PDF-XChange Viewer V2.0.54    Suggested by Myles - Updated by infimum on 12 Jul 2010 14MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (6361) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (38) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 a: It's a pretty darn good PDF viewer. [2008-08-31 07:47]

 a: It's just like Foxit Reader it's much better than the official Adobe Reader, but typical of PDF readers, the authors are starting to add new features only to the commercial versions. [2008-08-31 07:49]

 Tinte: Yes and No.

The free-version of PDF-XChange already got tons of neat features. Like adding comments, graphics, shapes and stuff. Typing in the PDF etc.
So for the most things you don't need the commercial versions. The only feature that I really miss in the free version is adding Bookmarks to a PDF-file. [2008-08-31 09:57]

 Loner: I like this program a lot. Have had it for a while, and surprised it says "NEW" on the description. If you download this, you'll be pleased with it. [2008-08-31 13:39]

 PJ: This one is faster than Foxit reader. At least for now, if they add a ton of stuff it may suffer. [2008-08-31 16:27]

 PJ: One problem with this, is that it ignores the font size of windows (for menus and interface) and just uses a hardcoded tiny font. [2008-08-31 16:29]

 chmaster: Now there is a portable version(4.59mb) on the site.
The other one(non-portable?) is 16.11mb.
I downloaded the portable one and executed, but it seemed to add 2 entries? [2008-09-01 02:09]

 a: I got the file size down to 4 megs by UPX compressing the executable and deleting unnecessary languages. [2008-09-02 12:20]

 phil: How do you go about deleting unnecessary resources and compressing the exe file? [2008-09-12 23:36]

 Fritura: It looks nie in the first place but when you use it leave a mark on every document.
Too bad. [2008-09-17 10:20]

 chmaster: What mark? I didn't notice any. Can anyone tell me, please? [2008-10-03 03:42]

 Dave: Out of all PDF viewers - sure its a bit large, but totally portable, lightening quick as well - best viewer on this site! Thanks! [2008-10-04 18:30]

 Jeffrey: I think this is the best free portable pdf viewer. It has many mark up features and they work with Adobe Acrobat pro so I can use it for marking changes for work pdfs [2008-10-05 07:48]

 Stoufville: The watermark you refer to 'Fritura:' is placed on your fiels only if you use any of the 'PRO' features' that are for licensed users only - otherwise you will not get these.

These means you can use around 70% of the features freely (such as annotations, stamps, commenting/typing in general, export to Image etc), but PRO features such as Scanning, merging etc require a license which currently costs $24.00

HTH [2008-11-06 19:27]

 Tinte: And you can't really use a PRO-feature by accident. Since there's always a big "PRO"-marking right next to the feature. And if I'm not mistaken, you'll even get a message that'll tell you of the watermark and the PRO-feature.

Actually I even bought this tool for commercial use. We really needed a tool like that but didn't want a bloated (and expensive) Adobe Acrobat. Sure, it can't do _everything_ but it can do everything we need ;)

Neat, fast, pretty small, portable and can do almost everything you'll ever wanna do with PDFs. What more is there to hope for? [2009-01-03 04:53]

 lol: Yup, using UPX on the EXEs/DLLs, you can reduce the size by a ton.

Good app. [2009-02-24 19:31]

 dejan: It is one of the best PDF-Viewer ever made. [2009-03-01 12:30]

 meter: It's pretty easy to remove the annoying "PRO" items from menus, etc.:
1. Right click on a blank area in the toolbar area and select "Customize..."
2. Select the "Commands" tab
3. UNCHECK "Show restricted, 'PRO' commands in Commands list, Menus, and Toolbars" [2009-04-26 06:08]

 hi: Is there any way to get rid of the "Download PDF Creation Tools"-Ad in the upper right corner? [2009-05-04 00:11]

 bombuzal: It's purpose is not to show pdf files. You can view pdf files in less complicated apps. It's for editing pdf files.
I use it when I read texts, to underline, add comments, draw something and to do everything else that I would do to a printed text when I learn from it and when I want to, for example, point out what's important and what's not. The next time I use the text, I need only a glance at it, to see what's in it. [2009-06-03 00:04]

 raj: I love this viewer, very useful and user friendly. [2009-07-08 20:11]

 lug: Worked like a charm until i updated to the latest version 2.0.4.1; now whenever i run the application, it just fires up the splash screen then the main window closes immediately. Don't know what went wrong with it, though it may be a problem with some obscure parameters on my computer. I've downloaded the installer from the editor's site and tried it once more: no way! So, i switched to sumatra that hasn't all these bells and whistles but is a truely rock solid application.
that'it.
open source.
reliable.
free. [2009-07-18 00:12]

 Anonymous: re: hi
To remove the Download PDF Creation Tools ad, you can use something like XN Resource Editor (http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=407).

