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Freeware - Word Processing PDF

Brava! Reader is a free PDF Viewer, TIFF Viewer and CSF (content sealed format) Viewer, with it you can view and print TIFF, PDF and CSF files. Brava! Reader opens files quickly without startup delay and runs either as a desktop application or as an ActiveX with IE. TIFF imaging supports, monochrome (fax) and color, multi-page and oversize high resolution images. CSF files are persistent rights protected, published, files created by the free Net-It(r) Now.

Foxit PDF Reader is small so you can download it quickly, it doesn't need any lengthy installation, so you can start to run it as soon as you can download it (and it starts up immediately, so you don't need to wait for an annoying "Welcome" screen to disappear!). Foxit PDF Reader is extremely easy to use, just double click it to start and then click the "Open" button to open your PDF document. If you want to print, click on "Print" button. If you want to setup the page layout for printing, select "Print Setup" from the "File" menu. Foxit PDF Reader is provided by Foxit Software Company for free non-commercial use.
*Dee's Pick! It works & it's not bloatware or invasive like Acrobat Reader.

Adobe Acrobat is not the only solution for PDF files! A-PDF INFO Changer allows you to make changes to your existing PDF files - Change the PDF file properties, include author, title, subject, keywords. FREE!

PDF SpeedUp allows you to significantly speed up the time it takes to load Adobe Reader. If you notice that when the Reader starts it loads many plug-ins which you may or may not need, this program simply disables the plug-ins and loads only the absolute necessary ones so the program starts quickly. It offers several options and you can also manually enable or disable the plug-ins as needed. PDF SpeedUp works with Acrobat versions 3 through 6.xx

PrimoPDF is a free tool for high-quality PDF creation. It's user-friendly interface enables “printing” to PDF from virtually any Windows application. Additionally, PrimoPDF offers users the ability to optimize PDF output for printing to standard laser printers or for onscreen viewing. The resultant PDF output conforms to the PDF specification and can subsequently be viewed with any PDF viewer software. The product is completely free - not just a trial – eliminating cost barriers for those users requiring basic creation of high-quality PDF files. There are no annoying pop-up ads, no watermarking and no catches.

Create PDF documents on the fly, Portable Document Format (PDF) is the de facto standard for the secure and reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF documents - with just a push of a button! Free for personal and business users! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads! N.B.Requires a PS2PDF converter such as GNU Ghostscript (recommended) which is an additional 5.2 Mb download.

Ghostscript, an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF, and related software and documentation. Ghostscript is the name of a set of software that provides an interpreter for the PostScript (TM) language, with the ability to convert PostScript language files to many raster formats, view them on displays, and print them on printers that don't have PostScript language capability built in. An interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files, with the same abilities. The ability to convert PostScript language files to PDF (with some limitations) and vice versa. A set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library) that implement the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the PostScript language. It is recommended that you also install GSview, a graphical interface to Ghostscript.

GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript. Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript page description language used by laser printers. For documents following the Adobe PostScript Document Structuring Conventions, GSview allows selected pages to be viewed or printed. GSview requires Ghostscript.

PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDFs easily from nearly any application. With the PDFCreator Printer driver you turn any program into a PDF-machine. It's the easy way of creating PDFs out of common software Like Word, StarCalc and every other Windows Application that uses the Windows Printers.

Join the millions of people who have enhanced their communications with Adobe Acrobat! The Adobe Acrobat Reader lets you view and print PDF files on all major computer platforms. Note: You will receive the most recent version of Acrobat Reader that is available for your language and platform.

PDF OwnerGuard is a new technology in digital rights management and data protection systems which is designed specially for file distribution and licensing over Internet and local networks. PDF OwnerGuard is the first member of OwnerGuard family that uses this technology for Adobe PDF documents. So that you can sell and distribute your valuable Documents, EBooks, Trade Secrets, Research Papers, Reports or any other kind of Information in PDF format while OwnerGuard protects digital rights for them. This product is made specially for publishers of high value information published in PDF format.