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What determines the title shown in a tab when its for a pdf file?

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When I click on a link that goes to a pdf a title is shown in the pdf file tab. Where does the title shown in the tab come from?

When I click on a link that goes to a pdf a title is shown in the pdf file tab. Where does the title shown in the tab come from?

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It can be either the Title property of the PDF, or if that is blank, the file name of the PDF.

You can view the Title property in Adobe Reader using

File > Properties, then Description tab

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It can be either the Title property of the PDF, or if that is blank, the file name of the PDF.

You can view the Title property in Adobe Reader using

File > Properties, then Description tab

cor-el
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Note that the PDF Viewer has a Document Properties item in the overflow (>>) drop-down list. See also the Web Console (3-bar Menu button or Tools > Web Developer).