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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>How to disable edit mode on a PDF?</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/40185/how-to-disable-edit-mode-on-a-pdf</link><description>Hi, 
 We have an a!documentViewerField component to display a PDF document, but the problem is that it shows editing options to download and print it, and we have been asked to disable these options. 
 Is there another component that allows PDF documents</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: How to disable edit mode on a PDF?</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/153562?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:12:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:2dc4c4f0-cd1f-41af-a032-88abc1d80b22</guid><dc:creator>Shubham Aware</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Refer to ongoing similar thread -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/discussions/f/new-to-appian/40191/how-do-i-disable-edit-mode-on-a-a-documentviewerfield"&gt;https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/new-to-appian/40191/how-do-i-disable-edit-mode-on-a-a-documentviewerfield&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: How to disable edit mode on a PDF?</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/153559?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:28:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:377564e3-27c8-4643-adb9-962848ea9581</guid><dc:creator>aditya007</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Appian uses the PDF function built into the browser. And, as of now, there is no way to configure this. You can do one thing if this is single paged document then covert the PDF into Image and display the document in Image display fields.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>