Setting up Mrs Finkpad's laptop today and trying to install the DLINK wireless network range extender [DWL-G710] I had to open an installation PDF (yes I know... /me hangs my head in shame). Of course she didnt have a PDF view installed so I went searching for a freeware one.

I found SumatraPDF an opensource viewer thats utterly free, and much much quicker than the Adobe PDF Viewer. Dont get me wrong, I've nothing aginst the Adobe viewer, it's just that its grown into this bloated thing over the years. Sumatra, on the other hand is very small, very quick and easy to use... Just perfect for the laptop and, more importantly, for Steph.

Get it from here: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/

What is Sumatra PDF?

Sumatra PDF is a slim, free, open-source PDF viewer for Windows.

Why another PDF viewer?

There's nothing wrong with Adobe Acrobat... except for annoyingly long startup time. Sumatra PDF is small and starts up fast - just the way I like it.

Sumatra has a minimalistic design and simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features.

It's also portable i.e. it's just one file with no external dependencies so you can run it from external USB drive with no problems.

Screenshots

Here's how it looks in action: