In reply to a post by ukhardy07:

Nothing wrong with adobe reader. Just saying I don't understand the need for an alternative. It does the job and it does it brilliantly.

The last time I used it, adobe reader was slow, takes ages to open, use a huge amount of memory, just for opening a PDF file.

i know that they added stuff like animation and video, but why on earth would I want that in a PDF file?

Foxit is fast and also support tabs.

This installing of things you don't want annoys me and the last adobe update added a McAfee security checker to my machine. The golden rule when any of these updates come in now seems to be to take the custom install as you then "might" get the option to turn all the other things off.

I installed Foxit Reader yesterday and it did present me with the options to exclude all the extras.

I never just click Instal but look for Custom Instal instead.

Edited by deleted (Thu 25-Apr-13 11:19:35)

I tried PDF-Xchange, but did not like it so much, although I couldn't put my finger on quite why, and have reverted to Foxit.

I uninstalled Foxit, rebooted, and deleted every Foxit related entry I could find in the registry before finally starting the installation. The downloaded installation kit for v6 does indeed allow the PDF creation and browser add-on modules not to be selected in a custom installation. (Surely nobody ever performs a default installation?) The update process really ought to provide the same custom options as the initial installation, at least when there are significant differences, e.g. additional functions way outside the scope of the original, between the versions.

P.S. 1. It is possible to remove the Word and Excel add-ons, but you have to delete the menu as well as the toolbar itself (View > Toolbars > Customise). First time around I did not spot the Foxit menu.

P.S. 2. Foxit PDF creation does not work as well as PDF Creator, which I have been using for many years now - it produces rather larger files and there were some minor layout quirks.

JPL

Edited by deleted (Fri 26-Apr-13 12:26:20)

Could try Sumatra PDF is a free PDF
http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-...

Sumatra.

Bloated mess with a poor security track record.