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30 out of 42 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Foxit Reader 1.3 build 0104
"The best PDF reader available (for Windows at least)"
Pros: Its free.
Its very small in size.
The download is small and the memory footprint is small.
Works with Internet Explorer the same way as Adobe does.
It will associate itself with PDF's after first run.
Its ULTRA fast.
It provides all the same features as Adobe's PDF reader while doing it in a similar interface.
Zooming and copying text works great.
Cons: It doesn't work with FireFox...I'm not a FireFox user so its not a problem for me, but there are a good number of FF users who will have a problem --- ditto for Opera.
It integrates itself with PDF files on first run. I personally don't mind this since I use this program as my main PDF reader, which is why I listed this as a PRO as well...but some people may not like this functionality.
The column with the page list isn't AS functional as Adobe PDF reader. Adobe does the page list column somewhat better.
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22 out of 27 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Foxit Reader 2 build 1316
Pros: 1)Quick dLo & install (only the parts that you want) 2)Loads & updates quick (including what you didn't want before) 3)Looks like Adobe, so switching is easy 4)EASY on ram and doesn't push the "pay-for" additions...good bye Adobe!!!
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: Foxit Reader 2.2 build 2129
Cons: I had to install both it and PDF Viewer so that I could print my typing without the ad.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: Foxit Reader 2.2 build 2129
Pros: Small, easy to use, free, and works great. The best thing about is it that it's pretty customizable, it was easy to install and it works when you need it (unlike Adobe Reader)
Cons: For something free, it's good but it doesn't include some basic useful options like editing and removing pages from PDF files. Overall, it's still a great product.
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4 stars
Version: Foxit Reader 2.2 build 2129
"it's good and will get better"
Pros: uses less than bloated adobe acrobat; loads extremely fast, opens all my stored .pdfs quickly, etc. have no trouble and find it a heck of a lot better than adobe.
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