!! Backup PDFXCView.exe in case something goes wrong !!

Also, this is based on 2.0 Build 42.2 from the website, the program might change after updates. Use caution!

Then, open PDFXCView.exe. Go to the following "folders" in the program: PNG -> 255. There should be a little box with 1s and 0s in it labeled "Ukranian". Right click that, then choose "delete resource". Save your changes, and you should be good to go. As far as I can tell, it doesn't have any other effect on the program other than removing that particular ad from the upper right corner. (There's no invisible hyperlink where the picture was, either.) [2009-08-07 21:56]

 a: @anonymous, that works for me. [2009-09-30 14:58]

 CodesAway: I use this tool for all my PDF needs. It has great tools with extensive, easy to use customizations for each tool. The only feature it lacks (for my needs) is making bookmarks. For this (and only this), I use Foxit Reader ( http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1041 ).

The bookmarks made in Foxit Reader work great in PDF-XChange. However, in the free version (of PDF-XChange), you can't change them, but you can change them, reorder them, rename them, etc. in Foxit Reader. [2009-10-28 10:57]

 John: Hand down best PDF viewer. Faster than Adobe, and unlike Foxit annotation tools are free to use. I've had PDF-X properly render (on screen) and print files that Adobe had problems with. [2009-12-04 16:32]

 alloandahoam: >> Anonymous: re: hi
>> To remove the Download PDF Creation Tools ad, you can ....

Worked fine. Thanx [2010-01-05 13:47]

 Per: I tried Pdf XChange viewer and then bought the full program. The free viewer includes most necessary commenting and annotation tools - quite a lot, in fact - but not the ability to delete individual pages or merge documents. I need to be able to do this and bought the Pro version. The license key also works in the portable version, meaning I now have full control over pdf documents regardless of which PC I work on - a great advantage since my workplace PC does not have Acrobat and Pdf XChange works much better than Acrobat anyway. Its very, very well made. [2010-02-03 12:09]

 John: >>but not the ability to delete individual pages or merge documents. I need to be able to do this and bought the Pro version.

While I certainly think the $30 they ask isn't that great if you need the advanced features, split and merge is free with PDFTK Builder: http://portableapps.com/news/2009-08-10_-_pdftk_builder_portable_3.6

PDF-X gives a warning that files merged with PDFTK contain an error, but you can save the file in PDF-X and the error goes away. [2010-02-16 02:17]

 ehgadz: "Whats New: The current version is @ v.2.049 but list of changes not available yet"

Errrr Okay, lets all just update without knowing what has changed. [2010-03-18 20:55]

 ehgadz: anybody know how to make zoom 100% default when opening from bookmarks? it always resets to 70%... [2010-04-20 00:03]

 ehgadz: oooooook.. it's right under page display settings: "forbid the change of current zoom factor..." [2010-04-20 00:08]

 Carlie: I have added text to a protected field (so easy to use!) however when I reopen the document via Adobe Acrobat the changes aren't visible. Any suggestions?? [2010-05-25 13:15]

 csvdj: Great app; I use it to convert .pdf books to images; then I load into an MP3 player with a suitably large screen--Instant book reader! [2010-05-28 20:44]

 Harry: You can hide the PRO-features in the Preferences (go to Registration). [2010-07-12 15:40]

 flector: I bought the Pro version recently for $34, also because I needed to insert/delete pages (and frankly, very little else that the free version didn't have).

A great prog imho. [2010-07-12 16:18]

 maverickrohan: I love this program but I think I ran into a bug. It has a great full screen mode which you can activate by pressing the "F12" button. While in fullscreen mode I pressed "Ctrl + F" to get the search bar on top but now I'm stuck with the search bar in full screen mode on matter what I do. Does anyone know how to get rid of it????? [2010-07-15 20:41]

 maverickrohan: Just found the solution ... you need to exit fullscreen mode, then Unlock Command Bars ... go back to full screen, right click on the search bar and then u get a list of command bars ... then u uncheck the one you want. [2010-07-15 20:44]

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