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| faq:makepdf [2014/12/30 16:03] – Rewritten to update Colin Liebenrood | faq:makepdf [2018/07/23 22:35] – [Sending Trees by E-mail] change of reader Colin Liebenrood |
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| make a Portable Document Format (PDF) file from it and send that. How? See below. | make a Portable Document Format (PDF) file from it and send that. How? See below. |
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| A PDF file can be displayed by using a suitable program. The standard program for this is //Adobe Acrobat Reader//, often pre-installed on a new computer. Otherwise, it is readily available at no cost with some purchased applications, or by download from http://www.adobe.com/. There are alternatives, one of which is //Foxit Reader//, to be described below. | A PDF file can be displayed by using a suitable program. The standard program for this is //Adobe Acrobat Reader//, often pre-installed on a new computer. Otherwise, it is readily available at no cost with some purchased applications, or by download from http://www.adobe.com/. There are alternatives, one of which is //PDF-XChange Viewer 2.0//, to be described below. |
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| ==== Producing PDF Files ==== | ==== Producing PDF Files ==== |
| When running the downloaded installer, look carefully for options to install other programs or 'helpful' features and deselect them, especially special browser add-ons. | When running the downloaded installer, look carefully for options to install other programs or 'helpful' features and deselect them, especially special browser add-ons. |
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| There's no option to omit one feature from the installation, called //Foxit Cloud//. This provides the ability to store your PDFs and settings 'in the cloud' --- namely on a server somewhere. You don't have to sign up to it, but it's something I don't want at all (and it uses some extra memory). You can uninstall it: go to Control Panel > Uninstall programs, choose //Foxit Cloud// and then //Uninstall//. You will be asked why you chose to uninstall. | There's no option to omit one feature from the installation, called //Foxit Cloud//. This provides the ability to store your PDFs and settings 'in the cloud' --- namely on a server somewhere. You don't have to sign up to it, but it's something I don't want at all (and it uses some extra memory). In the current version, it is built-in and cannot be removed. (I have altered the settings of Windows Firewall to block Foxit Reader's access to the Internet.) |
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| == Configuration == | == Configuration == |
| On installation, Foxit has a modern ribbon-style toolbar. I don't care for this style, so change it to the Classic version. To do this, choose File > Change Toolbar Mode > Classic > Restart. You can then choose some of the items on the toolbar from View > UI Options > Customize Toolbars. Make your own choice! | On installation, Foxit has a modern ribbon-style toolbar. I don't care for this style, but the current version provides no alternative. However, you can hide it (press Ctrl+F11). |
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| One other irritation is that updating Foxit destroys your settings. There's no way around this, I fear. | One other irritation is that updating Foxit destroys your settings. There's no way around this, I fear. |
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