How to display your PDF in different ways

Available on paid plans.

You can show a PDF three ways: standard, presentation or minimalist. Display modes work for single-PDF projects under 2 GB.

Go to your dashboard.
Click Update on the project.
Scroll to Access Settings and open the Display Mode dropdown.
Choose Standard Mode, Presentation Mode or Minimalist PDF Mode, then click Publish.

The Display Mode dropdown in Access Settings

If you've switched on Disable downloads, the download button is hidden in every mode. See Stop visitors downloading or printing your PDF.

The default: page numbers, save and download buttons, and search.

A PDF in standard display mode

The same controls, shown like a slide deck. Visitors can go full screen and jump between pages.

A PDF in presentation display mode

Just the PDF, with no buttons. Visitors scroll between pages.

A PDF in minimalist display mode

Updated on: 10/11/2026

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