Organise

Quick View Puts PDF Search Results In Google’s Viewer

By Kevin Purdy on October 8, 2009 at 10:30 PM

Yesterday we shared a handy, link-converting bookmarklet that pulls up any PDF in Google’s lightweight, web-based viewer. Now Google is inserting a “Quick View” link next to any PDF file in search results, offering the same quick document glance.

As of yesterday, actually, Google had indexed “more than 50%” of its PDF index, but let’s assume they’ll eventually pull down all the files it can. You’ll notice the “View as HTML” option is now missing from search results, but never fear, fans of pared-down text—it’s included as an option, next to saving and printing, in the Quick View frame.

Quickly view formatted PDFs in your search results [Official Google Blog]

Tagged:

Comments (AU Comments | US Comments)

    There are currently no AU comments for this post.

Post Your Comments

Got something to say? There are two ways to comment:

1. Guests

Click here to comment instantly.

2. Facebook Users

Click below to comment using your Facebook account.

We're looking for comments that are interesting, substantial or highly amusing. If your comments are excessively self-promotional, obnoxious, or even worse, boring, you will be banned from commenting. All comments are moderated.