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Perfect PDF is a solid Adobe Reader alternative
by Lee Mathews Mar 17th 2009 at 11:00AM
Though Adobe Reader has come a long way in the past couple versions, there are other good options available for displaying PDF files. For Windows users, Perfect PDF Reader may be an enticing alternative.
Apart from the obvious addition of a ribbon interface, Perfect PDF adds a number of useful features. There are three views to choose from - standard, reading view, and a full-screen reading. Perfect PDF also makes it easy to extract images and text from files. Either type of element can be selected, copied, and pasted elsewhere, and you can also save the entire file as text export it to a variety of image formats. As with FoxIt PDF, Perfect PDF can also edit form fields and save your input in the document.
There are areas of the interface that look unfinished, or at least a little plain - like the save as images dialog. While it doesn't hinder any functionality, it doesn't fit in with the more up-to-date look of the ribbon.
Apart from the obvious addition of a ribbon interface, Perfect PDF adds a number of useful features. There are three views to choose from - standard, reading view, and a full-screen reading. Perfect PDF also makes it easy to extract images and text from files. Either type of element can be selected, copied, and pasted elsewhere, and you can also save the entire file as text export it to a variety of image formats. As with FoxIt PDF, Perfect PDF can also edit form fields and save your input in the document.
There are areas of the interface that look unfinished, or at least a little plain - like the save as images dialog. While it doesn't hinder any functionality, it doesn't fit in with the more up-to-date look of the ribbon.
Perfect PDF Reader is a free download and runs on both 32- and 64-bit Windows platforms. The Visual C++ 2008 runtimes are required, and can be downloaded during installation if you need them.
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Brian said 11:18AM on 3-17-2009
I'll stick with Foxit PDF reader
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Drew Green said 11:56AM on 3-17-2009
Lee, how do you like this compared to Foxit?
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Lee Mathews said 12:04PM on 3-17-2009
I'm actually using Sumatra, because I rarely need to edit. ;-)
Still, we like to keep everyone apprised of the alternatives. No one app is right for everyone!
Dagur said 12:00PM on 3-17-2009
I'll give this a try. Foxit has become really annoying
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Jigsaw hc said 12:00PM on 3-17-2009
I agree, unless it is small and fast like Fox it but has a ton of extra features I don't see the need.
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Kenn.keeper said 5:02PM on 3-17-2009
I like small and fast readers like Foxit but downloaded this one just in case. Besides Free is Nice....
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Sue said 9:51PM on 3-17-2009
I use Bluebeam PDF Revu and love it. The interface is gorgeous and in every aspect, the development team has taken more than the extra step.
It's a very professional tool.
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c17766 said 8:27AM on 3-19-2009
Killer feature could be:
an option to read a pdf text - like the 'Readability Feature' (A browser plug in)
Readability - http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
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