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View PDF files from within Outlook 2007’s previewer

One of the new features of Outlook 2007 that I wasn't completely trilled about at first was the document previewer. Then I started to use it and I _love_ it, I can't tell you how much this improves attached files as well as syncing SharePoint document libraries to Outlook. In any event I have been getting PDFs emailed to me and I wanted to view them from within Outlook's previewer.

I downloaded Adobe's Acrobat Reader 8.0 for Vista and I thought it would have that built in but sadly it didn't. Also Office Online didn't have more info so I was completely stumped. I searched online and look what I found:

Foxit PDF Preview Handler

Looks like Tim Heuer wrote something up which does exactly what I need, heck I will even show you with the animated gif he created:

You can download it here: Foxit PDF Preview Handler for Outlook 2007. Nice work Tim and thank you much!

Published Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:06 AM by descapa

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# re: View PDF files from within Outlook 2007’s previewer

a pdf previewer that uses acrobat is already available from http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/01/PreviewHandlers

Friday, March 16, 2007 7:22 PM by ...

# re: View PDF files from within Outlook 2007’s previewer

If you're using Windows XP + Office 2007, you can use the following add-in from Ryan to display PDF Files:

PDF Preview Handler for Outlook/Vista

http://ryangregg.com/PermaLink,guid,a29ee2d7-6863-4b70-9fcb-b7db392f9a74.aspx

Best,

Sigi

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 5:56 AM by Siegfried Jagott

# Great PDF Previewer

Great PDF Previewer courtesy of descapa's One Note blog: View PDF files from within Outlook 2007’s previewe

Friday, April 06, 2007 9:30 PM by Technical Weblog of Eric Charran

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