You can quickly share a link to a PDF document with others for viewing. The document shared as a link opens in any browser, on any device. The document is stored securely in Adobe Document Cloud.
Recipients get an email with a link, and they can click the link to view the document in a browser; no sign-in required.
Note:
To set up reviews for your PDF documents, see Starting a PDF review online.
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Sign in to Adobe Document Cloud Home at https://documentcloud.adobe.com with your Adobe ID and password, or with your social (Facebook or Google) account.
Send personalized invitations using Adobe Document Cloud share option
Recipients get an email notifying them that the file is shared with them. The email contains the View button and a link to the shared document. Clicking the link or the button opens the document in a browser. Recipients can also download the document if necessary.
See the example screenshot below showing the email notification received by a recipient.
When the recipient views the file, you get a notification in Adobe Document Cloud and an email. To view and track all the files shared for viewing, do the following:
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Click For Viewing in the sidebar of the Adobe Document Cloud Home. All the files shared for viewing are displayed along with the following information:
Name : Name of the file shared for review.- Sent/Received: The timestamp of the file sent or received for viewing.
- Owner: Name of the person who sent the file.
- Status: Shows the number of people who have viewed the file.
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To view the details of a file, select the file. In the right pane, you can perform any of the following actions:
- Share the file with more recipients. Expand the recipient list. Click Add Recipients, enter the email address of the recipient you want to share the file with, and then click Send Invitation.
- View the activity and timestamp on the shared file. Expand Activity to view the details like Sent To, Viewed By and Downloaded By the recipients.
- Unshare Link if you would like to prevent anyone else from viewing or downloading the file.
- Copy Shared Link to copy the link and share it with other recipients.
- Download the file to save it to your local machine.
- Delete Link deletes the file permanently from Adobe Document Cloud.
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