Chrome: Setting PDF's to automatically Download
In the upper right corner of Chrome, click on the three dots menu and select settings.
Once there find the search magnifying glass in in the blue banner on top and type pdf.
This will tag all necessary menus with your search, follow them to site settings.
PDF documents.
And turn on Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Chrome.
Once this is done you can close the tab in chrome and continue working.
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