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Foxit Reader

Free by Foxit Software | Link to website

Foxit Reader is a free and light-weight PDF document viewer for Windows. Its core function is compatible with PDF Standard 1.7. Notable features include: Annotation tool: draw graphics, highlight text, type text and make notes on a PDF document and then print out or save the annotated document. Text converter: You may convert the whole PDF document into a simple text file. Small: With 9.75 MB on the harddisk it needs just a fraction of Acrobat Reader or PDF-XChange Viewer (39MB). Fast: When you run... More info »



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Software-image

Good reader. Has good note taking capability (Typewriter). Pretty snappy to use. But wastes space with the tab bar. Limited image extraction (screen-cap).

 
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User7878169-image

After having some troubles with Adobe Reader opening anything or taking way to long to open I decided to install and try this out. Perfect.

 
Ola-image

Yea, it's ok. But i think Sumatran PDF is even better. At least if you just want basic "read" capabilities.

 
OmgItsTheSmartGuy-image

I've always found Foxit Reader and Sumatra PDF to be a bit of an eyesore. The user interface isn't the prettiest in the world. Adobe Reader looks far more slick. Foxit does a better job of reading PDFs for me than Adobe, but hey, I don't read PDFs that often anyways.

 
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karden-image

I like Foxit Reader because it's good enough and available as portable version (via portableapps.com), so I can carry it on USB stick along with other "swiss-knife" software.

 
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Venom88-image

Foxit Reader, like a lot of other softwares, asks you if you want to change your homepage and install a toolbar: if you don't want them, all you have to do is uncheck those options in setup.

 
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Stonkie-image

ADWARE ALERT : It installs an adware toolbar into your browser.

 
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CosineX-image

I absolutely love this program. I'm a student, and a lot of articles/books I need to read are in .pdf. Gave it a try after finding it here as an alternative to Adobe, which was getting far too large, had such a slow and ugly layout, and limited functions I wanted to paid versions. I've recommended this to everyone I know and will never go back.

 
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kramed-image

The Fox It Reader installer changed my default home page despite being told not too. This softwares' installer relentlessly attempts to install a Search Toolbar by displaying a deceitful EULA agreement look-a-like screen. NOT RECOMMENDED for most users.

 
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