After installing Foxit Reader with its toolbar and uninstalling it, I installed Free Nitro PDF Reader, which contains lots of advanced and basic features a free PDF reader that never offers. I am kicking myself for not testing this reader after installing it on Windows XP since so long. The only concern with using free Nitro PDF reader is it’s still in Beta.
If are using office 2010 you are almost home, Nitro PDF reader contains ribbon much like to Office 2010 which allows user to create and manipulate PDF files.
Nitro PDF reader features
- Create PDF files : Converts any printable file into PDF, creating PDF files is very easy: just drag those files into Nitro PDF Reader or click “Create from file” button in the ribbon and PDF will be created and opened in the Nitro PDF reader, so no more need for PDF writers software.
- Add sticky notes : Want to add some notes to PDF document? You can do that easily by clicking “Add note” button in the ribbon to place text any where on the page.
- Add text to pages in PDF: You can easily add text to any page of PDF file opened in Nitro PDF Reader by clicking “Type Text” button in ribbon and “click to Finish” after typing the text.
- User can able to highlight a particular text to emphasize its importance by clicking “ Highlight Text” button shown in the ribbon, user can also cross out and underline text using controls provided under ‘Highlight text’ button.
- Users no need to convert PDF documents to Word documents to fill in PDF forms, user can easily fill in PDF forms with Nitro PDF reader.
- Insert your signature into PDF files: Want to insert your signature into PDF document , just scan your signature written on a paper and save it as file. Now you can insert scanned image containing your signature by clicking “stamp signature” and browsing your scanned image.
- Extract text and images from PDF document: You can easily remove all formatting and layout properties automatically in PDF document and convert PDF to editable plain text, all you need to do click “Extract Text” button.
- User can also extract images in PDF file to particular folder by clicking ‘Extract Images’ button shown in the ribbon.
- User can able to open file menu in Nitro PDF reader by clicking File menu from where they can able to open, save, print and send email as PDF attachment through Microsoft Outlook.
Apart from the above mentioned features there are some advanced features like managing your Digital IDs and trusted contacts.Watch the video on Nitro PDF Reader here.
Nitro PDF Reader is freeware and still in beta.
Nitro PDF Reader supports Windows XP/Vista /7.
Not your best reccomendation I have to say – very very clunky and unreliable,
Far better options being either PDF-XChange Viewer from Tracker – or Foxits products.
In fact, Adobe has #@?!z/èd all of us off and there’s much need for an alternative.
I have to agree with Simon though.
IMHO though the comparison should be done on relatively demanding and easily comparable document, such as a nice Diagram or a Flow-Chart. And there you will realize that the new NitroPDF is NOT even comparable to PDF Creator and Foxit in terms of reliability on the creation side and the viewer one.
Just have a look at those lines of your diagram that were so thin in Word and turned out as thick as chop-sticks when you create/view your brand new pdf output with Nitro.
Nitro has indeed a gorgeous UI which does not unfortunately add anything to the quality of this software. We have to say that this is a Beta version and I think that we’ll have to give the guys some time to refine it somehow.
On the side of PDF-XChange Viewer I would say that it does not add anything valuable to Foxit performance and in fact what you see is not exactly what you get with fonts and lines tending to be more blurry.
All in all I would say that today the PERFECT PAIR is:
– FOXIT READER, by far the lightest and fastest free reader with a few interesting editing features (select “DECLINE” when installing)
– PDF CREATOR (http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator – definitely DECLINE the Second License offer during the installation as it refers to a useless and intrusive Bar you don’t want at all; moreover beware of the much advertised “PDF Creator” which which is everywhere including the top of this page and is a 512 kb installer by the name of FoxTab PDF Converter that you definetely want to avoid) which seamlessly integrates among your printers with really worth results.
Get these two winners and just forget the absurdly and uselessly cumbersome, slow and intrusive Adobe stuff!