How to Open PDF on Different Apps and Softwares

Nowadays PDFs are everywhere from private industry to government offices.PDF (Portable Document Format) files are commonly used to share documents, as the PDF keeps the formatting intact regardless of the viewer's operating system. Beside this, we normally need a software or app to view the file. So which one is the best for handling the PDFs?

WPS Office is an Office suite that has a collection of softwares from PDF editor to Excel converters for free. On the other hand, Adobe Acrobat is very common for viewing the PDFs as Adobe invented this file format, the PDF. This blog will guide you through the following topics regarding how to open pdf using different apps on different systems.

• How to open PDF on iPhone
• How to open PDF on Android
• How to open PDF on Mac
• How to open PDF on Windows PC

How to open PDF on iPhone

You can open your PDF file through the “files” app (Default app) and highlight the text too.

1-Find the PDF document in the Files app.

2-Tap on the file to open it.

How to open PDF on Android

Android does not come with a default PDF viewer or editor. To open the PDF on Android you will need an app i.e. WPS Office. WPS Office houses all Word, Excel, PPT and PDF editors and converters available offline for free. After downloading the WPS Office in your smartphone;

1-Click on any PDF file.

2-Choose “WPS Office '' if it is requesting to choose the preferred method, if not it will be opened automatically in WPS PDF Editor.

How to open PDF on Mac

Mac users are very lucky that they have a free built-in Image and PDF viewer that is a preview app. But with the help of preview you can only view and make little changes. For complete editing of PDF you will need a pro PDF Editor like WPS PDF Editor (A built-in PDF Editor in WPS Office). To open PDF in preview;

1-Double click any PDF file.

2-It will be opened in the Preview app.

How to open PDF on Windows PC

For opening PDF on windows system, you need to download a PDF viewer software. It's up to you which software suits you either adobe acrobat or WPS but editor’s pick is WPS PDF Editor which not only gives free options to open and view PDF but also edit the PDF. After downloading WPS Office;

1-Right click on file.

2-Open with>WPS Office.

3-Or just double click and it will automatically open in WPS Office if there is no other PDF viewer app.

Conclusion

If you are using Mac or iPhone then you do not need any PDF viewer as there is a default app called preview. But still you will need a PDF editor like WPS PDF Editor. Windows and Android users should install WPS Office strataway as it will help you to open PDF, edit and convert it to other formats like Excel and Word etc. Download the WPS Office now.