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doPDF if a PDF printer utility that allows you to make PDF files from any application that supports printing.

And now it support file conversion as well.

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PDF-XChange Viewer is a freeware PDF viewer that is fast and has plenty of options for a freeware alternative to Adobe Reader.

I think this is better than Foxit Reader in many ways. I have found some files that Foxit can’t render properly but PDF-XChange Viewer shows them well.

Fortunately for us, Adobe started to slim down its own Adobe Reader for speed and resource usage. The latest versions are great, but if you want an alternative, PDF-XChange Viewer is the best I have found so far.

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Quick PDF Tools is a handy utility that adds many function to your context menu when you right-click on a PDF file.

With it you can add/edit document properties, contvert PDF files to images, merge multiple files into one, set the initial view, password-protect files and more.

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Shark007 updated its Adobe Reader Lite versions. The only change was to remove AcroRd32Info.exe, which were running in memory all the time when you closed Adobe Reader.

This Lite versions leaves out many plugins and has customized preferences so it opens faster and has just the features than the average users needs. Also, the file size is a lot smaller.

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Adobe launched its PDF publishing suite Acrobat 9.0 some days ago. They were missing the updated Adobe Reader 9.0, but today here it is.

There are lots of changes. You can read about them here.

Now they are including Acrobat.com support based on Adobe AIR so you can work on it like in a desktop application. I will try the new Reader version to see how it improves over its previous version.

The only thing i hate about Reader 8.x is that everytime you open a PDF document, the program freezes for a few seconds. This happens just about a 1 or 2 seconds after the document finishes loading, so i hate that when i’m opening something to take a quick read at it.

If your language is not ready in the new 9.0 version, just wait a few days and try again. They will soon release it in all languages.

Edit: I just saw that Adobe released a critical security fix for Reader 8.1.2. Get the patch.

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Foxit Reader is a free PDF viewer that supports many features that only the paid version of acrobat has, such as commenting, marking object and more.

It loads faster than Adobe Reader but the real downside is that it doesn’t display complicated PDF files well sometimes. But given that it is free and fast, if you view PDF files only from time to time, give it a try.

The new 2.3 version has more features than before. Read about them here.

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