9 Jul 2016

Free Download Foxit Reader Review _Read, Create, Convert & Secure PDF’s

Foxit reader is one of the top PDF reader which enables to read, create, convert and secure your pdf files. It is developed and published by Foxit Software Inc. This is free version pdf viewer which gives more features as compared to other freeware pdf readers. There is also business version available, but the free version is good enough to satisfy with most of the users and their requirements in terms of PDF files. This article is about Foxit Reader software review. It also includes the features and various uses of Foxit PDF Reader and free download of latest version of Foxit PDF Viewer fir Windows.

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Features of Foxit PDF Reader


Here I am going to explain various uses and features of Foxit Reader PDF software in detail. And you can find the free download link of the latest version lowest portion of this review post.

Foxit Reader as a PDF Reader

One of the main features of this pdf software is that used as a PDF Reader or viewer.  You very well know that business, government offices, education institutions, student’s project works and other consumers needs to read, print, view, and fill forms and other jobs. One of the perfect ways to do these jobs via Portable document format or PDF. So it needs one of the best pdf reader and you can select this free version software without any doubt. 

Foxit user interface is just like Microsoft Word UI, in which tools are arranged in ribbon like structure. Tools are very congested in this area and very difficult to select as in terms of beginner. But for free version pdf software, you can accept the challenge of selecting the tools.

The PDF viewing interface is very simple and depends on your screen resolution and other screen settings. You can zoom, rotate, annotate, mark works in documents, take print in both computer and paper and do other jobs too. You can also take snapshot of the reading pdf doc and paste to your Microsoft office tools. It is very helpful software doing my work since my collage (project works, data processing etc). 

Using this software you can easily fill up the exiting forms. It supports both Acroforms and XFA (XML Form Architecture) form filling. You can use Foxit reader in your Windows 10 Touch devices by enabling the touch screen mode. You can also return to normal mode by enabling the Mouse mode.

Foxit Reader as PDF Creator

The PDF creator feature of Foxit Reader is very helpful to create industrial standard PDF files in your computer. It contains three options such as from scanner, blank and from clipboard. From the scanner option helps to save the file as PDF format file. Blank option is little complicated and you need some exportable with this software to create new one.

But another cool feature is very simple and creates PDF in easy way via fully integration with Microsoft office software’s. The Foxit plugin is enabled with Microsoft office software’s integration feature and integrates with Word, PowerPoint and Excel add-ins. You can also embed the images videos and other files to make your pdf file more interactive and useful to other readers.

Foxit Reader Protection Features

Foxit RMS plug-in enables to apply restrict or unrestricted the access option to your document. This option allows users to decrypt or encrypt the pdf file. That is privatizing your document in easy way. ESignature solution helps to sign on your pdf doc with ease and protect your document from other misuse. It also enables to disable JavaScript to enable the maximum protection to your documents.

Foxit Reader Read out Loud Feature

This pdf software is also enables with Read out cloud option which read the pdf file word content. You can use computer speakers or headphones to hear the readings. There are sliders to adjust the volume and speed of readings.

Miscellaneous Features

As compared to Adobe Reader, it is very light weight, effective and enabled with lot of useful features. One of the best pdf alternatives to professional pdf tools. It also provide ConnectedPDF feature which helps to connect two or more related pdf files and get control over your documents. It provides great support to customers and fixes the bugs of this pdf reader quickly also.

Overall

Foxit Reader is one of the best pdf software which helps to read, create convert your pdf files. It is completely free version provides this much features. One of the cons about this pdf viewer is that ribbon like tool structure is very complicated and feel difficulties of select the tools quickly. Below you can see the Foxit Reader free download links of different versions.

