# Let readers download a PDF from a Confluence page

To let readers download a PDF from a Confluence page, open the **PDF embed (Capable)** macro's configuration and turn on **Download**. A **Download** button appears in the viewer's toolbar. In the same place, **Popup** adds **Open in popup** and **Fullscreen** adds a fullscreen button. All three are off until you turn them on.

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## Before you start

* You can edit the page.
* The macro already has a PDF. The display options only appear once a file or link is set.

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## Steps

1. Edit the page, select the PDF embed macro and open its configuration.
2. Turn on **Download** to let readers save the file.
3. Turn on **Popup** to let readers open the PDF in a larger window over the page.
4. Turn on **Fullscreen** to let readers fill the screen with it.
5. Close the configuration window and publish the page.

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## What happens next

Each option adds one button to the toolbar at the top of the viewer. Pop-out and fullscreen open the same document with the same zoom and page controls.

| **Where the page is read** | **What carries over**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Confluence                 | All three buttons.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| A published Capable Site   | **Download** carries over. Pop-out and fullscreen do not. See [this troubleshooting page](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/published-capable-site-has-no-pop-out-no-fullscreen-and-text-cannot-be-selected.html). |

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Turning **Download** off removes the button, not the file. Anyone who can view an attached PDF can still download it from the page's attachments.

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## If it does not work

* You cannot see **Download**, **Popup** or **Fullscreen** in the configuration: set the PDF first. See [this troubleshooting page](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/none-of-the-display-options-layout-height-download-popup-fullscreen-text-layer-appear-in-the.html).
* Pop-out opens on a different page from the one you set: see [this troubleshooting page](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/opening-pop-out-or-fullscreen-shows-the-page-the-reader-was-on-not-the-configured-initial-page-and.html).

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## Related

### [Download button](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/download-button.html)

How the Download button behaves.

### [Pop-out and fullscreen viewing](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/pop-out-and-fullscreen-viewing.html)

Bigger views of the document.

### [PDF embed](https://help.gocapable.com/pdf-embed/pdf-embed.html)

Every setting of the macro.

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