Quick
Specification
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Size |
5.06MB |
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Platform: |
Windows 2003,
Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 |
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License: |
Free |
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Category: |
Business Software ›› Document
Management Software |
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To put it gently, Adobe Reader is a real pain in
the hindquarters. It's monstrously large, slow to
load, and includes many features most users will
hardly ever need. Foxit PDF Reader 3.0 kills the
bloat and throws in some useful features, such as
multimedia support and content-sharing options,
while still allowing you to quickly access your
PDFs.
The interface mimics Adobe's, so you won't have to
change your reading habits. In our test, the text
readability was similar. The small program starts
surprisingly fast compared with Adobe. You might
need to fiddle a bit to get it to work with your
Internet browser, but you can find help on Foxit's
support forums. It's a nice touch that it opens
PDFs from the Internet in their own Foxit window,
instead of sucking resources from within the
browser.
Foxit's biggest flaw in the old version was
hogging memory and that has been corrected. Recent
updates include fixing the hyperlink problem,
multimedia support, printing highlighted-only
sections, and tabbed PDF browsing, so you can read
multiple PDFs simultaneously and with ease.
Overall, unless you're tied to Adobe we strongly
recommend this freeware competitor.
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