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8 Jul 2016

Nitro Pro Tutorials for Beginners: How to Use Nitro Pro PDF Software Tutorial

Nitro Pro is one of the best multipurpose PDF tool software which can be used for professional as well as home uses. It is combined features of PDF reader, Editor, Creator, Converter and security. Nitro Pro is main competitor of the Adobe Acrobat, which selling is lower price and offers similar features inside it. This Nitro Pro tutorials is part of my review post for better understanding and finding the pros and cons of this PDF software. Nitro Pro Tutorials is mainly focused on beginners and intermediate level people. It explains the basics of Nitro 10 from the user-interface, tools; features like PDF viewer, Editor, Creator, Converter and more. In this tutorial, I am going explain each and every tool.
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Note: Here I am using the Nitro Pro 10 Trial Version (14-day) for Making this beginner level tutorials. If you are interested to buy this software, checkout Nitro Pro 10 Honest Review here.

Nitro Pro Tutorials are:-

  • Nitro Pro 10 User Interface
  • How to Use Nitro Pro PDF Creator
  • How to Use Nitro Pro PDF Editor
  • How to Use Nitro Pro PDF Converter
  • How to Protect PDF using Nitro Pro 10
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Nitro Pro Tutorials 1: Nitro Pro 10 User Interface Explained

For using software easily, you should have proper knowledge about its user interface (UI). It helps to find out the desired tools or options as per your requirement. Like that, Nitro Pro PDF software also got good user-interface; ribbon type like Microsoft office 2013 have. Here I am going mention some of the important Nitro Pro UI, which is very helpful for working with this professional PDF tool.
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Quick Access Toolbar

It contained at the top of the Nitro Pro 10 interface, which contains some of the frequently used options. The options are Open, Save, Print, Undo Redo, Touch/Mouse Mode and Customize quick access toolbar. You can add other tools or options to quick access toolbar, if you need through Customize quick access toolbar.

File Menu

File menu is located just below the Quick access tool bar which showed in the above figure. It contains some common options like Open, Save, Print, Send, optimize and also batch processing and batch print options. You can also open file from your One drive online space.

Ribbon Tabs

Except File Menu, other options like Home, Edit, Review, Forms, protect, Cloud and Help are attached as Ribbon type like in the latest Microsoft Office. Home tab contains main tools for creating and converting the PDF files. The Edit tab provide tools for PDF editing and review tab helps to markup text, annotate etc. Each and every tab have their own desired functions will see on the later tutorials.

Information Bar

It provides information’s about the PDF files as you opened using Nitro pro 10. It will inform about the PDF file interactive fields and condition of it (means encrypted or not).

Find Bar

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It allows finding particular word on the search bar and enabled by pressing “Ctrl + F”.

Document Pane

The main interface in which you can see the PDF files contents is called Document pane.

Paging and Zoom Controls

The lower most orange colored portion is called Paging Controls bar. It helps to control the page and also shows the current page viewing in your document pane. The right side of the paging controls contains zoom controls and different view settings. You can set the documents size by using these controls.

Sidebar Navigation Panes

The sidebar contains the all page previews with page number. You can easily navigate through pages and advance search option is also included. The attachment file option helps to view, add or delete the attachments from your PDF file. It also shows bookmarks, signatures and layers.

Nitro Pro Tutorials 2: How to Use Nitro Pro as PDF Creator

Nitro Pro PDF suit is one of the best tool for creating PDF in your laptop or PC in professional way. In this Nitro Pro tutorial,the view shows how to use Nitro Pro PDf software for creating new PDF format files in Computer. Watch the tutorial and share your honest opinions about it. thank you.

Nitro Pro Tutorials 3: How to Use Nitro Pro as PDF Editor

In this video tutorial, you can see how to use Nitro Pro PDF tool for editing a portable document format file. It also explains the useful tools in this software and its functions. This is just intro of nitro pro video tutorials for beginners and detailed will update soon below.

Nitro Pro Tutorials 4: How to Use Nitro Pro to Convert PDF to XLS (Excel Format)

This nitro pdf video tutorial shows how to convert pdf to xls file format in detail. If you have table format pdf file, you can convert that into excel/spreadsheet/xls format.

Nitro Pro Tutorials 5: How to Use Nitro Pro to Convert PDF to PPT (Presentation Format)

To convert pdf to ppt or presentation format file, watch this video tutorial now.


