Top 5 alternative PDF readers
Friday, November 30th, 2007 at 10:35 am by Nicholas Mead
In view of the fact that Yahoo have announced they’ve reached a deal to insert adverts into Adobe PDF Reader, I thought I’d give you 5 solid alternatives that you can use. There are many good reasons to not use Adobe Reader anyway, not least that it’s terribly bloated with plugins and extensions that take an age to load before you actually see the PDF document. This latest announcement will surely mean that things are set to get even slower and so there’s never been a better time to try these.
- Foxit Reader - Super lightweight and effective PDF reader
- PdfFactory - Allows you to not only read but also edit PDFs
- PDF2Word - Bypass the PDF format completely and read it in Word
- PDF-XChange Viewer - Allows you to read and export PDF files
- Sumatra PDF - Small, fast and lightweight PDF reader
Posted at 10:21 am on Jun 25th
Funny but I was unable any free downloads sites not available good one.
Posted at 7:28 pm on Feb 23rd
[…] According to an article I got from my boss, there is a flaw in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Readers that will allow hackers to take over your machine if you open a PDF file they send you. The article only mentions Windows XP Service Pack 3 as a vulnerable OS, so it’s unclear whether Vista can be taken over this way as well. Despite how serious this flaw is, a fix for it won’t be available until March 11. Between now and then, you can either swear off the opening of PDFs entirely, or use an alternative PDF reader. […]