Please allow us to view the PDF file without downloading it to our computer

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Pam Gross said: I love adding memories to FamilySearch and then tagging the people.
However, it is not easy when the memory is in the documents as a PDF file. I have to download the memory to my computer before I can view it. I do not want to download every memory, perhaps multiple times to check back on it at a later date.
It would be more helpful to be see the document and then be able to tag the deceased people mentioned.
That is the way it works in the stories....but not in the document when the document is a PDF file.
When I download it and then open it up, I have to keep going between FamilySearch and the downloaded file.
Please allow us to view the PDF file without downloading it to our computer

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Juli said: What happens with PDFs is a browser setting, not a website one.

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Pam Gross said: Thank you for that information. I have adjusted my settings in my browser.
I checked it out and it works perfectly.

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David Newton said: You do realise what viewing a file does don't you? It downloads it to your system. If it didn't do that you wouldn't actually be able to see anything at all!

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Justin Masters said: That may be technically true, but the file is often kept as a temporary file and rendered within the browser. Often the temporary file is gone when you close that tab or the browser.

Finding that file is too difficult for the average person without advanced knowledge of where their browser stores the file, and what the name of the file might be (temporary name assigned).

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David Newton said: Yes but the temporary file is still downloaded to the computer. Now SAVING the file on the other hand is actually what the OP means. That's a very different matter.