Is Adobe rueing the fact that they made the PDF document format open?
Adobe has been the standard bearer and many have come in its broad wake.
The battle between free software is very like a " Battle for A Free World'.
How many features can you pack into a free software and make it a preferred download?
This is where the Adobe Reader alternatives are packing it in.
Nuance PDF Reader(ver.
6.0) is the new guy in the challenger’s corner.
Nuance PDF Reader sits somewhere in between the lighter (and very popular)Foxitand the heftierAdobe Reader.
The download is 18.1MB and the installed size takes up just 44MB of your hard disk space.
I can easily give up the space if the features and performance add up to that.
Right across the screen the toolbars don’t take up much screen space and can be hidden from view.
Nuance has aLoupetool in theZoomtoolbar, which is like a magnifier for any part of the page.
From first appearances, it looks like it will be smooth reading.
multiple types of files assembled into a mixed PDF unit).
Nuance PDF Reader includes full fledged support for PDF Portfolios.
Individual files can be opened using the default applications from within the reader.
Usually, a control icon within the PDF can be clicked to start the playback.
Filling PDF Forms
Nuance can handle all sorts of form fields.
TheHighlight Form Fieldsand theReset Form Fieldsmenu commands make filling up forms easy.
Forms which have aSubmitbutton can be processed if Javascript is enabled in Nuance during installation.
The option to enable or disable Javascript is given during installation itself.
Disabling Javascript can be an added security feature for those fearing exploit attacks.
Combining with SharePoint
Nuance supports SharePoint collaboration.
you might open files located in a SharePoint server and save files back to it.
If a lot of us do switch over, it could be for this ability.
Advanced options also let us do some language translations and specify the image quality in the converted document.
The converted document is securely sent over with an email.
Trying it out with a PDF document that had tabular content yielded an accurate Word conversion.
Wishing for some features
Purely as an average user, I miss having a custom bookmark feature.
Tabs are definitely on my wish list.
The reader from Foxit features the ability to save PDF files as plain text.
Vis-A -vis, Nuance PDF Reader wins out in this department with its conversion options.
Foxit though, is lighter than Nuance.
Question is will you make the switch?
Let us know about your reading of Nuance PDF Reader’s feature set.
How does it stack up against a reader you are using?
