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mrainey:
Hm, how can I tell when FR is updated? The page always seems the same, and I haven't been able to find a "news" or "changelog" anywhere. Might just be me who's dull.
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I usually see a notice on alt.comp.freeware or fileforum.betanews.com

lanux128:
I usually see a notice on alt.comp.freeware or fileforum.betanews.com-mrainey (March 30, 2006, 02:34 PM)
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or you can also check at filehippo.com

btw, i observed something about the downloads at foxit's homepage. there are two versions of the download:


* http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/foxitreader.zip -> Zip version
* http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/foxitreader_setup.exe -> Installer version
one is the no-install version which isn't updated regularly while the other is an installer version which is updated frequently as seen on filehippo's foxit page.

[edit]fixed links to the installer[/edit]

Betsy:
So which one is the "install" version?  It's probably obvious, but I'm not real savvy.

I have Adobe Professional, but it almost always locks up when trying to read PDF's online, so I'm definitely going to give Foxit a try.

I usually see a notice on alt.comp.freeware or fileforum.betanews.com-mrainey (March 30, 2006, 02:34 PM)
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or you can also check at filehippo.com

btw, i observed something about the downloads at foxit's homepage. there are two versions of the download:


* http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/pdfrd.zip
* http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/foxitreader.zip
one is the no-install version which isn't updated regularly while the other is an installer version which is updated frequently as seen on filehippo's foxit page.
-lanux128 (April 03, 2006, 08:31 PM)
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lanux128:
So which one is the "install" version?  It's probably obvious, but I'm not real savvy.-Betsy (April 03, 2006, 10:14 PM)
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my mistake,  :-[
i've changed the url to point to the installer version...

Betsy:
I've downloaded Foxit, but the instructions weren't clear on how to make it my default PDF reader.  Can anyone tell me how to do that?  (I use Firefox, Outlook, Windows XP)

Thanks again,

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