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When forcing a PDF to preview in a browser, it only shows the first page
Hi! I'm running into an issue when previewing a pdf file in dropbox only shows the first page of the file (picture below for reference).
I use the "raw=1" extension at the end of the file, and so ...
Ok, seems I've finally solved this. For some reason, any time I tried to compress (use a 3rd party compressor) or checked the "Optimise for Fast Web View" in InDesign, it wouldn't load properly. I managed to keep the file sizes under 15mb, (most were in the 1-2mb range) without compression and now they all load properly. So it seems there's something with compressing or optimizing for web view that Chrome didn't like, but at least they all work now!
Hello,
I'm having this very same problem with all my pdfs. Example here [6.7 MB]: [Removed as per Community Guidelines]
I want the preview to be displayed directly with the browser viewer (therefore the raw=1). This link above works just fine in other browsers (e.g., Microsoft Edge and Firefox) but in Google Chrome it does only load the first page. I've tried in several computers with Chrome updated to the last version, and the same happens in all of them. The pdfs are not compressed, they are directly compiled with Latex, and no further processing after. Any idea what might be going on?
Thanks a lot!
Yep, sounds like the same error I had. I found it was something in the way the .pdf was compressed. Try with different export options in whatever program you use. For example, try exporting for print and exporting for web and see if that helps. Try to avoid any compression (which I know you said you didn't use... but check into any sort of export settings). Basically play with various settings in your export menu and see if it fixes it. You could also try exporting it as a different file type (perhaps a .doc) and then convert that to .pdf.
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