Nitro Pro Tutorials 6: How to Use Nitro Pro to Convert PDF to Doc Format

This is nitro pro video tutorial showing how to convert pdf to doc or document or word format using Nitro pro 10 software. Watch this nitro pro video tutorial and share your opinions about it.



Nitro Pro Tutorials 7: How to Convert Scanned Image Text to Searchable and Editable PDF/Text 

In this tutorial, you can learn the OCR (Optical Recognition Technology) used in Nitro Pro pdf converter software. OCR can helps to identify the scanned text characters and helps to convert to searchable and editable text or pdf file. For example, if you have scanned copy your text book and you have make search the text throughout them. For that, you can first convert text book into make searchable and editable using OCR of Nitro pro software., I hope this video will help to do this job easily. Watch it and rate it. Thank you

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6 Jul 2016

PDF Reader Basic Features Explained

PDF reader is a software which help to view, navigate, print and share portable document format file (PDF). That means to open the pdf file in your computer or Smartphone, you need supporting pdf viewer or apps in your device. In earlier times, Adobe Acrobat Reader is the only one in market which helps to handle the PDF files. Now, the situation is changed and PDF files are used every where to safe handling of documents. Most of the companies including the governments, also handle the digital file transfer is through the PDF format files. Because it provides better security, portability, independent of operating system, hardware and application softwares.

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Why Best PDF Reader is needed in Your PC?

One of the main reason is that PDF files are made in the size of A4 or A3, which useful for printing it into a paper. But in your computer screen it not suits well. The view mode will take care of the PDF reader software which is installed in your PC. Another reason is that if you have to mark or comment or annotates anything within your PDF file, without a PDF reader it is impossible. The PDF creation and conversion tools are another part which is possible only if you have professional paid PDF reader software like Adobe Acrobat Pro, Foxit PhantomPDF or Nitro Pro Suit.

Basic Features Need for PDF Viewer Software

Here I am going to mention some basic features should need for PDF reader. Just check out these features before downloading it from the internet.

User-Interface (UI)

The PDF viewer user-interface should be very simple, easy to understand every tools contained it and well organized. The Adobe Reader UI is one of the best and other PDF viewers like Nitro PDF Reader, Foxit Reader, and Sumatra PDF etc uses ribbon like interface which is used in MS office. Everything showed in UI must be very simple, graphically easy to understand and tools are well arranged to easy access. Also User interface must show the useful information about PDF file, when you try to open it. That means, about security restrictions, form fields, digital certificates, copy rights etc. It should help to increase the visibility of contents and graphical representation without any loss. Overall UI of PDF viewer always matters to get good reading experience.

Performance

Most of the paid PDF readers have bigger setup file size, because it contains more features than freeware. Because of the size, the performance might be less as compared with small sized PDF readers. The PDF file should be open very fast in PDF viewer within seconds, gives good performance and should not overload the system CPU also.

Different Views and Navigation Tools

PDF files are always created in paper size of A4 or A3, which is printable in A4 or A3 paper respectively. But this size in a computer screen always cause problem to user experience and need to adjust the zoom level for reading the documents. By the use of good PDF reader, it will automatically open to its UI and view the document in bigger size. It also helps to find contents, zoom in/out, rotate, Different view templates, Full screen viewing, integration with internet browsers and PDF document properties. The each tool in PDF reader is easy to use and tutorials will share later on my upcoming posts. These are the common features of PDF reader which helps to view your portable document format file in better way. Before downloading a PDF viewer checkout these common basic features are best suits to you or not.

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What is Portable Document Format or PDF Features

Portable Document Format (PDF)

PDF or Portable Document format is a file format developed by Adobe Systems, which helps to present documents independent of hardware and OS. This type of file format have fixed layout in which users can display text, images, flash animations, graphics etc according to your purpose. Today, PDF is best file format used by most of the big business companies to handle their documents in safe way.

