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How to remove pop-out button from my embedded object
Hi,
I am trying to upload a pdf onto my course without it becoming downloadable or printable. I was finally able to embed my pdf without using story line, but now there is a pop-out button in the...
Hi Joshua,
If you wish to prevent your PDF from getting downloaded or printed, one method is to add #toolbar=0 at the end of your source URL (i.e., https://www.web.com/file/sample.pdf#toolbar=0).
Using this code will disable the toolbar in your PDF file.
Check out this screenshot that shows the embedded PDF without the #toolbar=0 in the source URL (foreground image) versus the one with the code (background image):
This method will not totally prevent others from downloading or printing your PDF file. For example, they can still right-click on the file and print it as a PDF. But hopefully, this helps in limiting their options.
Also, if you haven't done so, you may want to consider watermarking your PDF files to help protect your intellectual property.
