Reader guide

Controls readers can rely on.

Readers page through the document, zoom, select text, open fullscreen and search the extracted text with highlighted results. On a phone the reader shows one page at a time and supports pinch zoom; on a desktop it can show spreads.

Deep links to a page.

Every page has its own address: /d/your-slug/p/12 opens the reader directly on page twelve. The same works inside an embed through the data-embedfox-page snippet attribute. Deep links are how a newsletter, a QR code or a use-case page can point at exactly the right spread.

Contents and search.

A PDF with an internal outline shows a collapsible table of contents that navigates to resolved internal pages. Search needs an extracted text layer; a scanned, image-only PDF cannot offer text search without OCR.

Appearance and language.

The reader follows each visitor’s light or dark system setting by default, and visitors can pin a light, dark or automatic appearance that is remembered locally. Reader controls use reviewed translations in all 24 official EU languages and major world languages; the document itself always stays in its own language.

Does the reader work on a phone?

Yes. It shows one page at a time, supports pinch zoom and keeps the same page links as the desktop reader, which can show spreads.

Can readers search inside the document?

Yes, when the PDF carries a text layer. Results are highlighted in place. A scanned image-only PDF has no text to search until it is run through OCR first.

Can I link to one specific page?

Yes. /d/your-slug/p/12 opens page twelve directly, and data-embedfox-page does the same inside an embed.

Does the reader follow dark mode?

By default it follows the visitor’s system setting. A visitor can pin light, dark or automatic, and that choice is remembered in their own browser only.