The PDF format is good in that it can be used to view documents on computers of various characteristics that are running various operating systems, so that they do not lose either their original appearance or their complex formatting. In addition, you will not need to buy or download office suites, the size of which has long exceeded several hundred megabytes.
But how to open PDF files if your computer does not have a built-in tool to view them? We would like to recommend you use Foxit Reader. It is compact, has a Russified interface, and is many times faster than the common Adobe Reader in terms of speed.
Foxit Reader is distributed by its creators completely free of charge. There is a version for business, but its capabilities are useless to an ordinary user. The application in its composition does not contain a single megabyte of advertising code, does not replete with banners from developers, which is often observed recently. With each new version, this program, which opens PDF files, is getting better and better. But it only had a rather negative effect on its size: if the installer package used to occupy two or three megabytes, then now the volume of the installer has exceeded a couple of tens of megabytes. But still, this is far less than the monster that Adobe offers.
Since beginners are not able to open PDF files, they can also recommend using Sumatra PDF. This application has the simplest interface, and is also very easy to install and does not require any settings. The only thing you will be asked during the installation process is whether to associate PDF files with the program.
The Adobe Reader application, which we already mentioned above, stands out for its excellent technical support and updates. In addition, the application automatically integrates into all common browsers, so that all PDF files will open in it, and not in the Internet 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, then you should open the View menu, find the Language item there, and select Russian in it. Since there is no “great and powerful” file in the base delivery, it will be downloaded from the program server, so you will need an Internet connection. If you downloaded the latest version from the manufacturer’s website, then you probably chose the Russian version when downloading.
And how to open PDF files after installing any of the above utilities? Everything is simple. If you followed our advice and allowed to associate with 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 can not even worry about the size of the opened documents, as the appetite of most applications is very modest. For example, when 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 rewinding of such impressive documents, there will be no “brakes” (subject to normal computer hardware).
We hope that you have expanded your knowledge on how to open PDF files!