Best PDF Reader?

smogsy · 20 Apr 2009 at 08:38

i know Adobe Reader is free and all, but is there anything better for navigation or reading documents before i download adobe reader

Thanks.

SiHH · 20 Apr 2009 at 08:52

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Frapple · 20 Apr 2009 at 09:17

Foxit, much faster.

There's an Outlook plugin as well for previewing.

drak3 · 20 Apr 2009 at 09:30

SiHH said:
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

I can also edit forms and print them

#Chri5# · 20 Apr 2009 at 09:35

Do any of these let you take a PDF which is set for A4 and merge two pages in a single A3 page for printing?

I've got an electronic catalogue I'd like to print - that has tables which go across two A4 pages that I'd like to print as a single A3 page.

archer_dan · 20 Apr 2009 at 12:52

i've actually found Foxit to be a little slower than the latest adobe reader releases, but it still wins on functionality

J.B · 20 Apr 2009 at 13:00

Frapple said:
Foxit, much faster.

There's an Outlook plugin as well for previewing.

Yeah what is with that with Adobe? I couldnt believe they didnt have an outlook plugin!

MarcLister · 20 Apr 2009 at 14:11

archer_dan said:
i've actually found Foxit to be a little slower than the latest adobe reader releases, but it still wins on functionality

Really?!

I'm starting to get slightly fed up with Foxit. Not as fast and clean as it used to be. New features getting introduced that mean it doesn't do what its makers say it should!

Might give the latest Adobe Reader a 'trial'.

MikeHunt79 · 20 Apr 2009 at 14:13

sumatra

dante6491 · 20 Apr 2009 at 16:09

I use Adobe Reader 9. I heard that MS Office 2007 SP2 adds PDF compatibility to word however...

Frapple · 20 Apr 2009 at 16:31

It's just the 'Save As' plugin that's already available is it not?

MarcLister · 20 Apr 2009 at 16:40

dante6491 said:
I use Adobe Reader 9. I heard that MS Office 2007 SP2 adds PDF compatibility to word however...

Yes. But only to actually make a PDF. Not to open/read them.

Frapple said:
It's just the 'Save As' plugin that's already available is it not?

Correctamundo! :cool:

Confused · 20 Apr 2009 at 16:41

I tried FoxIt on one of my machines, and it didn't deal with my Galant's service manual (which is multiple files linked to each other) - whereas Adobe Reader didn't have any problems.

There's also an annoying advert in the top right corner of FoxIt which I'm not too keen on!

MarcLister · 20 Apr 2009 at 17:06

Confused said:
There's also an annoying advert in the top right corner of FoxIt which I'm not too keen on!

Yes! It isn't just me.

I ruddy hate that ad. Would love to know how to Vanish it (TM).

Greenlizard0 · 20 Apr 2009 at 17:13

MikeHunt79 said:
sumatra

Yeap this, still fast and sleek. I found that Foxit got too bloated (which was why I stepped away from Adobe in the first place).

Bony Maloney · 20 Apr 2009 at 17:16

MarcLister said:
Yes! It isn't just me. I ruddy hate that ad. Would love to know how to Vanish it (TM).

http://www.jonlee.ca/how-to-remove-ad-from-foxitreader/ (Removes the Foxit adds)

archer_dan · 20 Apr 2009 at 17:43

Greenlizard0 said:
I found that Foxit got too bloated (which was why I stepped away from Adobe in the first place).

my thoughts exactly. I've not heard of Sumatra before, think i'll give it a try

MarcLister · 20 Apr 2009 at 18:13

Greenlizard0 said:
Yeap this, still fast and sleek. I found that Foxit got too bloated (which was why I stepped away from Adobe in the first place).

Ironic eh! Foxit markets itself as a bloat-free alternative to Adobe, then becomes what it wanted it wanted to oppose!

Bony Maloney said:
http://www.jonlee.ca/how-to-remove-ad-from-foxitreader/ (Removes the Foxit adds)

Ta muchos/

Tripnologist · 25 Apr 2009 at 10:47

Foxit installs a forced toolbar in v3.

Edit: I stand corrected.

If you download the .exe, it has a forced toolbar.
I then downloaded the zip and the .exe inside it didn't have the toolbar.

whitecrook · 25 Apr 2009 at 11:03

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/22/222237

http://pdfreaders.org/