Introduction
While working with PDF files in Adobe, you may wish to open them from or save them directly to a SharePoint library. However, only certain versions of Adobe will allow you to save to SharePoint Online.
Enabling the 'Open in the client application' option in SharePoint libraries only applies to Microsoft products (i.e. Word, Excel, etc.), not Adobe.
Instructions
To set up a connection between Adobe Acrobat and SharePoint Online:
Acrobat Pro XI
- Follow the instructions here: https://acrobatusers.com/assets/uploads/public_downloads/2210/adobe-acrobat-xi-work-with-microsoft-sharepoint-hosted-pdf-files-tutorial-ue.pdf
- For step 3 the "Online Account" input your site URL, e.g. https://utoronto.sharepoint.com/sites/YOURSITENAME.
- The ID will be your email address and the password will be your UTORid password.
- For step 4, create a label that will be intuitive like 'Shortcut to SharePoint'
Acrobat Pro DC or Acrobat Reader DC
- Under the Home tab, find the Other Storage section and select Add Account.
- Select SharePoint Site from the list.
- Account name is the name you want displayed on the shortcut.
- Paste in the URL of your site when prompted.
- If prompted for credentials use your UTORid and password.
Once you have completed these steps, your shortcut will be saved. You can create multiple shortcuts.
Working with PDFs
Once you have completed the steps above to set up and connect accounts to SharePoint, you can work with pdfs directly in Adobe Acrobat.
To open files:
- Open Acrobat
- Use File > Open to to select the connected account and find your file(s) or go to the Home tab, click on the Account and browse your SharePoint libraries and folders
To save a pdf directly to SharePoint
- File > Save As
- Select your SharePoint shortcut from the list of locations
- Find the right folder and SAVE
Related Information
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