pdf reader

[Pivert]

Hi,

I am searching a free pdf reader, small and able to function from a bootcd,,
thus nothing on windows folders or registry.

Any ideas ?

Thanks


pivert

 

[ab]

Hi,

I am searching a free pdf reader, small and able to function from a bootcd,,
thus nothing on windows folders or registry.

Any ideas ?

Foxit PDF Editor is small and fast. Consists of just one exe
file. It is shareware, but if you use it only to view (not edit)
PDFs, it costs nothing.

I don't think it writes to the registry.

http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/pe_intro.php

 

[Pivert]

Thanks!
Have also found thet Foxit PDF Viewer, totally free, that should respond to
my requests!
Thanks !
Pivert

 

[MightyKitten]

Foxit PDF Editor is small and fast. Consists of just one exe
file. It is shareware, but if you use it only to view (not edit)
PDFs, it costs nothing.

I don't think it writes to the registry.

http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/pe_intro.php

Oh man! This is *Great*


- Quick
- Free (well for personal use at least)
- Small (under 1 MB)
- No install
- no Adobe or Ghostscript needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- behaves quite well

On thing that might be a consideration:
It has a selfpromotion ad in the upper richt corner (link to their website)
But I can live with that.

MightyKitten

 

[Rod]

Oh man! This is *Great*

- Quick
- Free (well for personal use at least)
- Small (under 1 MB)
- No install
- no Adobe or Ghostscript needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- behaves quite well

On thing that might be a consideration:
It has a selfpromotion ad in the upper richt corner (link to their
website) But I can live with that.

Wow, this thing is small and fast, it beats my Acrobat reader 4 with most
plugins disabled. The ad you're referring to, do you mean the home-button ?
Or does it place something on pdf's you create (which I never do) ?

Rod

 

[MightyKitten]

Wow, this thing is small and fast, it beats my Acrobat reader 4 with
most plugins disabled. The ad you're referring to, do you mean the
home-button ? Or does it place something on pdf's you create (which I
never do) ?

Rod

Nope, it prints clean, so the only 'problem' is the home button.

But a bit of warning is in place.
I created a pdf file out of a webpage (using paperlessprinter) witch caused
the pdf reader to crash (It *did* work with acrobat reader). The only more
or less dificult objecs on the page are 2 pictures.

Other (text only) documents I created with paperlessprinter could be read
fine.

MightyKitten

 

[Iain Cheyne]

Foxit PDF Editor is small and fast. Consists of just one exe
file. It is shareware, but if you use it only to view (not edit)
PDFs, it costs nothing.
I don't think it writes to the registry.
http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/pe_intro.php

This is certainly fast, but when I associated it with PDF files and clicked
on a PDF, it just opened with a nag dialog and no PDF displayed.

 

[Rod]

Nope, it prints clean, so the only 'problem' is the home button.

But a bit of warning is in place.
I created a pdf file out of a webpage (using paperlessprinter) witch
caused the pdf reader to crash (It *did* work with acrobat reader).
The only more or less dificult objecs on the page are 2 pictures.

Other (text only) documents I created with paperlessprinter could be
read fine.

MightyKitten

Thanks for the info.

Rod

 

[pq]

Nope, it prints clean, so the only 'problem' is the home button.

How does it handle print-disabled PDFs?

 

[MightyKitten]

How does it handle print-disabled PDFs?

Tested it with an rtf (no pictures) document, with tables and it worked just
fine with the printing disabled..

So as long as you stay away from pictures, this pdf reader will do fine.

IMHO is is still nice (as in speed) but the picture problem is very anoying.

MightyKitten

 

[Gert van der Kooij]

Foxit PDF Editor is small and fast. Consists of just one exe
file. It is shareware, but if you use it only to view (not edit)
PDFs, it costs nothing.

I don't think it writes to the registry.

http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/pe_intro.php

They also have a free PDF Reader,

http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

 

[Gert van der Kooij]

They also have a free PDF Reader,

http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Which always wants to show ads, I've blocked them with my firewall
but I don't like that.

 

[Onno]

Which always wants to show ads, I've blocked them with my firewall
but I don't like that.

What about the Foxit PDF Editor, does it show ads too?

 

[Iain Cheyne]

They also have a free PDF Reader,
http://foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Awesome! I had problems getting their editor to read files, but this works
beautifully.

 

[Iain Cheyne]

What about the Foxit PDF Editor, does it show ads too?

Yes. Note that these ads are just for Foxit products, at least at the
moment, which I think it permissable.

 

[Iain Cheyne]

This is certainly fast, but when I associated it with PDF files and
clicked on a PDF, it just opened with a nag dialog and no PDF
displayed.

Their reader does not suffer from this problem.

 

[Iain Cheyne]

Awesome! I had problems getting their editor to read files, but this
works beautifully.

After a couple of days more use I have gone off this.

Two problems:

1. It connects to the Foxitsoftware website to get update information and
ads (according to the Foxitsoftware helpdesk).

2. I have a 4.2MB graphics heavy pdf that takes about 20 seconds to load
with Foxit PDF Reader, but takes only two or three with Acrobat 6.1 with
most of the plugins moved to the Optional folder.

3. For smaller PDFs there is almost no difference in speed between
optimised Acrobat 6.1 and Foxit PDF Reader.

Check out this link for speedup tips for Acrobat Reader
www.theinquirer.net/?article=11041 or use Adobe Reader SpeedUp
(www.tnk-bootblock.co.uk/prods/misc/index.php) to do it for you.