Public Service Announcement
We all, from time to time, have to open documents in Adobe’s .pdf format. The Acrobat reader has been available as a free download from Adobe, and I’ve been fine with that arrangement until I was forced to upgrade one day to Version 6 of the reader. All of a sudden, a nifty little tool had become this bloated guest at my digital feast, taking up too much space and taking WAY too long to pass along whatever dish I wanted. Now, when you want to view even a simple document, the Reader yawns, scratches its ass, and takes nearly a minute loading all manner of modules that are probably completely extraneous to your task.
It had gotten to the point where I was consciously avoiding opening pdf files that people mailed to me, and as a result I was missing some important stuff. Today, faced with working with a whole subdirectory of client documents delivered in pdf format, I did a desperate Google search and found a terrific little program that opens in a heartbeat and seems to be compatible with all the documents I’ve used so far. It’s at http://www.foxitsoftware.com/. It’ll add hours to your life.
