PDF preview in search results does not work

Question

In search result, when hovering a pdf result, there is no preview (like there is for Office documents) in Sharepoint2019.

Any alternative solutions.

Thanks in Advance.

Answer 1

Hi @bhanu chandaluri
By default, PDF previews are not turned on in the search core results web part. Office Web Apps only supports Office documents such Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ad OneNote, but there is no support to preview other documents such as PDF.

To enable PDF preview, you could create a custom PDF hover display template or use word hover display template, for more information, you could refer to:
https://www.maadarani.com/enable-pdf-preview-sharepoint-search-result/

Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. The sites are not controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. Please make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any suggestions from the above link.

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