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Because of the independent of operating system and application softwares you can easily handle on any devices which support this format. These files are also allows you to view, navigate through pages, take printout, share via email and other online documents sites etc. It is completely a 2D program only supports two dimensional graphics, text and fonts. The file formats represented as “.pdf”.
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In the present world, there are lots of PDF readers and creation tools are available in the internet. One of the giant in this field is Adobe Acrobat ($200-300); developed of the portable document file format. There are other competitors are available (both free and paid versions) which are allows you to view, create, convert and edit PDFfiles. Some of the Best PDF readers are Foxit reader, Nitro Pro, SumatraPDF, PDF-Xchange Viewer, Adobe Reader, Built-in browser readers etc. These are the best alternatives to adobe Acrobat and paid versions are lower in price and worthy as compared to acrobat PDF tools.

Development of Portable Document versions

PDF is developed in the year of 1993 and that was the first version (PDFv1.0). At that time, it is just document with plain text, contained in fixed layout. From 1996, lots of new interactive features are added into the PDF files system up to 2011. Then the version is PDFv1.7. In This version PDF file format is one of the secure documents and allows to add more interactive features enhances the documents looks. To know more about it, read wiki page

Features of Portable Document File Format

Positives:-
  • It is very easy and simple to create using creation tools
  • Easy to view and explore through Portable document file
  • Highly portable file format; support every OS platforms and hardwares
  • Helps to encrypt your doc and helps to share office data safely through internet
  • Compression ability helps to convert larger doc files into smaller PDF files
  • It is safe from virus attack and other malicious attacks
Negatives:-
  • Portable document format editing is not a simple task and requires additional editing tools
  • Paid PDF tools are available for professionals, but they are expensive
  • It is difficult to read in computer screen because of set in A4/A3 size. Need to use additional zoom tools to view properly or buy Readers tools.
Overall, portable document format is best file format to create documents and which allows transferring it safely through storage devices or internet. There is lot of PDF creation tools and readers are available as free and paid versions. Some free readers perform better than paid version like Foxit reader, Sumatra PDF etc.

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Nitro Pro 10 Review: Best Alternative for Adobe Acrobat

Nitro Pro 10 is multipurpose PDF tools application which contains PDF reader, editor, creator, digital signatures, certificates, form creator and security features. It is developed and published by Nitro Software. This software is one of the main competitors of Adobe Acrobat Professional, providing at lower price than adobe and easy to use in your pc. The Microsoft office 2013 ribbon like interface with well arranged tools is one of the main specialties of Nitro Pro 10 PDF reader. It contains both electronic document (PDF) view modes and direct editing is enabled. The new features included in Nitro Pro 10 suit are cloud storage access, share, additional security and form creation within PDF files. Let us see the honest review of Nitro Pro 10 suit.

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The Pros
  • Ribbon like user interface
  • Easy to use
  • Good performance
  • Improved security and editing capabilities
The Cons
  • No embedding of Video and audio files inside PDF
  • Not support Epub format conversion
  • Not free of cost; lower price than Adobe Acrobat


Nitro Pro 10 PDF Reader Review: User Interface (UI)

The Nitro pro 10 UI is one of the simplest interface with well arranged PDF tools. It follows the new Microsoft Office 2013 ribbon type; inside that all tools are categorized by using tabs. The menu bar is also combined with Tabs, except the File menu, which is still uses drop down menu.
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Top of the menu bar contain Quick access toolbars, which is very useful and helps to save the time of switching tabs for accessing the commonly used tools. You can also customize this toolbar as per your requirement. In the ribbon tabs, each Nitro Pro 10 tools shows its symbols and labels; also shows the function of them, when your mouse cursor stays above it.

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Then simple UI is also helps to use it as PDF reader with correct view for reading purposes of your office or professional data. You can also directly edit any type of PDF including encrypted (if you know the password) within this software. The “Fit width” is very helpful tool which fits the PDF files according to the computer screen size. Overall, the user-interface of Nitro Pro 10 makes itself as simple interface without any complications to access and providing proper information about each of the tools.

