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<\/a><\/p>\n2. Set to always launch with “facing pages” and “fit page”, in Preferences…<\/p>\n
While you’re in Preferences…<\/p>\n * uncheck “Show Advertisment” in General. (To prevent future updates forcing<\/em> advertising on you, also uncheck “auto-update”). 3. Set View to use double-page spread + cover page. Close and reopen the software, and the cover-page setting will hopefully “stick”…<\/p>\n As you can see from all the wrangling shown above, Foxit still needs a one-click settings button marked: “Always launch a PDF straight into magazine mode (fullscreen + facing pages + show cover page + fit page)”.<\/p>\n Tapping “Esc” on the keyboard will escape you from fullscreen.<\/p>\n Foxit is very fast to launch on 64-bit Windows 8, only a few milliseconds slower than the almost instantaneous Microsoft Reader. But unlike Microsoft Reader it always shows crisp text. And you get access to the page thumbnails.<\/p>\n The alternatives:<\/p>\n Microsoft Reader<\/strong> for Windows 8: Lovely speed, simple interface. But the awesome launch \/ page-turn speed comes at a price: the page often looks fuzzy, which makes reading small text unpleasant. No page thumbnails support, either.<\/p>\n Firefox<\/strong> browser: A very capable and fast integrated PDF reader for use during Web browsing, with an intuitive user interface. But it can’t remember user settings between sessions, and doesn’t respect any “display as double page spreads” settings embedded in the PDF. Copying and pasting text from such a PDF display sometimes shows garbled text, so Firefox may be compromising letter fidelity in order to get a good visual display.<\/p>\n Nitro PDF Reader<\/strong>: Not that bad, I had it on my system for a few weeks. But it can’t launch straight to fullscreen, while Foxit Reader can. Foxit also has the nicer user interface.<\/p>\n Adobe Reader<\/strong>: Ugh… Clunky user interface, and a proven and persistent security risk. Plus, that nasty new “visit links to Adobe!” sidebar that’s impossible to remove. Uninstalled.<\/p>\n Slim PDF Reader<\/strong>: Installed. Very lightweight, free, but meh<\/em>… it was rapidly uninstalled.<\/p>\n Update, September 2017:<\/strong> It’s goodbye to Foxit, which added one to many nags, extra bits of unwanted software such as its Connected module, and generally got bloated. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n* uncheck “Enable Javascript” in Trust Manager (doing this increases your security).
\n* you probably also want to enable clickable Web links in PDFs. This is hidden deep in: Preferences | Trust Manager | Internet Access from PDF files… | Change Settings | “Allow PDF files to access all web sites” | OK | OK. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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