Why won't PDFs open in Google Chrome?

How do I open PDFs in the Chrome viewer instead of Google Docs?

  • My PDFs from Gmail when I click view always open in Google Docs.  I don't have the Google Docs Viewer extension installed.  I'd like to view the PDFs in the built in PDF viewer that was released with Chrome 8 (I do have Chrome 8 installed).

  • Answer:

    Go to about:plugins and enable the Chrome PDF Viewer if you haven't already. Then instead of the "View in Google Docs" option in Gmail, click the download option instead (I believe.) It's been a while since I've opened a PDF that way.

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