PDF-XChange Viewer 1.0 Build 0033

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The FREE PDF-XChange Viewer offers all the feature´s you would expect such as support of all PDF file formats from Version 1.0 all the way to the latest 1.7 (Acrobat 8). You might be surprised just how quickly your large PDF files open and pages smoothly refresh as they are scrolled.

Features:

Tabbed Multiple Document Windows
Add Comments and Annotations to any PDF file (subject to security settings) - unlilke the Adobe Viewer which requires the PDF creation tool to be ´certified´ by Adobe !
Markup pages with text and objects
Type directly on any PDF page, not just Adobe enabled forms documents - in Typewriter mode.
Export PDF pages or entire files to any one of the supported Image formats including BMP, JPEG, TIFF, PNG and many more ...
Extract text from a PDF page/File
Make your navigation of large or complex PDF files both simple and enjoyable swith the extended functionality of our ´Loupe´ and the ´Pan´ Window tools
And many more features such as Rotate and ´Save´, Email files etc ...

What's New:

Resolved issues introduced in build 32 opening PDF specification files 1.5 and later.
Resolved issues with Properties Toolbar for Tools.
Resolved issues with some CFF fonts.
Resolved possible issues with some Type3 fonts.

Download: PDF-XChange Viewer 1.033

Screenshot: >> Click here <<

Link: Home Page | Official Forum

#1 Yogurth on 14 Jan 2008 - 14:29

Unfortunately as slow as Adobe Acrobat, and uses insane amounts of RAM. Foxit is still the best Windows solution for PDF viewing.

#2 night_stalker_z on 14 Jan 2008 - 16:40

Best PDF viewer there is.

#3 rpgfan on 14 Jan 2008 - 17:02

I personally use SumatraPDF! It is portable and compact! A single EXE application, with a single DAT file for storing settings? What's not to like?

As for this PDF viewer being as slow as Adobe Acrobat/Reader and using too much RAM, I don't think it does. Honestly, nearly any modern Web browser starts up using more RAM. Well, yeah, because of everything a browser has to support, right? Yes, that's true. And considering the fact that this PDF viewer supports every version/incarnation of the PDF standard, I'd say a little bit of RAM is a just sacrifice. Besides, Adobe takes a heck of a lot longer to load unless you still use one of the older versions. I think the last fast version was like Adobe Acrobat/Reader 5.x.

Use what you like, but I'm gonna stick with SumatraPDF. It is fast, it is small, and it works.

Edit: What is up with the escaping of single quotes!?

Last edited by rpgfan on 14 Jan 2008 - 17:04

(1 reply) #4 IntelliMoo on 14 Jan 2008 - 19:29

SumatraPDF stinks, can't even copy text from unprotected pdf's! What's up with that?! PDF-XChange Viewer seems better than Foxit now, because for one it can show page thumbs on the left like Adobe's.

#4.1 Chugworth on 14 Jan 2008 - 23:51

Well, in the latest version (0.8 ), you can copy text to the clipboard by doing ctrl+click to select the text. They have even added a table of contents and search ability.

Now I will admit, SumatraPDF is not for everyone. It's good enough for me though. I just love the simplicity of the program.

Last edited by Chugworth on 14 Jan 2008 - 23:51

#5 EL1TE on 14 Jan 2008 - 22:04

This program uses more memory than Firefox with 20 plugins.

When i view a new page the program uses more memory for each page.

In my opinion Foxit is the best, it's the faster that i've used, and i don't care (at all) the thumbnails of the pages, who know if it will be added soon.

#6 tsupersonic on 15 Jan 2008 - 12:35

I agree, Foxit ftw.

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