Three Great Alternatives to Acrobat Reader

Posted by ttblogger on 10/18 at 06:00 AM Discuss in Forums • Permalink
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f there’s one type of file that’s become commonplace, it’s the PDF (short for Portable Document Format). On the Web. In the workplace. And just about everywhere else. It’s rare that you don’t see files that have the extension .pdf.

The most popular piece of software for viewing and printing PDF files is Acrobat Reader from Adobe. But like much software out there, Acrobat Reader has gained a bit of flab over the years. The current Windows version weighs in at just over 25 MB, while the Mac OS and Linux version tip the scales at 41 MB and 43 MB.

Let’s face it: that’s pretty hefty for something that’s meant to display files. Sure, Acrobat Reader has some pretty nifty features but most people can live without them.
Luckily, Acrobat Reader isn’t the only PDF viewing software around. There are some great alternatives to Acrobat Reader and this TechTip looks at three of them for Windows.

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    Posted by Marilyn Spoede  on  10/18  at  06:32 PM

  1. I use cutepdf.

    2. Posted by John Mynster  on  10/18  at  11:39 PM

  2. When you mention the size of the Mac version of Acrobat Reader you should mention that Mac users don’t need to have Acrobat because Preview, which comes with our OS does everything that Reader does and more.

    3. Posted by Hamish Lockhart  on  10/19  at  12:45 AM

  3. Foxit PDF reader is a good alternative that is really small and quick and easy to install.

    4. Posted by Tom Tharos  on  10/19  at  02:27 AM

  4. I love Foxit Reader; however, every once in a while (rarely) a web sites will have some sort of code to run Adobe Reader and consequently your .pdf file won’t load. Some of my children’s school web sites are this way, as is Microsoft’s XBox 360 manual .pdf downloads. The only solution I’ve found is to install Adobe long enough to download the file and then unistall it.

    5. Posted by Bill Bauer  on  10/19  at  03:24 AM

  5. I have been using Foxit Reader for four years. A beautiful program, opens immediately, is fast and does everything Adobe does. I don’t even have Adobe on my machine anymore.

    6. Posted by Jimmy Jet  on  10/19  at  05:16 AM

  6. I can also recommend PDF-Xchange Viewer: 

    7. Posted by Mel  on  10/19  at  08:33 AM

  7. Why should I have one of these in my hard drive when I already have adobe 8 professional with which I can write pdf, read pdf, or convert any text such as word to pdf or convert pdf to word or any other document reader. It is an alternative but I would need a reason to install it in an already crowded hard drive with 23 books and a jumble of other software.

    8. Posted by Russell W. Coover  on  10/19  at  10:46 AM

  8. I use Acrobat Reader Lite. It’s got a bit of bloat, but it is lighter than AR, and, frankly, I haven’t noticed a difference.

    9. Posted by amraah carole white  on  10/19  at  03:56 PM

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    10. Posted by shopping cart  on  10/21  at  11:22 PM

  10. Great! i have familiar with the PDF abbreviation.

    11. Posted by cheap phones  on  10/22  at  03:46 AM

  11. Nice compilation of Adobe Acrobat alternative. Really useful. Thanks

    12. Posted by John  on  11/16  at  09:11 AM

  12. Just gave Foxit reader a try and I’m loving it. Great alternatives for sure.

    13. Posted by Computer Books Online  on  11/16  at  10:20 AM

  13. Acrobat always takes soooo long to load. I use Foxit Reader now, and it is much quicker.

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