Along the top of the app's window are large clear buttons for opening a file, converting, printing, emailing, searching. The program correctly displayed most typical PDFs, though a page using complex typesetting techniques showed some boxes instead of characters, whereas Adobe Reader flawlessly displayed the mock handwriting font on the test page. Interface You can either view PDFs on your desktop in the program's own window, or within your browser's window. But Foxit has both beat, with the smallest, quickest install process and only a 31MB memory footprint. Even without this, Adobe Reader takes quite a bit longer to install, and takes up far more space-about 115MB compared with Nuance's 52MB. One advantage of installing Nuance is that it doesn't try to install any other software alongside what you want-Adobe by default installs a version of McAfee security software when you install Reader, and Foxit installs a browser toolbar. You need to make sure your browser isn't running, or else the installer will pause without any notification of what's going on. You can then decide whether to set Nuance as your default PDF reader, and choose between US and International English. Enabling it opens you up to more security vulnerabilities, but if you don't, you won't get all PDF functionality, like forms and dropdown lists. One unusual choice during the installation is whether you want to enable JavaScript or not. Only after receiving the confirmation email can you download the 31MB file. Signup and Setup In order to download the free software installer, you have to enter your name, country, and an email address. Nuance, mostly known for its voice recognition software such as Dragon NaturallySpeaking, but it also offers PDF Converter ($49.99), for document creation. Most of these companies, including Nuance and Adobe itself, hope that you'll love their reader software enough to purchase their PDF creation software. Besides Nuance, popular alternatives include Foxit Reader, and Nitro PDF Reader.
Maybe you've heard about security issues with Adobe Reader. Why would you install a different utility app to view Adobe PDF files than the one from Adobe itself? There are a couple of reasons: Maybe you don't want to endure Adobe's frequent updates or the long time it takes to install and load.
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