Can anyone reccommend a PDF viewer for Windows 7 64-bit (preferaby free)? I’ve heard Adobe is not compatible. Thanks in advance.
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2009 at 6:12 pm #464518Viewing 17 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
WSgourman
AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2009 at 6:35 pm #1189225Try Foxit reader: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/
Works fine for me on 32 bit system. Can’t see why it wouldn’t work on a 64 bit version.
Jim
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WSwhitedragon551
AskWoody LoungerDecember 15, 2009 at 8:07 pm #1191630Try Foxit reader: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/
Works fine for me on 32 bit system. Can’t see why it wouldn’t work on a 64 bit version.
Jim
I use Foxit on my system. Im running Win 7 x64 Pro. Works much better than Adobe. Its also alot lighter.
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2009 at 7:02 pm #1189234I like PDF X-change Viewer… I’m using the 64-bit version.
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 5, 2009 at 9:14 pm #1189257Free pdf reader review:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-non-adobe-pdf-reader.htmBest free pdf creators:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pdf-writer.htmBest free pdf tools:
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 15, 2009 at 6:22 am #1191386Are you sure? I just now visited the Adobe site and they were still offering me Reader version 9.2. Could you please post the link to version 10?
Hey Paul (and other Loungers too!)! Be careful if you try Googling on it. I just did a search for “Adobe Acrobat Reader version 10” and came upon a link or two, NOT ADOBE, that look suspicious. I’m not going to mention any URL because I have no proof but I did use Domain Tools to look up one I saw. There’s a lot of that kinda crap floating around the web trying to “trick” people about major software like Adobe, Office, Open Office and others. Be careful…
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AskWoody PlusDecember 15, 2009 at 7:45 am #1191400Well, I must appologize. It is version 9.2 of Adobe Reader on my Windows 7 64-bit machine. It is version 10.0.42.34 of Adobe Flash Player that I have.
The most recent versions of both (and Adobe AIR) are availble at http://www.adobe.com
Gregg
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 15, 2009 at 7:54 pm #1191626Used to like Foxit but have moved to Sumatra. It’s meaner and leaner and runs fine on Win7 (32 & 64 bit).
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AskWoody LoungerDecember 16, 2009 at 9:55 am #1191775I have an old version of Adobe Acrobat Standard 6.0 ( I said it was old) that I have installed on windows 7. When I was installing it, I got the not compatible message. I told it to install anyway to see how it was incompatible. (I did this,I don’t suggest it to anyone else. It’s your choice.) It worked – and does work fine. I have done this with several programs Windows 7 didn’t like the looks of and they work fine ON MY COMPUTER, meaning this is not a challenge to Microsoft or an endorsement to disregard their suggestions. However, most programs have an uninstall option, so it might be worth it to see what the incompatibility is. All it should cost you is a little time ( I would not think buying a program with this in mind would be a good idea) however, if you already have the program, or it’s free….
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AskWoody MVPDecember 16, 2009 at 3:49 pm #1192098I am also running Adobe Acrobat Reader in Windows 7 Ultimate x64. There is a slight hiccup if you use Outlook, since PDF Preview handler doesn’t work, it’s easy enough to fix, and there are many ways to go about it.
See Finally, a fix for the PDF preview bug in 64-bit Windows for a link to a simple registry file that fixes the problem.
Joe
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