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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Coje_He for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, March 17 (Xinhua)-- after the release of the stable version of Edge 111earlier this week, Microsoft again pushed a minor update to the browser, and now the Edge browser version number will be upgraded from 111.0.1661.41 to 111.0.1661.44.

The main purpose of this small update is to natively embed the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine into Microsoft Edge's built-in PDF reader, which is pushed step by step and has not yet been available to most users.

CTOnews.com attached this update log:

New Microsoft Edge PDF experience strategy: as part of a partnership between Adobe and Microsoft to redefine the future workplace and your digital experience, we are natively embedding the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine into Microsoft Edge's built-in PDF reader, which is scheduled for release in March 2023. Administrators can start testing new Microsoft Edge PDF readers driven by the Adobe Acrobat PDF engine by enabling the NewPDFReaderEnabled policy.

Policy update

New strategy

ShowAcrobatSubscriptionButton-displays a button on Microsoft Edge's local PDF reader that allows users to register for Adobe Acrobat subscriptions.

NewPDFReaderEnabled-enables the Microsoft Edge built-in PDF reader driven by Adobe Acrobat

According to Microsoft's previous introduction, this feature is available on Win10 and Win11, and the basic features are still free, but if you want to use advanced features, such as editing pictures and text, converting PDF to other formats, you need to subscribe to Acrobat, and users who have already subscribed can use it in Edge.

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