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Life & fun · January 6, 2019

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Record Heat Maps of your PDF document usage

Hi, I have created tool (https://www.helprange.com) to record usage of your PDF documents to display heat maps of this usage consisting of exact clicks and position of mouse inside the document. It works as follows: 1. You are uploading your PDF Document 2. You are getting a secure link to your document 3. You share this link with some group of people 4. When someone opens the link then it can view your document inside special PDF viewer inside the browser 5. We are recording how people are engaging with your document and we can show you the heat map What do you think? This post is…

Record Heat Maps of your PDF document usage launched on January 6, 2019 with 29 votes, #791 of 2,587 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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Helprange is a tool for tracking how people interact with PDF documents. Users upload a PDF, receive a secure shareable link, and share it with others. The platform records viewer engagement including mouse clicks and cursor positions, then displays this data as heat maps showing exactly where and how people engaged with the document. It's designed for anyone wanting to understand how their audience interacts with PDF content.

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Hi, I have created tool (https://www.helprange.com) to record usage of your PDF documents to display heat maps of this usage consisting of exact clicks and position of mouse inside the document. It works as follows: 1. You are uploading your PDF Document 2. You are getting a secure link to your document 3.…

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