Product Reviews for PDF-XChange Viewer

I use PDF XChange Viewer for many years now. It is a robust program, never had a crash. Does not need updates every day like Addobe Reader. It is very easy to use, and it is free.

Simply the best free pdf viewer

I use a multitude of PDF tools to create personal and professional PDFs.



By using a wide range of tools, I get the best of the best. When it comes to PDF Readers, NONE come close to the SPEED and power of the PDFX viewer. I've used probably 20 or more readers from the big guys to unheard of companies and this viewer continues to stay on the top of the heap despite years of products taking them on head to head.



It's a shame that Tracker products somehow don't land in the inbox of whoever is doing the reviews of the current PDF tools as I have seen many reviews that don't even mention them. What an oversight!



I am a long-term customer and don't see that ever changing. Awesome folks that have real PEOPLE that answer questions even if you are using the free versions. Top-notch customer support for everyone!



Thank you very much Tracker-people for creating a fantastic suite and particularly a fantastic PDF viewer!

solitamente non lascio commenti o recensioni ma farò un'eccezione.Insieme ad alcuni colleghi avevo necessità di stampare delle pagine pdf in questa configurazione: foglio orizzontale, 2 slide per foglio messe in verticale (una sopra l'altra) spostate tutte a sinistra in modo da lasciare a destra spazio per scrivere commenti a mano. Con un altro programma ben noto e molto molto costoso non è stato possibile.... con pdf xchange basta spuntare centratura automatica pagine nella cella.. semplicemente perfetto

Un vero capolavoro di programma, e interessante e molto funzionale, provatelo e vedrete i Vostri risultati.

Consiglio ottimo programma, Braviiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Uninstalling the bloated Adoobe reader and declining their EULA is about the most fun you can have with your clothes on. Great job PDF Exchange!

Very good software. I just miss horizontal scrolling and the autoscroll feature. But the software is great overall.

PDF-XChange Viewer is so simple and does almost everything I want it to do, for free:

-I don't need to call our IT Department, as the file runs as an executable;

-I can easily modify lines and shapes to use for marking up plans as I review them, and can add callouts and comments to make notations;

-All tools seem very simple to modify;

-I can measure, and mark, dimensions automatically;

-I can save my work as copies or originals;

-Many colors are available for tools;

-Faster to markup online than on paper;

-Editable, as each marking or comment I make is selectable, even after saving the file.



This is just a quick and dirty reivew, but this product has made my work simpler, and more professional.

What do I wish it could also do? I'd like to be able to add layers, and to turn on and off existing layers. Can't think of much else.

Why use anything else - best of both worlds (Adobe and Foxit).

The new Foxit interface became too simple - removed essential buttons.

Started looking for alternatives and found the perfect one!

I am a highly technical and professional user. I am also a developer and do a lot of legal work with PDF's. PDF-XChange Viewer so outclasses Acrobat X that its almost hard to make a comparison for one reason. It works. For example, I have a PDF that is over 7,000 pages. Adobe will not OCR this document. It gets through about 5,200 pages and fails alleging that its out of memory or disk space, when in fact there's gigabytes of memory and terrabytes of disk space available. PDF-XChange does the full 7,000 page document without complaining, and I've noticed no difference in accuracy.



Further, if you are trying to print single pages of a large PDF my observation is that Adobe Acrobat X bleeds about 1 Megabyte of memory per page printed. So if you start a session and want to print a bunch of individual pages (say a few hundred out of several thousand) it will keep 1 Megabyte for each page you print until it finally runs out of memory (itself, not your system memory) and when it does it will crash, and sometimes the crash will bring down Windows. If you try to run prints from a macro that is printing your single pages to send them to OneNote one page at a time or from a list of pages you need held in a file, you can count on Adobe Acrobat X crashing once you cross the threshold. PDF-XChange does not have this problem. It merrily handles single page printing driven from macros (with the appropriate delays) and does not crash. I did this for two documents over 5,000 pages, one page at a time, printing all pages. The product could be faster if the screen updates and previews could be turned off, but the point is Adobe Acrobat can't even do this without crashing.



I really like this product. I just wish it was on Linux, so I could get away from the inherent instability of Windows entirely. DO NOT BUY ACROBAT X, before you try this product.



/Len Umina

Like many others, I have searched and searched and experimented with a seemingly endless collection of freeware pdf conversion and editing utilities and this product is simply the best. I don't use or need the corresponding functions often, only once in a while. Congratulations to Tracker Software, I wish you all success and am certain that your business reputation and, accordingly, your operations will grow and grow. Thank you.

Ever since I've stumbled upon the free Pdf-Xchange Viewer, I've been reccomending it to all of my friends. It's fast (much much faster than Adobe), it's light in terms of the RAM usage, it's powerfull and it doesn't insert it's own comments (besides using "pro" functionality).



I love it!

I'd wish it was available for macos too - it would rule the world!

Really nothing much to complain about,

but if an improvement is to be suggested, there may be more search functions available.

is just the best i have tried, and i have tried a lot

well, almost. i want this for my linux too

I have used PDF Xchange Viewer since when Adobe ruled the world about 10 years ago or so. Have been a sincere user of this app. I can't think of any other PDF viewer that has so much capability than this one. This one is a keeper folks. Adobe is a big time bloatware, more like an anchor. Kudos to the team.

The best since sliced bread. What I like most, besides the great interface and tools, is that it not as ANNOYING as ADOBE. Seems like Adobe updates and installs stuff constantly, and slowing things down. This program is GREAT. I've been using the free version for quite some time and it is "the cat's meow"!!!!

I always wondered why the traditional pdf reader (put out by Adobe) never included something as obvious as an easily functional bookmark.

So as I started using PDF Xchange, I never looked back.



Thanks so much to all the people at tracker software for their contribution to readers every where.

Hip,Hip,Hurrahhh..

Steve (In Toronto, Canada)

 

The new FREE OCR feature rocks. I've been trying to OCR my pdf Cad drawings using other standalone OCR softwares but repeatedly failed especially when the size is bigger than A3 size.



Can you add batch processing so that the more repetitive tasks like printing, ocr etc is faster.



Thanks for a great product which has now permanently replaced Acrobat on my pc.

My favorite PDF-Viewer as a master degree student !

1) Opens large pdf-files with several hundred pages and images in no time

2) Lets you annotate lecture scripts, insert bookmarks and highlight passages for textual working

3) Lets you save and edit your changes

4) Great development support for my other favorite academic research tool docear

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Thank you for developing a great software and keep up the good work.

No doubt - it is the best !

Forget everything about reader and user only this one :)

Regards.

remy

 

One of the first pieces of sofware I add to new computers. Enough said.