PDF viewer settings in Confluence

Once a PDF is on the page, a few settings decide how people read it: one page at a time or one long scroll, which page it opens on, whether they can take a copy away, and whether they can select the text.

#Common tasks

You want to	Go to
Add Download, pop-out or fullscreen buttons	Let readers download a PDF from a Confluence page
Show every page as one scroll	Show all pages of a PDF in Confluence
Open the PDF on a chosen page	Open a PDF at a specific page in Confluence
Let readers copy text	Make PDF text selectable in Confluence
Understand zoom	Zoom, including pinch
Compare Slider and Scroller	Slider and Scroller layouts
See every setting at once	PDF embed

#Guides in this section

Let readers download a PDF from a Confluence pageAdd Download, pop-out and fullscreen buttons to an embedded PDF on a Confluence page.Show all pages of a PDF in ConfluenceShow every page of an embedded PDF as one continuous scroll, and choose how many pages are visible at once.Open a PDF at a specific page in ConfluenceMake an embedded PDF open on a chosen page instead of page one.Make PDF text selectable in ConfluenceLet readers select and copy text from an embedded PDF, and fix text that does not show.

Embedding PDFs in Confluence

Attachment, link or upload.

PDF for Confluence FAQ

Short answers to common questions.

Everything else

Settings that seem to do nothing.

Read it the way that suits the document.