[Elvandil]

PDFX lets you do some minor editing, to add notes and tags to content so it is very handy.

[calvin-c]

FWIW, Foxit looks more like shareware than free software. Shareware is 'free' in the sense that you can use it while deciding whether or not to buy it (evaluation period). Sometimes that period is explicitly limited (as it appears it is with Foxit). There's often no technical enforcement of the evaluation period but, if you've decided to continue using it then you should support it, i.e. pay for it. OTOH few people do everything they 'should' do which is why so many people think that if they can get away with something it's right. (IOW, it's only wrong if you get caught.)

There is, BTW, no limit that I've seen to the number of times you can evaluate a product. I've extended the evaluation for some products for years-finding them to be the closest to what I want to use, but not quite there yet, and trying & retrying each new incremental version hoping they've come closer. Some do, some don't. Those that do I eventually buy.

[lister]

Originally Posted by Michel Merlin

For a week now, my PC has been sometimes extremely slow, so that I couldn't any more do anything on it....

Today I discover a tiny white icon in my Systray....

Took you a week?

[Elvandil]

Originally Posted by calvin-c

FWIW, Foxit looks more like shareware than free software. Shareware is 'free' in the sense that you can use it while deciding whether or not to buy it (evaluation period). Sometimes that period is explicitly limited (as it appears it is with Foxit). There's often no technical enforcement of the evaluation period but, if you've decided to continue using it then you should support it, i.e. pay for it. OTOH few people do everything they 'should' do which is why so many people think that if they can get away with something it's right. (IOW, it's only wrong if you get caught.)

There is, BTW, no limit that I've seen to the number of times you can evaluate a product. I've extended the evaluation for some products for years-finding them to be the closest to what I want to use, but not quite there yet, and trying & retrying each new incremental version hoping they've come closer. Some do, some don't. Those that do I eventually buy.

Having used the Foxit Reader for quite a long time. I can assure you that it is not shareware and there are no prompts to buy anything at any time, nor does it expire. But there are quite a few different options on their site and it is easy to assume that one of their shareware apps is the free reader.

It's sometimes easier to find the free reader off-site:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/foxitpdf.html

[Michel Merlin]

Thx Elvandil for the SnapFiles link. I knew, but not everyone knows it, since the main link, Foxit Reader, is unclear, having on the same line a "Price" sub-link saying "$39.00 per user", and a "Get it for free!" sub-link.

However this last one makes clear that, at least for this "One-time offer", the "Standard Price","$39.00", is replaced with "$0.00".

Versailles, Thu 7 Feb 2008 21:40:00 +0100

[letchworth]

Originally Posted by Elvandil

PDF Xchange Viewer
Foxit PDF Reader

Thanks for the info on PCXchange-- I really like it- However, it is slower loading than Foxit- So, I use Foxit as my default (lightning fast) viewer--- and PCXchange for times when I want to do more editing/annotation than Foxit allows. I have also had better success copying text from PCXchange than Foxit.

But for quick and easy viewing- you just can't beat Foxit.
letchworth

[Tommymc51]

I've used Foxit Reader for over a year and found it to be excellent. It is my understanding that it is Freeware. There are a few upgrades available that allow editing and form filling to save, but the basic reader is free with no nag screens. The only thing I've run into where Foxit doesn't work is trying to print Click-n-Ship labels from usps.com For this, I leave Adobe installed but not my default reader.

[caraewilton]

Just want to thank you guys for the PDF xchange link. I hate adobe 8. For years I stuck with the adobe 5 the full version, but it is now so out of date... Foxit is not enough for what I need for most of my work. PDF xchange is perfect. Only down side is the long load time, but it is no worse than adobe 8 and with the added edit tools worth it. Particularly like the fact that I can set the dpi of snapshots as the poor quality snapsots in adobe 8 was most annoying.