Windows PDF viewer

[meetdilip]

I used to have Foxit PDF viewer. Not sure which is good these days. Foxit had so many ads back in time. Any suggestions would be great. I need one to open and view PDF documents without distractions. A simple viewer would be more than enough. Thanks.

 

[D C]

Take a look at these

10 Best Free PDF Reader Software For Windows [2022 Edition]

If you want to open a PDF document these days, the first solution that comes to mind is the web browsers, most of which now have an inbuilt PDF reader.

fossbytes.com

 

[Stronk]

Personally been using Okular from last couple of years. Basic interface and minimal UI but functionally superior to most, offers decent customization, and very light on resources too.

 

[SunnyBoi]

Sumatra PDF takes the vote for me

 

[TEUser2K1]

Using Sumatra PDF for few years now.

 

[edept]

For just simple viewing wouldn't your web browser be sufficient?

 

[ibose]

As far Windows is concerned, I am afraid that the bloated and much maligned Adobe Reader provides the most compatible and seamless experience.

 

[becool773]

Try some older version of Foxit

 

[PoBoy]

I like PDF-XChange Viewer .

I still use the viewer, these days only pdf-xchange editor is available.

Old version : old ver

also has a pretty good OCR functionality. Portable ver available.

PDF-XChange Co Ltd :: PDF-XChange Editor - The Best Free PDF Editor

The product page for PDF-XChange Editor. Download the free version of PDF-XChange Editor here.

www.tracker-software.com

 

[burntwingzZz]

Nitro pdf for all the task

 

[baccilus]

I would suggest Okular (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/okular/9n41msq1wnm8#activetab=pivot:overviewtab). It has tabbed interface and easy annotations. I use it on Linux too and it is very good.

 

[prime]

Is there a PDF reader with some editing capabilities like highlighting a line or hiding a part or add some notes?

 

[Stronk]

Is there a PDF reader with some editing capabilities like highlighting a line or hiding a part or add some notes?

Okular can do that no problem.

 

[prime]

Okular can do that no problem.

Thanks. How to download it for Windows 10?

 

[RadarHz]

KDE binary factory is where I got my okular installation

Okular_Release_win64 [Jenkins]

binary-factory.kde.org

 

[Stronk]

Thanks. How to download it for Windows 10?

You can get it from Microsoft Store

 

[prime]

You can get it from Microsoft Store

I have never been able to download anything from Microsoft Store. Nothing happens after clicking on "GET".

KDE binary factory is where I got my okular installation

Okular_Release_win64 [Jenkins]

binary-factory.kde.org

I downloaded but there is no EXE file (installer) in the compressed file.

 

[Stronk]

have never been able to download anything from Microsoft Store. Nothing happens after clicking on "GET".

Well that's unfortunate. I don't think there's any other way to get the latest version of Okular apart from that. I have read that a lot of people have issues with MS Store but personally I haven't encountered many, except for the one time when FH4 wouldn't download although that was fixed after restarting windows.

 

[codelad]

Have used MuPDF on Android and Linux for quite some time and found it quite fast and no-frills. I believe they have a version available for Windows and hopefully it is just as good. Have since switched to the even faster and keyboard-based Zathura (based on the MuPDF library) on Linux, but it unfortunately does not have a Windows port available.

Also have heard good things about Sumatra PDF which is again based on the same MuPDF library and is Windows-only.

 

[RadarHz]

I have never been able to download anything from Microsoft Store. Nothing happens after clicking on "GET".

I downloaded but there is no EXE file (installer) in the compressed file.

If you want the installer, go for .exe download? The 7z package contains the compiled executable, okular.exe is available inside the bin subfolder, which you can directly run.