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Open and preview any PDF for free without an account, or send it to Drawboard PDF for advanced editing & markup.

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Open PDFs Instantly in a Clean Viewer

Just add your file and view it in seconds. No setup, no downloads, or cluttered interface with ads getting in the way.

Navigate, Zoom, and Preview with Ease

Scroll through pages, zoom in for detail, or jump to specific sections in a distraction-free viewer.

Access More Tools from One Place

From the viewer, you can quickly launch additional actions like compressing, converting, or splitting your PDF from the same interface.

Send to Drawboard PDF for Advanced Editing

With one click, open your PDF in Drawboard PDF to markup, annotate, and manage your document using powerful, professional-grade tools.

Upload to the Cloud If You Need It

If you want to store or share your PDF, you can upload it to Drawboard Cloud for access across devices or collaboration. If not, you can view the full file offline in your browser.

Totally Free, Always Available

There are no accounts required to view, preview, or explore. It’s free to open and interact with your PDFs anytime.

How to

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Add your PDF file by dragging & dropping it into the viewer, or select it from your file browser.

Scroll, zoom, and browse through your PDF pages in the preview panel.

Use the right-side menu to open the file in Drawboard PDF for more features, launch another Quick Tool for local editing, or upload to the cloud for later access.

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Why Trust Drawboard PDF’s Free Viewer Tool?
This free PDF viewer lets you preview your document and jump directly into other tools offline and without any account required. If you want more features, you can open it in Drawboard PDF with an account—but only if you want to do more than our Quick Tools offer.
Can I Edit the PDF in This Tool?
Not directly. But from the viewer, you can pick one of our other Quick Tools or open your file in Drawboard PDF to add annotations, markup, comments, and more.
What If I Just Want to Look at a File Without Making Changes?
You can. The viewer gives you smooth, fast navigation so you can browse your PDF without altering, uploading, or buying anything.
How Do I Access Other Tools From the Viewer?
The preview menu lets you quickly send your file to tools like Compress, Convert, Flatten, or Extract without re-adding the file each time.
What Else Can I Do with Quick Tools?
With Drawboard Quick Tools, you can merge, compress, flatten, split, extract, and convert PDFs into various formats. Each tool is free, fully private, and browser-based.

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