Any free PDF reading programs beside Adobe???

I installed PDF X Change Reader and made it the default PDF app. without uninstalling Adobe 8 reader. Ever since, my computer shuts down 8 seconds faster. Adobe must be a drag on the system.

 

Methinks you have other issues.

 

Shutting down faster isn't an issue, it's a good thing.

 

Sumatra is less than a MB, has no nag screens, opens instantaneously and is distributed under GPLv2 license.

 

Sumatra is very good and I have a copy of it in a USB stick. But it isn't feature rich and PDF X-change Viewer has better rendering quality according to my eyes
Both have their places:
- Simple, small, speedy, no nonsense PDF reader = Sumatra.
- Feature-rich, fast, slightly more advanced PDF reader = PDF X-change Viewer.
IMO, PDF X-change Viewer + Ghostscript + GSView + PDF printer (IMO, the best are PDF Creator and Bullzip) = complete solution for all PDF needs under Windows environment.

 

PDF X Change viewer is another one of those programs that doesn't work properly with (some) Logitech mice. The page scrolls the wrong way with the mouse wheel.

 

That occurs with or without SetPoint (Logitech's software suite) installed?

 

I don't use Logitech software. This is usually not a problem with 99% of software but some developers use particular mouse code that breaks normal wheel operation. It may be a problem with other mice as well but I've heard that it's a specific problem with Logitech mice.

 

Thanks Espresso

 

Using Logitech's "Notebook optical mouse plus+", with SetPoint installed...no such problem here...

 

Moreover, pdf-xchange is afaik the only PDF reader (adobe except) with the full search pdf feature (not just the find feature, but a real search, where all the results are displayed in a window in the right side).

This feature is usefull for me, that's why I am using pdf-xchange since a while.

 

I can't use any of these alternatives, my bank forces me to use Adobe, otherwise no bank statements. Adobe is such a bloatware and it doesn't even have a default folder to store .pdf-files.

 

I wonder how your bank forces you to use Acrobat Reader

 

Before I print my bank statements, my bank checks if I have Acrobat Reader or not.
If I don't have AR on my computer, I get a link to install it.
Once I have it installed, the printing starts and then I can save the pdf-file on my computer.
Then I have to confirm that it was successful or not, if not I can do it all over again.

 

Surely you can put another reader on your system alongside Acrobat and set the other as the default one?

My bank does not put any restrictions on me. I just d/l the ofx file. Don't even need javascript.

 

Two softwares for one job ? That is a waste of space. Then I prefer to keep Acrobat Reader.
I keep my bank, it has a very safe login procedure that makes any keylogger/thief desperate.

 

That's what I did. I am using PDF-Xchange as my default reader while retaining AR on file (not sure how long). PDF-Xchange Reader has an option in the set up for that.

 

my question exactly

 

I could not get FoxIt to print some documents. Have no idea why, but Adobe works well. I uninstalled FoxIt.
Jerry

 

As I said earlier, I tried PDF-Exchange and I like it. Someone else earlier in this thread mentioned they didn't like FoxIt either. You can run AR and PDF-E together until you decide what you want to do. PDF-E is light on resources. AR is 86mb and PDF-E is 11mb.

 

A old Foxit'issue... Maybe your printer is a HP?...