How can one link directly to a specific page of a PDF in Google Drive?

Question

I'd like to provide a link to a PDF document in Google Drive like [documenturl]?page=4 and have that link jump to the specified page.

With a quick search, I was only able to find this unresolved forum question: Link to a specific page in an uploaded .pdf

Answer 1

I think I actually did it. (Not sure if there is any danger to it, so be careful, but it worked for me with pdfs.)

First, You need to create a direct link. Find out ID (long string) of your file and enter this:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=ID

Simply add "#page=XX" at the end of it and prey that it works... (Use that one!)

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=400PoundsDreamTurnip#page=10

Upon entering it you get a real mess of a link, but you can't use it after a while, so don't use that one!

https://doc-14-c8-docs.googleusercontent.com/docs/securesc/lotsAndLotsOfDigitsAndCharactersAgainAndAgain?e=view&authuser=0#page=10

That way the files take ages to load, so be patient and always use the link "export...ID"

Answer 2

A work-around that I discovered for this is:

1. Create a comment on the PDF. Highlight the area that you want to be able to jump to (e.g. a heading on the page).
2. Click the 3-dot menu on the comment you just created, and choose "Link to this comment..."

You can send the displayed URL to someone and when they open it it will directly jump to that part of the PDF.

The solution by Christopher Harwood does not seem to work any more in the latest version of Google Drive.

Answer 3

Edit: This no longer works.

Incomplete answer: Google Drive displays pages as images, so you can display specific pages by providing the direct image link.

https://DOMAIN/file/d/DRIVE_FILE_ID/image?pagenumber=NUMBER

Answer 4

You need to add a comment inside the PDF with Acrobe Reader. Then upload it in drive, click on the three buttons on top of the comment and select "link to". Only in this case it works. If you add a comment directly in Google Drive, it doesn't work.

Answer 5

Many PDF readers will honor open parameters in the link that leads to the PDF file, such as page=5. Use these parameters like this:

https://www.example.org/somefile.pdf#page=5

...or:

https://www.example.org/somefile.pdf#page=5&comment=452fde0e-fd22

To make this work with Google Drive, you need to obtain a googleusercontent.com link to the file. You can get it by downloading the file and noting the download location in chrome://downloads/ or similar download list page. In most browsers, you can open the download list by pressing Control Shift J or Control J. In the Mac Safari browser, use ⌥ ⌘ L.

See PDF Open Parameters.