Foxit  Corporation, maker of the lightweight Foxit Reader, has launched a PDF Web Reader Plugin for SharePoint, to allow PDFs to be read without requiring any additional desktop software.

The document library extension product for SharePoint allows users to view PDF files online, within a browser, without any PDF viewer application or browser plugin installed locally. It provides PDF viewing features such as zoom, text selection, annotation, search, bookmark, and more. 

SharePoint administrators can install and configure the product on the SharePoint server. They have access to central administration tools to configure the application and control features such as enable/disable watermarks, end user downloads, text selection, etc.

Bookmarks provide an easy way to navigate your PDF documents and thumbnail views provide a way to easily navigate through large documents.

There is support for annotations and popup notes, text search and the ability to select text to copy and paste into other documents.

"SharePoint administrators need to provide their users with PDF read capabilities, but they have little control of the software on their users' desktop," said Phil Lee, VP of Enterprise Sales for Foxit Corporation. "Foxit PDF Web Reader Plugin solves this problem for SharePoint administrators by enabling their users to view PDFs without requiring additional software to be installed on their desktops."