Still NO PDF support ??????
Hi,one of the (only) things wondering and annoying me, is that Windows 7 still has no default installed program for reading PDF files. It was promised in Vista! We all have lots of PDF files now, and first thing we do after OS install is install a Reader.I don't like the Adobe reader. Should I just convert all existing PDF I have to XPS? I tried, found no tools, and files can really take up lots of MB's in XPS format.Any thoughts, views please??Ciao,Sabine---Just a HP Mini Netbook running Windows 7 RC ---
June 7th, 2009 10:27pm

Sabien - If memory serves me... It wasn't Vista so much as Office 2007 that had the PDF creation support. And that was only in the O2007 beta. I seem to recall Adobe having a bit of a fit over that and the feature was removed. I don't recall if Office 2007 ever had a PDF reader proper. I'm fairly certain nothing in Windows will read or create PDF's natively...But there ARE alternatives - Foxit PDF reader is supposed to be pretty cool. So you're not stuck with Acrobat reader...
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June 8th, 2009 1:35am

Foxit is a very good alternative to Adobe Reader. It consumes very minor resources than his "big brother", does essentially the same and shows - at the moment- less incompatibilities than AR. About the idea of implementing a PDF reading ability into Win7 - it sure were desirable, but i doubt that some "market guardians" like the EU would allow that. They fear it would be an unjustified advantage to third party solutions...Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G)
June 8th, 2009 1:51am

Foxit is a very good alternative to Adobe Reader. It consumes very minor resources than his "big brother", does essentially the same and shows - at the moment- less incompatibilities than AR. About the idea of implementing a PDF reading ability into Win7 - it sure were desirable, but i doubt that some "market guardians" like the EU would allow that. They fear it would be an unjustified advantage to third party solutions... Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G) Sanmartin - Er.. You mean "a DISADVANTAGE to third party solutions..." It would be an advantage for the end user and presumably Microsoft in their eyes. And I believe that was the stink that was raised when Microsoft was about to add the feature to Office 2007 before it got pulled...
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June 8th, 2009 2:05am

Foxit is a very good alternative to Adobe Reader. It consumes very minor resources than his "big brother", does essentially the same and shows - at the moment- less incompatibilities than AR. About the idea of implementing a PDF reading ability into Win7 - it sure were desirable, but i doubt that some "market guardians" like the EU would allow that. They fear it would be an unjustified advantage to third party solutions... Mobile AMD64 3000+, VIA Apollo K8T800 chipset, 1 G RAM, ATIRadeonMobility 9700, 20x DVDRW, C:XPSP3 (55G),D:WIN7 (25G),F:DATA (250G) I now have the ability to preview a PDF using "MSDN MAGAZINE PREVIEW HANDLERS", although I'm already supposed to have that (right?) Well anyway, if I did and it broke, it's fixed now.
June 8th, 2009 2:08am

Hi,thanks for the feedback.Those EU commissions should view more what the average user wants instead of the competition that is fair or not. I also remembered MS trying something with PDF but Adobe stood in.They fight over our backs leaving us with: everyone needs to install some viewer after OS install.What I mean is, it should be included by default, PDF is so common.Can't they just reach an agreement?Now MS provided XPS as an alternative, but who has XPS files? No one! And trying to convert PDF to XPS ends up in a very large file.I just hope Microsoft & Adobe plan again on some future agreement for the benefit of us endusers.Enough of complaining..... Anyone a good tool to convert PDF into XPS?Ciao,Sabine---Just a HP Mini Netbook running Windows 7 RC ---
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June 8th, 2009 10:23am

Hi,Office 2007 (sp2) writes pdf files, just doesn't read it.
June 8th, 2009 10:47am

Sabine - Er.. You're not likely going to like the obvious solution... But the best PDF to XPS converter - would be Acroabat Reader (or Foxit PDF Reader). Just open the document and Print to the XPS writer. It does work pretty well actually. Of course, it does mean some serious bloat - a 919 KB PDF can bloat to 2043 KB... Might as well get a good PDF reader and be done with it.
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June 8th, 2009 11:02am

Hi, tried foxit once but it's good for small PDF's. Yes I know the trick to send a PDF to the XPS writer, but that's of no use when the file doubles in size. What I would wish in the Windows 7 RTM is PDF viewing by default, no fuzzling with 3rd party software or XPS. I'm just encouraging MS to do so! Ciao, Sabine---Just a HP Mini Netbook running Windows 7 RC ---
June 8th, 2009 11:50am

Hi,yes, but this price of privilege you mention which I do respect, is blocking end user benefit in this case. They should care more about making their findings available to all then "sitting on it". This also blocks technology spread. Adobe is a company that gives away a Reader for free, but has high prices for software, even more expensive then an OS.Ciao,Sabine---Just a HP Mini Netbook running Windows 7 RC ---
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June 8th, 2009 11:58am

Hi,I understand. Sometimes companies have to take the fine for granted you mean. I fully agree as long as they have the budget calculated for fines.Good input!Ciao,Sabine---Just a HP Mini Netbook running Windows 7 RC ---
June 8th, 2009 12:07pm

this link seems interesting and points out the situation:http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/823241It's not in PDF......PDF can be converted to CHM but you end up with corrupted and bad displayed files.Maybe it is worth the try to convert a PDF to the Microsoft Reader format, I'm gonna try and let it know.---Just a HP Mini Netbook running Windows 7 RC ---
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June 8th, 2009 12:41pm

Did you have PDF EBOOK for you products' description? Nemo PDF Converter, Sounds great! I like free trial pdf to word converter software very much.
November 24th, 2009 6:48am

pdf crashes internet explorer, i can look at them if i save to a location them open them up in adboe
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November 25th, 2009 11:41am

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