By Mark Wilson
Foxit Reader is a PDF reader – and much more. As well as providing a way to view PDF files, the program can also be used to create this type of file, sign PDFs, and add annotations.
There are also Foxit Reader plugins for Microsoft Office programs (including Word, Excel and PowerPoint) that make for easy conversion of common file types, and open up the possibility of create PDFs from pretty much any file you can open.
Ultimately, Foxit Reader is a PDF viewer with a handful of tricks up its sleeve to entice you away from the competition.
One of our favourite Foxit Reader features is its security toolbox. Not everyone will be interested in the handy JavaScript security feature, which prevents unauthorized scripts transmitting data, but it’s hugely useful when you’ve downloaded a PDF from the internet and aren’t certain of its provenance.
The ability to create PDF files from scanned documents is also incredibly useful, although it’s a shame that OCR support is not available in the free product.
The web browser-style plugins are a great way to extend Foxit Reader’s capabilities further still, but the free edition has pretty much all of the bases covered already.
Foxit Reader is possibly …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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