Foxit PDF reader

PDF files are very nice, especially for printing manuals and such. Unfortunately Adobe's PDF reader ("Adobe Reader") is a ghastly huge lumbering program that takes ages to load, and if you have an old PC with 64 MB RAM running Win 98 (like my office computer!) it takes ages to do anything. Fortunately there is now an alternative, Foxit Reader, it opens PDF files in a jiffy without all the splash screen shenanigan of Adobe Reader. Better still, it does not require any installation, just put the one EXE file anywhere you like in your hard disk or removable drive (not floppy!) and it will work happily from there (you have to make your own shortcut though).


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Foxit Reader's web site