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This post has been very very useful to me purely because I am going to be using PDF files on the internet very soon, I appreciate the help and advice
Thank you
11 commentsSaturday, October 3, 2009
Google Gives Webmasters Way to Display PDFs, PPTs, and TIFFs
Launches Google Docs Viewer
By Chris Crum
Google has released a new product called the Google Docs Viewer. This is a way to display PDFs, Powerpoints and TIFF documents directly in a web browser without requiring a download.
"Last year, we added PDF upload and view to Google Docs, and the 'View' link for PDF attachments in Gmail," says Google software engineer Jesse Kinkead. "We also added support for viewing PowerPoint and TIFF files in Gmail this April. Feedback on these features has been very positive - viewing files right in your browser is fast, and it keeps your downloads folder clean. Plus, it spares you the hassle of saving your files to the machine you're using, which could be a shared or public computer."
To use the Google Docs Viewer, simply go to the site and provide Google with the URL to your file. You can also include optional link text.
You can also generate code for an embedded viewer like the one below.
Box.net users can use the service to view documents stored within their Boxes, by adding the Google Docs Viewer OpenBox Service to their account.
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Better still
Better still just don't use these files on the web. they aren't for the web there ios absolutley no instance where you could possibly need to dispaly a .tif in a web page. PDF? Use a html page instead, need it locked? Well then use a .doc or an image.