ScrapbookWithPDN Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Adobe PDF Acrobat software and I'm wanting to get rid of it. Do any of you use/have a proven reliable alternative software to recommend? It's just that the Adobe Acrobat seems really bloated/heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oceana Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 SumatraPDF or Foxit Reader are both light and bloat free, worth checking out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 There are a few alternatives. I use my browser (Firefox) to display PDF files. Its pretty good. In the past I've used Sumatra PDF http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.htmlIts free, lightweight and simple to install & use. To create PDFs I use DoPDF http://www.dopdf.com/This is a virtual print driver which allows you to 'send' a document to the DoPDF driver where it is saved as a PDF. Very cool. 2 Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScrapbookWithPDN Posted November 21, 2015 Author Share Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) I really want to thank both of you for replying. I have those two, now. Much better. Jurisdiction for doPDF is in Romania, go figure, not that it matters one way or the other. I just thought that was interesting. I'm one of the nerds who reads before installing...for fun. It's a nerd thing. Edited November 21, 2015 by ScrapbookWithPDN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Here's a tool to remove all the bloat and cruft left by Adobe Reader. http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html Quote My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acemary Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 (edited) Why the heck does adobe reader need to many ******** updates every ******** week!!! I swear, as a student i have enough active programs already, i don't need more porgrams to ******** restart my computer everyday just because your stable platform of adobe sucks. The worst part about adobe's updates, are the following: 1) it is huge UPDATES (30mbs+), if I were to download the adobe reader from your site right now, it is less than the update package. Hows does that even make sense. 2) It feels the need to be important and restart your computer every time it updates. 3) Why does Adobe Reader even need so many updates, if there is constant client problems, than I think you should release a stable client all at once. I will not use this PDF reader ever again. There is better PDF readers out there, that don't waste people's time on updates. p.s. mounting a complain on this site also sucks. Has anyone tried to click on the product feedback page? it is like they don't want you to complain about their products. <snip!> Edited December 16, 2015 by david.atwell Snipped potentially spammy links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denverpotsmoker Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 You can export pdfs in Scribus too. Quote The Rise of the Creative Class by: Richard Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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