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   Ed Vance to Paul Quinn   
   Re: PDF Readers   
   16 Oct 14 22:39:00   
   
   10-15-14 21:20 Paul Quinn wrote to Ed Vance about PDF Readers   
      
    PQ> @MSGID: <543EF0B9.13472.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    PQ> Hi! Ed,   
   Howdy! Paul,   
      
    PQ> On 10/15/2014 01:53 PM, you wrote:   
      
    EV> I have been using the FOXIT PDF Reader for some time now and liked it   
    EV> until this last Update.   
    PQ> [ ...trimmed... ]   
    EV> Are their any other Free PDF Readers than the three I've tried already?   
      
    PQ> I asked a similar question over here in a local echo, Ed.   
    PQ> Basically because I was disgusted with the long start up time   
    PQ> for Foxit, seeming to take longer & longer to start every time   
   -snip-   
    PQ> Well, one of the blokes over here clued me into a neat _little_   
    PQ> viewer called something like PDFXViewer or PDF Xchange viewer,   
    PQ> by an outfit called (unfortunately-named...) Tracker Software.   
    PQ> It's installed at 31Mb!  It loads up in a jiffy, and feels   
    PQ> great.   
      
   Before I left today I downloaded it.   
   The Home Page I had already Bookmarked because Woody Leonhard said good   
   things about it on His Ask Woody web page.   
      
    PQ> Try it.  Of course, be careful with any additional 'overhead'   
    PQ> software they may include... I can't recall what happened but I   
      
   Thanks, I will.   
      
    PQ> develop a nasty shoulder twitch whenever I download & install   
    PQ> stuff in Windows these days, taking particular care with all   
    PQ> the 'wizard'-like prompts, and I forget whatever hoops &   
    PQ> hurdles I had to dodge with that one.  I hope you like it too.   
      
   I'm glad I can read some LETTERS and NUMBERS to figure out what's what   
   before I Click a Button when install some program.   
   But I often goof.   
      
   Thanks for the Recommandation!   
      
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