PDF reading

[cym0k]

Avoiding the *nix/MS war...

Android tablet user: ezPDF is great. Though others swear by other programs. It has a reformatting option so you can strip out graphics and just read text.

Works on White Wolf/Onyx Path PDFs. Mileage may vary etc.

 

[MikeinBallard]

No intent to start trouble. I have a Win7 laptop, a Xubuntu 14.04 LTS netbook, and a Xubuntu 14.04 LTS desktop. I had a Mac OSX tower about 5 years ago that I gave to a filmmaker friend. I'm always looking for creative ways to get things to work together.

 

[Space Hamster]

...and it works great. That was really, really uneventful. I don't know if it works any better than Evince, but it's there if I need it. It can be found at http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/free-pdf-reader.html. I'll go download the latest Freelance Traveller and bang on it for a while.

I have a Dell XPS13de (Ubuntu 12.04) and Evince works great for reading. Do not try to save form fillable PDFs with them filled in. It corrupts the PDF. There is a bug report for this from some time ago. I am not holding my breath for it.

I have a Lenova ThinkPad (Windows 8.1) with a 13 inch screen that I am using right now. I am using Foxit reader on it. Foxit Reader lets you save forms after you fill them in. I like the fact that the documents open in the same instance and there are tabs along the top for each document.

I am thinking about installing Wine with Foxit Reader on my Linux laptop.

I use Foxit PhantomPDF Standard on my main computer and it makes form fillable PDFs real well. Setting the tab order on the PDF is just clicking on the fields in the order you want them. I could not stand Adobe's method of setting tab order.

 

[Enoff]

Running a cheap Chinese android 7" tablet, using Moon+ Reader for pdfs

 

[Timerover51]

Is it the general consensus that for reading on a computer, be it a desk top, laptop, notebook, or tablet that a single column format is preferable over a multi-column format, although that is easier to read in hard copy?

 

[aramis]

Is it the general consensus that for reading on a computer, bit it a desk top, laptop, notebook, or tablet that a single column format is preferable over a multi-column format, although that is easier to read in hard copy?

Depends. If it's landscape, and the font is decently large, two column is acceptable for laptop reading (but may be a nightmare on an eInk reader), and single is, shall we say, "expletive expression evincing."

 

[Enoff]

Is it the general consensus that for reading on a computer, bit it a desk top, laptop, notebook, or tablet that a single column format is preferable over a multi-column format, although that is easier to read in hard copy?

Yes!

 

[Space Hamster]

Is it the general consensus that for reading on a computer, bit it a desk top, laptop, notebook, or tablet that a single column format is preferable over a multi-column format, although that is easier to read in hard copy?

It depends on your setup. If you can fit the whole page on the screen and be able to read it comfortably, then the two column is fine. I usually have mine set to Fit Width. This means I can't see the entire page. This requires me to keep needing to scroll back to the top of the page to read the second column. That is the only real problem with multi-column layout.

 

[JimMarn]

Is it the general consensus that for reading on a computer, bit it a desk top, laptop, notebook, or tablet that a single column format is preferable over a multi-column format, although that is easier to read in hard copy?

Single column is much better than multi-column for a pdf. Even with my 39" tv screen I use as a monitor.

 

[Timerover51]

Thank you very much for your comments, forum members. Hopefully, in a couple of weeks you will see the reason for the question.