bmn
December 26th, 2007, 11:59 AM
Im using Foxit Reader for ~70% of my PDF files. For the rest, i use Acrobat.
I want to use Foxit Reader every time, but it misses some small (but really handy) features.
I would like to suggest to add these features in a feature release of Foxit Reader. All the features im suggesting are to improve navigation in Foxit Reader.
If someone has a alternative for one of my suggestions, please let me know :)
1) I would like to see the option "window > split" in Foxit Reader.
With this option, it would be easier to view different views from 1 pdf document.
This option is available in MS Word and (more importantly) in Acrobat.
http://i18.tinypic.com/8au1qmb.png
2) In Acrobat (and every other app), i can PRESS and HOLD the scroll button, and move downwards with my mouse, and it will scroll downwards. And ofcourse i can move upwards, left, right and it will move in those directions.
This isnt possible in Foxit Reader. It would be easier to navigate through documents if this was added.
3) When i view some documents in Acrobat, and look at the pagenumbers. Some ebooks have their first few pages numbered in Roman letters (I, II, III, IV, V, etc), like this: http://i6.tinypic.com/6tkpab8.png
When i open this book in Foxit Reader, it doesnt recognize the first few pages as Roman numbers. Instead, it just starts with page 1 at the first page.
The advantage of these Roman numbers come if ur viewing a "complete" ebook, i.e. with the first few pages (contents, foreword, preview) and the index. For making it more clear i will talk about this ebook i have. It contains 19 Roman numbered pages (contents, foreword, etc).
When i go to the index of this ebook, and lookup for a certain keyword, i can see that its located at say page 1315. In Acrobat, i can go to page 1315 (ctrl+shift+n), and it will give me page 1315 of the (real printed) book, but page 1344 of the PDF file: http://i9.tinypic.com/87k6pvd.png. This is good, because now i can use the index as it supposed to be. Acrobat can do this, because it worked with those Roman numbers i talked about.
Now lets go to Foxit Reader. When i go to page 1315 from the index, it will give me the page 1315 of the PDF file, that is page 1286 from the book. This is not what i want :1_32: This happens because Foxit Reader doesnt support Roman numbered pages. So every time i want to go to a particular page from the index, i have to recalculate what that page would be in Foxit Reader.
However, i STILL use Foxit Reader for this large document, because its 10x faster than Acrobat.
Please note that the book is only a example. Im not asking for this feature solely for this PDF document. There are also other PDF documents, which have other numbering than Arabic (1,2,3 etc). An example is that some books/magazines call their first (front) page "Front". Some publishers call their pages which arent numbered in the printed version A, B, C etc.
I hope im being clear enough, if not, plz let me know :)
Please give me feedback how u think about these suggestions.
I want to use Foxit Reader every time, but it misses some small (but really handy) features.
I would like to suggest to add these features in a feature release of Foxit Reader. All the features im suggesting are to improve navigation in Foxit Reader.
If someone has a alternative for one of my suggestions, please let me know :)
1) I would like to see the option "window > split" in Foxit Reader.
With this option, it would be easier to view different views from 1 pdf document.
This option is available in MS Word and (more importantly) in Acrobat.
http://i18.tinypic.com/8au1qmb.png
2) In Acrobat (and every other app), i can PRESS and HOLD the scroll button, and move downwards with my mouse, and it will scroll downwards. And ofcourse i can move upwards, left, right and it will move in those directions.
This isnt possible in Foxit Reader. It would be easier to navigate through documents if this was added.
3) When i view some documents in Acrobat, and look at the pagenumbers. Some ebooks have their first few pages numbered in Roman letters (I, II, III, IV, V, etc), like this: http://i6.tinypic.com/6tkpab8.png
When i open this book in Foxit Reader, it doesnt recognize the first few pages as Roman numbers. Instead, it just starts with page 1 at the first page.
The advantage of these Roman numbers come if ur viewing a "complete" ebook, i.e. with the first few pages (contents, foreword, preview) and the index. For making it more clear i will talk about this ebook i have. It contains 19 Roman numbered pages (contents, foreword, etc).
When i go to the index of this ebook, and lookup for a certain keyword, i can see that its located at say page 1315. In Acrobat, i can go to page 1315 (ctrl+shift+n), and it will give me page 1315 of the (real printed) book, but page 1344 of the PDF file: http://i9.tinypic.com/87k6pvd.png. This is good, because now i can use the index as it supposed to be. Acrobat can do this, because it worked with those Roman numbers i talked about.
Now lets go to Foxit Reader. When i go to page 1315 from the index, it will give me the page 1315 of the PDF file, that is page 1286 from the book. This is not what i want :1_32: This happens because Foxit Reader doesnt support Roman numbered pages. So every time i want to go to a particular page from the index, i have to recalculate what that page would be in Foxit Reader.
However, i STILL use Foxit Reader for this large document, because its 10x faster than Acrobat.
Please note that the book is only a example. Im not asking for this feature solely for this PDF document. There are also other PDF documents, which have other numbering than Arabic (1,2,3 etc). An example is that some books/magazines call their first (front) page "Front". Some publishers call their pages which arent numbered in the printed version A, B, C etc.
I hope im being clear enough, if not, plz let me know :)
Please give me feedback how u think about these suggestions.