.

Click the Switch anyway link to confirm the change.

Windows 10: Microsoft Edge PDF note-taking enhanced with support for text comments

Microsoft Edge PDF note-taking enhanced with support for text comments

Microsoft Edge PDF note-taking enhanced with support for text comments

Microsoft Edge PDF note-taking enhanced with support for text comments

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