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Old September 21st 15, 04:32 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Jo-Anne[_4_]
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I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?

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Old September 21st 15, 04:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Bruce Hagen[_2_]
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"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
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I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?





Foxit Reader
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/

Google Chrome will be offered during the download. Just uncheck the box when
you see it.

Never had an issue updating like I did with Adobe.
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Old September 21st 15, 04:49 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Rene Lamontagne
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On 9/21/2015 10:32 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?



I like Sumatra PDF best and Foxit is also good Try them and see which
you like. I have stopped using Adobe reader a long time ago , constant
updates and bloat.

Best Regards, Rene

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Old September 21st 15, 04:58 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?


I like PDF X-Change
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer. It's free and
works very well for any PDF I've tried to open with it.

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Old September 21st 15, 05:05 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Mike Barnes[_2_]
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SC Tom wrote:


"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?


I like PDF X-Change
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer. It's free and
works very well for any PDF I've tried to open with it.


+1

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  #6  
Old September 21st 15, 05:19 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
al
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On 9/21/2015 11:58 AM, SC Tom wrote:


"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said
to be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing
PDFs. Suggestions?


I like PDF X-Change
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer. It's free
and works very well for any PDF I've tried to open with it.


+2
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Old September 21st 15, 05:22 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Andy Burns[_3_]
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Jo-Anne wrote:

I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?


I'd suggest SumatraPDF

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Old September 21st 15, 05:32 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
David E. Ross[_2_]
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On 9/21/2015 8:32 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?


How well do the cited replacements work with PDF forms such as the U.S.
tax returns downloaded from http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html?

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spend more time belittling hungry children
than they do trying to fix the problem of
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Old September 21st 15, 05:36 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Bruce Hagen[_2_]
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"David E. Ross" wrote in message
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On 9/21/2015 8:32 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?


How well do the cited replacements work with PDF forms such as the U.S.
tax returns downloaded from http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html?




Foxit works fine. I would think they all should.
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~Bruce

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Old September 21st 15, 05:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Cy Burnot
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SC Tom wrote on 9/21/2015 11:58 AM:


"Jo-Anne" wrote in message
...
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?


I like PDF X-Change
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer. It's free and
works very well for any PDF I've tried to open with it.


+1
  #11  
Old September 21st 15, 05:41 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Andy Burns[_3_]
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David E. Ross wrote:

How well do the cited replacements work with PDF forms


Sumatra doesn't, or at least not when I last checked, no importance to
me though.

  #12  
Old September 21st 15, 05:42 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Cy Burnot
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David E. Ross wrote on 9/21/2015 12:32 PM:
On 9/21/2015 8:32 AM, Jo-Anne wrote:
I've used Adobe Reader for a long time. Given how insecure it's said to
be, however, I'm wondering what to use for reading and printing PDFs.
Suggestions?


How well do the cited replacements work with PDF forms such as the U.S.
tax returns downloaded from http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html?


"Works" in what sense?
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Old September 21st 15, 05:49 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:41:14 -0700, Bruce Hagen wrote:

Foxit Reader
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/


I've used Foxit for a while, but it became too bloated, so I switched to
SumatraPDF.

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Old September 21st 15, 05:49 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
s|b
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On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:48:46 +0000, Stormin' Norman wrote:

I have had excellent experiences with Sumatra PDF, see:

http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html


+1

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Old September 21st 15, 05:51 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
s|b
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On Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:41:48 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

How well do the cited replacements work with PDF forms


Sumatra doesn't, or at least not when I last checked, no importance to
me though.


Same here. But as long as I don't need to fill in such PDF files, I'm
sticking with SumatraPDF...

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