Here, you can fill out a form and then-using an actual Save dialog-store the filled-out form to your hard drive. The ability to type into and fill fields not only can make a document easier to process, it also looks nice and neat.Įdge does away with this nonsense. Right now, both Chrome and Opera boast fillable PDF fields, while the Creators Update version of Edge did not. With both browsers, though, you can’t save a PDF file with fields filled out, unless you “print” to the Microsoft Print to PDF service. Edge will have fillable PDF fieldsįillable PDF forms don’t just look nicer-they can also speed up the processing of important documents like IRS tax filings. Note that it can’t fill fields, though, and actually recommends another browser or app to do so. IDGīy contrast, the Firefox PDF viewer is pretty robust. The new version of Edge within the Fall Creators Update, though, helps put Edge over the top. Here’s a quick rundown of how each feature works. Chrome and the Chromium-based Opera browser allow you to fill in fields with data, making them marginally more useful. Of the major browsers, Firefox currently has the most robust tools for viewing PDF files. The Edge PDF viewer available in the Creators’ Update is pretty bare-bones.
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