Nitro Pro 10 PDF Reader Review: Performance

In terms of Performance, Nitro pro 10 suit is good, having only 112 MB (offline) setup file as compared with Adobe Acrobat and easy to install. The installation contains two options; online and offline. Offline is recommended, because you can save the data charges for the Nitro Pro 10 setup download. The 14-day trial period is also provided for complete testing of this PDF Multipurpose software.

 It requires minimum needs 1 GHz processor and works with Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, windows7, Windows 8/8.1 and windows 10 (both 32 and 64 bits). The 512 MB Ram is enough for the smooth working of Nitro Pro 10, but 1 GB is recommended even if you job is higher than normal ones. The hard disk space availability is only 300 MB and Microsoft office 2003 or higher versions are required for effective operation of Nitro PDF Readers. Overall, it opens really faster in my computer and easy to use each and every tool. This portion will consciously update, if there is any problems founded by the regular use. For now, it is very good performing PDF software tool.

Nitro Pro 10 PDF Reader Review: Features

Nitro Pro 10 has various features like PDF reader, editor, creator, converter, security and more. Here only mentioned the main features and explain what their uses are.

As PDF Reader

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Portable document format file is one of the most used file format for transferring data in secure and effective manner. PDF formats are created in the A4 or A3 size format, which are not suits with your 15 inch computer screen. The Nitro Pro 10 is good in this job and using the “Fit width” tool you can fit any PDF file to your computer screen and easy to read the content. The background is simple white color which is best suits for your eyes causing less strain for reading. There is “hand” tool helps to grab and move to next page view. Also like every other PDF readers, Rotate and Zoom tools are also included.

As PDF Creator

The PDF creator is one of the fastest tools which create PDF’s within seconds. You should add the files as supporting formats like doc, xml, html, jpeg, png etc. It also allows to direct creation of PDF from the scanner files and you can access the scanner within your software itself. You can also combine up to 300 PDF files into one file at a time. Nitro also helps to create portfolio using different files.

The Nitro 10 interface is directly integrated with MS office in your PC, which provides easier creation of PDF files from the word itself. You can add the security features, file size optimization and view modes with in Nitro 10 add-on.

As PDF Converter

PDF converter tool is most attractive feature of Nitro Pro 10 software. It allows converting PDF file into Microsoft word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF/A, image, rich text etc. You can simply add images into this software and convert to PDF files. But you couldn’t embed audio and video files into newly created or converted file as compared with competitors. It also not supports EPUB format types for conversion.

As PDF Editor

As PDF editor, Nitro Pro 10 is directly opens the portable document format files into viewer as well as editing interface. You can easily add text, graphics and files. One of the disadvantages of the Nitro 10 is that not supporting the embedding of audio and video in PDF files. Except this, all other tools are very helpful for polishing your files. You can add text, images, watermarks, backgrounds; edit headers, footers, image files etc. It also allows optimizing the PDF files as per your requirements.

Security and Protection

As PDF files are mainly used for business applications, security and protection is very important concern of many of clients. For that, Nitro Pro 10 includes two types of security; one if password based and other is based on certificate. The certificate based security is very good and provide excellent security to important documents. It would only opens when it matches the digital ID and could not be copied like password. Both the encryption are good addition to this PDF software.

Nitro Pro 10 PDF Reader Review: Help& Support

Nitro Pro 10 contains the separate Help tab which is mainly for new users. It contains user guides, product tour, knowledge base, asking questions; share your ideas, report problems associated with software, Contact Support and check for new updates of Nitro 10. There is some fee for personal dedicated assistance of Nitro team.

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Finally

Nitro Pro 10 suit is one of the best and low price alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Pro, which enables to edit, create, convert and adding security to PDF files. Like other PDF software’s, Nitro PDF Pro 10 also have some disadvantages is that not support embedding of audio and video files and not opens the ePUB format files also. As compared to other PDF softwares, it is excellent in features and performance. This review is based on the trial version of Nitro Pro 10 suit. If your business needs PDF handling software, Nitro pro 10 suit is recommended. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and GooglePlus.

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