gview

http://docs.google.com/gview?url=%s

NAME
     gview - Google document viewer for online PDF and PowerPoint (PPT) documents.

SYNOPSIS
     gview [URL OF PDF OR PPT DOCUMENT]

EXAMPLES
     gview http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/papers/google.pdf
     gview http://infolab.stanford.edu/~sergey/349/cs349-2.ppt

DESCRIPTION
     This command allows you to use a Google Docs viewer to view (and, in some
     instances, search) a PDF or PPT document that is already on the Internet
     (as opposed to a file on your computer).
     
     The parameter must include http:// or a similar prefix.
     
     The command does not appear to work for the PPTX filetype.     
     This command may not work for all online PDF and PPT documents.

NOTES
     This feature of Google Docs is indicated by
     http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/09/embeddable-google-document-viewer.html .

AUTHOR
     Scott Frey
     scott dot frey at gmail dot com

642 uses - Created 2009-09-10 08:16:45 - Last used 2024-01-11 06:50:41

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