Best Non Adobe PDF Writer / Reader ?

[IncidentFlux]

I was going through the PDF utilities list, but its not clear which is actually the best?overall,?does it support creating 128 bit encrypted PDFs? for?example?Azureus?is?the?most?feature?rich?BT client and?the most flexible?but?people?also use?utorrent?as?its?lightweight?on?system?resources and equally powerul in most ways.

PDF Utilities:

Brava! Reader - http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm

Cool PDF Reader - http://www.pdf2exe.com/reader.html

CutePDF - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

Foxit PDF Reader - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Free Image Converter - http://www.downloadhotfile.com/download-do...rter-33715.html

Free PDF - http://www.webxd.com/zipguy/frpdfdl.htm

Ghostscript/GSView - http://www.ghostscript.com/awki

PDF 995 - http://www.pdf995.com/

pdf24-creator - http://www.pdf24.org/en/pdf24-creator.htm

PDF/Textbox - http://www.pdftextbox.com/default.aspx

PDFCreator - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

PDFTK Builder - http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/

PDFRedirect - http://www.exp-systems.com/

PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/

Wikipedia - List of PDF software

Can I please know what you guys prefer to use, is it one utility for reading and writing? or two seperate apps?

Edited June 6, 2007 by RADicaLMMS

[Kushan]

I use foxit to read PDF's. It doesn't have writing capabilities, but it's really really really quick (less than 1 second load in most cases for me, even 1000+ page PDF's).

[andrew_f]

I use Foxit to read. PrimoPDF to save PDF's via a virtual printer.

[MrCobra]

Foxit for reading and Word 2007 for writing.

[CoolCatBad]

Best PDF reader now would be PDF-XChange PDF Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfx_viewer/

[+BudMan MVC]

I just grabbed the XChange.. tell you what, it does look pretty slick! The typewriter without having to have the propack ;) or evaluation marks is nice!!

Just started looking at - but tell you want, from a quick look, it might be better than foxit.. Seem their website needs a bit of work, was not seeing any of the images on the viewer section?? And the download I had to right click to work, etc.

As to a creator - I would vote for PDFcreator

http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator

[XerXis]

reading: foxit

writing: word2007/openoffice (at least for simple pdf documents)

[ozgeek]

PDF Creator won't work on Vista (perhaps just me, but please confirm anyway), so I just use Foxit and the PDF addon for Office 2007.

[BryanChung]

Thumbs up for Foxit! :D

[Annorax]

PDF-XChange PDF Viewer looks really sweet and has tabs, a nice touch. Acrobat Read 8 is actually decent, much better than previous version. And for a creator, I say the best is PDFCreator.

[DaViD_BRaNDoN]

Best PDF reader now would be PDF-XChange PDF Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfx_viewer/

:yes:

[struct]

PDF Creator won't work on Vista (perhaps just me, but please confirm anyway), so I just use Foxit and the PDF addon for Office 2007.

Check their forums.

[:: Lyon ::]

I use Foxit.. very quick to open

[IncidentFlux]

Alright, among PDF writers which is the best?

1.?PDFcreator - http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator

2.?PDF4Free - http://www.pdfpdf.com/pdf4free.html

3. CutePDF?Writer - http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/Writer.asp

4. pdf24-creator - http://www.pdf24.org/en/pdf24-creator.htm

5. PrimoPDF - http://www.primopdf.com/

6. PDFRedirect - http://www.exp-systems.com/

[marander]

For a long time i like PDF creator. But recently i tried Bullzip PDF printer and that works also great. It got a lot of nice extra features like merging with your template for letters.

7. Bullzip PDFcreator - http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php

Features

* Print to PDF from almost any Windows program.

* Supports 64-bit operatings systems.

* Direct output to the same file each time or prompt for destination.

* Control if the printer should ask if you want to see the resulting PDF document.

* Control output and prompts programmatically.

* Setup can run unattended.

* Graphical user interface.

* Password protect PDF documents.

* 128/40 bit encryption.

* Quality settings (screen, printer, ebook, prepress).

* Set document properties.

* Watermark text, size, rotation, and transparency.

* Supreimpose/background documents.

* Appending/prepending documents.

* User interface control.

* Command line interface to all settings.

* COM/ActiveX interface for programmatic control.

* Support for Citrix MetaFrame

* Support for Windows Terminal Server

[Kralik]

Whats the best non-Adobe PDF reader/writer in one?

[Melvin James]

I don't use Adobe Acrobat because it's too expensive I think. I have MS Word 2007, so I can save the doc. as PDF directly.

But if I wanna edit PDF, usually I'll change it to Word format.

Both Adobe Reader and Foxit Reader are ok for me to read PDF. They are all free and useful.

[grandiosity]

Best PDF reader now would be PDF-XChange PDF Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfx_viewer/

pdfxchange cannot render text well, neither can foxit reader! best pdf printer for some added functionality, such as spliting pdf and... well, pretty much anything you can wish to do, is pdfcreator - download from sourceforge. as for the best viewer, adobe reader still has the edge for me - text quality, ease of use, browser integration, thumbnails - coupled with pdfcreator you can't go wrong.

[Growled Member]

I use Google Docs to read a PDF. I don't even have a reader installed any more. As for writer, I would probably use OpenOffice.

[vysakh]

Foxit Reader is the fastest. works fine for me atleast

[trieste]

For a long time i like PDF creator. But recently i tried Bullzip PDF printer and that works also great. It got a lot of nice extra features like merging with your template for letters.

Second this. I actually use the admin-oriented version, BioPDF. Hasn't let me down much, unlike PDFcreator and CutePDF. Works with all sorts of relevant input files with all sorts of text and graphics.

[sachleen]

Used to use Foxit until I switched to Evince recently. If you think Foxit is "fast," give Evince a try. Foxit was quite slow at scrolling through large documents (~80mb) but Evince just flies through it like nothing.

[ilev]

Sumatra PDF for reading. Foxit PDF Editor for reading/Writing

[sachleen]

Sumatra PDF for reading. Foxit PDF Editor for reading/Writing

Sumatra is another good one, I keep it because it's just one file (portable). :)

[Growled Member]

I've been testing out PrimoPDF Online and it's pretty good as a writer. I'm going to use it from now on.

[deletedxyz]

Foxit + Cute PDF Writer. They are the free alternatives I use when I don't have access to Adobe Acrobat.