No more adobe pdf reader, from now on it is foxit

[lxskllr]

Do either Sumatra or Foxit readers allow you to edit PDF files?

Sumatra doesn't. I believe Foxit has a premium addon that allows it, but I haven't looked in years. If I'm editing pdfs, I know my life's gone horribly wrong :^D

If I ran Windows, I'd use either Sumatra or Evince. As it is, I use Okular on GNU/Linux.

 

[TheGardener]

Maybe I don't know what I am missing, but Adobe Reader works fine for me. The only thing that I recently couldn't do was to create a password for documents I scanned. So for that I downloaded a 30 day trail of the Acrobat product.

 

[corkyg]

Well, the Nitro reader (free) allows the user to edit PDF files.

 

[Steltek]

Well, the Nitro reader (free) allows the user to edit PDF files.

I think the free version lets you create PDF files, but not edit. Editing PDFs is what the Nitro Pro version does (which is not free).

 

[krose]

On the Foxit website you can register for the Foxit Reader Enterprise version. They will email you the download link. It is an .msi file for easy deployment, has no undesirable add-ons, and best of all it's free. I've been using it for a couple years now.

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/enterprise-register.php

 

[TheRyuu]

What browser do you use? If you use Chrome, then there's no reason to install any dedicated PDF program if all you want to do is read them. Just set Chrome as the default program for PDFs.

Best advice in the thread. It's by far and away the most secure way to open pdf's if all you want to do is read them.

 

[werepossum]

I'm downloading Foxit Enterprise now, thanks. I liked Adobe Reader X, but it automatically upgraded to Reader DC, it's no longer supported or available, and DC is perfectly awful. Even once I manage to find what I need, it doesn't work. (No doubt why they chose to call it DC.)

 

[xgsound]

Sumatra FTW! I installed Foxit for a bit after having enough of Adobe. Then decided to try Sumatra and it's been that ever since. So light, so fast and so simple. Exactly how I wanted a PDF reader.

Sumatra works fine for my limited needs. It is very, very light and loads fast unlike adobe. To double click a PDF and get Sumatra I had to select the program and click the box to "always use this program". I assume a newer version will self register.

Jim

 

[Puffnstuff]

I like how adobe dc clouds my files so I can access them off my portables away from the house.

 

[John Connor]

I like how hackers can gain access to the cloud... Speaking in future tenths.

 

[TheSlamma]

Welcome to forever ago, Adobe has never ever been good. EVER

 

[Zodiark1593]

Is there a free program that can edit .pdf files?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Is there a free program that can edit .pdf files?

I'm not sure about editing them but there is a program called Image Magick in Linux that can convert them to jpg using the "convert" command. Then you can do pretty much what you want to it and can always save it back to PDF.

 

[John Connor]

I can edit PDFs in Foxit, albeit I use a very old version and is portable.

I'm thinking you can open a PDF in Libreoffice or OpenOffice too. Not sure. I know you can create them.

 

[TeknoBug]

Adobe and MS Edge (browser) are all I need for PDF reading. Adobe can be laggy on large PDF's but doesn't lock up or anything.