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PDF-XChange Viewer 2.0429

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
Date added: November 23, 2009
Total Downloads: 67,311
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CNET editors' rating: 5.0 stars
Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 66 votes
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 11, 2009

PDF-XChange Viewer presents users with an alternative to Adobe's Acrobat Reader. With some interesting additions, it's not hard to see this reader gaining some fans over its more popular competition.

The program's interface looks and feels remarkably like Acrobat Reader, but with more command icons along the top. Users who are familiar with viewing PDFs will find this fairly intuitive, but newcomers are advised to experiment with the options and pay attention to the Help file. Viewing PDFs is incredibly simple and should not be a problem for users. The documents look good through the reader and are easily navigated. While the program is good for simply looking at PDFs, it excels with its added features. The control panel along the top displays a long list of options for editing your PDFs. The most useful we found was the option for making bright red shapes and lines, which can be utilized to mark errors and make comments (an element that has always been one of Acrobat's best tools). Here, XChange Viewer gives users more options than its competition, allowing for more in-depth markups.

This free program imitates its competition in all the right places and gives users some extra features where it counts, combining into an excellent download option for anyone looking for an alternative to Acrobat Reader.

Publisher's description

From Tracker Software Products :

From the award winning authors of PDF-XChange, here is The free alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader--allows users to View Adobe compatible PDF files and perform additional functionality.

Features available include Viewing, Printing, exporting PDF's to numerous Image based file types, Page Commenting and Annotations, Type directly on a PDF page, Simple find, and Advanced Search.

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Rich media and interactivity with Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro.

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Version: PDF-XChange Viewer 2.0429

"IIt's the best FREE PDF-viewing program I've ever seen."

by martijnroo on November 26, 2009

Pros: It's free. And it offers great tools to edit your pdf files.

Cons: There are very few options you need to the full, paid upgrade for. No other cons!

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