I think there used to be a way to link to the PDF version of a Google Docs, but now I can only make a link that downloads the PDF instead of viewing it in the browser. Does anybody know if the old technique is still supported? I found several discussions in the Google support forum, but nothing definitive. The Google Docs API only lists the download method, so I suspect I'm out of luck.
Just to be clear, I want to link to a PDF file that gets automatically updated whenever the Google Docs changes.
Best Answer
Replace the beginning of the url with the Google Docs viewer.
This is what you need:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://docs.google.com/x/yyyy/document/z/nvjsinmsdfjnlsnlkkn-hslknl1_V7sc/export?format=pdf