PDF Reader: Editor & Converter for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By HomeDocNY

  Its OK but...

  Im no fan of Adobe, so I tried this alternative but its lacking in some basic features. This does do basic virewing and printing of complete files acceptabley, But… It wont let me print a custom list of pages like Adobe does, Like Print Pages 1,4,7, 12-20, 72. Instead I would have to print each of those pages or ranges, one at a time. First, it starts off im Thumbnail mode all the time, cant seem to turn that off as a startup feature. Only developers need theumbnail mode, the rest of us just want to view pages in as full a screen real estate as possible. Also, the search feature is weird - it presents the hourglass for several seconds as you beging to type the first letter or letters of the search word, and it crashes ofetn after one or more searches. It doesnt highlight the search results on the viewable page, instead it opens a search results thumbnail list on the left of the scren even though search box is on the right and displayed page is in the middle. Also, there should be a navigation pane that displays current page number and first and last page number that lets you quickly navigate to top, bottom or a specific page number.

  
  
• By Bymatty

  Resolution doesn’t match competitors

  I was hoping to attach a screenshot to show, but it doesn’t appear to be possible. Regardless, the gist here is, documents viewed on PDF Reader are fuzzy. I don’t know if it’s a resolution thing or what, but the fact remains, when I open the same document (scanned or otherwise) in this app and, let’s say, Acrobat or Foxit, as well, the words aren’t as easy to read because of the fuzziness observed. PDF Reader isn’t alone. I purchased a different PDF editor a couple years ago and noticed the same thing. That editor had/has a lot of other issues as well, but having already purchased it, I couldn’t get a refund. I am eternally grateful for free trials, because I expect to get what I pay for. Why pay for an app that doesn’t perform as well as a free one? I don’t know why it’s so hard to get a PDF app that can actually do it all and do it well. Some have OCR, some don’t. Some share documents across multiple platforms, some don’t. PDF Reader has these features. It’s what I’m looking for, but the documents need to appear as clear as any free app or I won’t purchase it. PDF Reader is one of the few one can purchase via a one time charge. That’s also a huge plus.

  
  
• By dan10029

  Cannot insert more than one hyperlink

  All I wanted this app for was so that I could insert a few hyperlinks into my resume. Long story short, I cannot do it through microsoft word because the formatting gets messed up when I select the export to PDF option “Best for electronic distribution” (which would preserve hyperlinks to the PDF). Anyways, this app (at least the free version) only allows users to insert one hyperlink into a PDF, making it useless for my purposes. Because this is such a basic task, I would expect this feature to be included even in the free version of the app. I have to say I did not really test out any of the other functionality of the application, for inserting hyperlinks was the only task I needed to be able to do.

  
  
• By Methinkest

  How would I know how to rate it.

  I haven't seen any changes in what I do, so I don't know how to rate it. So I figure 3 is neutral. I thought I downloaded it and installed it, but I keep getting this square that keeps saying to downloaded it. It is on my dock. I tried to remove it from the dock because that is for my favorite icons/programs. It won't let me. I'm a little flustered. I certainly didn't need a download for gaming. I don't game. Mama ain't got no game. LOL I didn't think it was necessary. It wouldn't quit bothering me, saying it was required. Really? If I could see a difference on my computer, it might have gotten better rating.

  
  
• By Hébâ

  great but would be even better w some improvements

  i switched from adobe to this app because of how slow adobe became on my Windows even tho it's updated to the latest version. I solely used it to view my textbooks and do some little highlighting here and there, sometimes printing but not musch really. AND, let me tell you, the moment i launched this app, it felt so fast compared to adobe. also, it felt so intuitive and way easier to use for someone who doesn't know much about how pdf readers work. What i love about it is the different colors of highlight i can pin on the toolbar and switch from and how it doesn't crash or lag obvs. tho, some improvements for features could go a long way such as improving the pen tool and the drawing tools in general because when i freely draw a line or insert a shape it takes a while to appear on the screen and sometimes i have to close and reopen the app to see it after saving it. also, more printing options could be better as well because the printing box has fewer options than adobe's to be used for printing.

  
  

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