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Achieve near instant viewing and smooth interaction with the 1GB+ PDF documents. Learn how this is achieved with Linearized PDF and Apryse SDK for document streaming in a web or mobile app.

PDF “Fast Web View” or Linearization is a way of optimizing PDFs so they can be streamed into a client application in similar fashion to Youtube videos. This helps remote, online documents open almost instantly, without having to wait minutes or hours for a large document to completely download.

Tutorial: How to stream a PDF from the web to a mobile or desktop app via Linearized PDF.

In this article, we go over the common factors behind slow PDF web display times and how you can build a fast web experience for any browser-based application.