How to open PDF files with free programs

The PDF format is good because it can be used to view documents on computers of various characteristics running under different operating systems, so that they will not lose either their original appearance or their complicated formatting. In addition, you will not need to buy or download office packages, the size of which has long exceeded a few hundred megabytes.

But how to open PDF files, if your computer does not have a built-in tool for viewing them? We would like to recommend using Foxit Reader. It is compact, has a Russified interface, and the speed of work is many times greater than the popular Adobe Reader.

"Foxit Reader" is distributed by its creators for free. There is a version for business, but its possibilities to what to the usual user. The application in its composition does not contain a single megabyte of ad code, does not dazzle with banners from developers, which is often observed recently. With each new version, this program, which opens PDF files, is getting better and better. That's only at its size, it's rather negative: if earlier the installer's package took two or three megabytes of power, then now the installer's volume exceeded a couple of tens of megabytes. But still it is much less than the monster that offers Adobe.

Since open PDF files are not able basically novice, then they can also recommend using Sumatra PDF. This application has the simplest interface, as well as very simple to install and does not require any settings. The only thing you will be asked about during installation is whether to associate PDF files with the program.

The Adobe Reader application, which we mentioned above, is distinguished by excellent technical support and updates. In addition, the application is automatically integrated into all popular browsers, so that all PDF files will be opened already in it, and not in the browser itself. The initial settings of the "Reader" in most cases do not require any changes.

But how to open a PDF file if the default language of the utility is English? This problem is also solved very simply. If you downloaded Adobe Reader in the old version, you should open the View menu, find the Language item there, and select the Russian language in it. Since there is no "great and mighty" file in the base file, it will be downloaded from the server of the program, so you will need a connection to the Internet. If you downloaded the latest version from the manufacturer's website, you probably already chose the Russian version when downloading.

And how to open PDF files after installing any of the above utilities? It's simple. If you followed our advice and allowed to associate with the files of this format on your computer, now to open them you just need to click on them a couple of times with the left mouse button. You do not have to worry about the size of the documents being opened, since the appetites of most applications are very modest. For example, if you open a PDF file with a size of one hundred megabytes in RAM, it will take no more than one and a half hundred MB. And even with fast rewind of such impressive documents, there will be no "brakes" (under the condition of normal computer hardware).

We hope that you have expanded your knowledge of how to open PDF files!