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Sumatra PDF

Open Source by Krzysztof Kowalczyk

What is Sumatra PDF? Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows. Why another PDF reader? Sumatra has a minimalistic design. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features. Its small and starts up very fast. Its designed for portable use: its just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run ... More info »

  1. Searching also works for right to left languages
  2. Page numbers are shown in the sidebar after v1.0.1 (currently only in prereleases)
  3. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features

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    Furty (Moderator) Sumatra PDF | January 2010

    In general, PDFs are more fun to read with a full HD resolution monitor, because 2 full pages (View/Facing + Zoom/Fit Page) are clearly readable.

    A unique feature that i love very much is, that in full screen mode closing the app is possible with "Escape" in addition to Alt-F4 (look for the "Swift Tabs" extension to close Firefox tabs with Escape):
    - download a post 1.0.1 version from http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/prerelase.html
    - run Sumatra PDF once with the parameter -esc-to-exit (a persistent setting stored in sumatrapdfprefs.dat)
    - switch to full screen once (there is no GUI option, but the setting gets saved)

    Pages can be also turned with cursor right/left.



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