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PDF Readers for 8.6 & 9.x

68kMLA OS 9 10 posts May 28, 2009 to Dec 14, 2009
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#1 Thu, 28 May 2009 - 05:51 68kMLA
There are some PDF writers out there like Jaws, Print to PDF, ... but I wonder if there are any PDF viewers in existance, beside Acrobat Reader because I´ve never heard about one. Do you know any alternative PDF viewers?

#2 Thu, 28 May 2009 - 06:14 68kMLA
I just use Adobe Reader 5, I find it still reads just about any PDF you throw at it.

#3 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 - 16:04 68kMLA
I just use Adobe Reader 5, I find it still reads just about any PDF you throw at it.
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I also use Acrobat Reader 5, as I don´t know any other reader. ;)
But the question was, if there is any other reader in existance, ...

#4 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 - 19:50 68kMLA
I just use Adobe Reader 5, I find it still reads just about any PDF you throw at it.
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I also use Acrobat Reader 5, as I don´t know any other reader. ;)
But the question was, if there is any other reader in existance, ...
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um... yeah!

Foxit PDF Reader

Preview (Did no one else think of this?)

etc...

#5 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 - 20:34 68kMLA
Foxit for MacOS 9 ??

#6 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 - 21:52 68kMLA
Um...no. :) I guess he didn't read the subject line, and didn't realize that the OP was asking very specifically about 8.6 and 9.x-compatible alternative PDF readers. AFAIK, there aren't any, but would be delighted to learn otherwise.

#7 Tue, 2 Jun 2009 - 21:58 68kMLA
oops... :D

#8 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 - 03:46 68kMLA
I have Photoshop Elements 2.0 for OS 9 (not sure if it works on earlier versions) and it reads PDFs.

#9 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 - 08:10 68kMLA
And finally, ... there is at least one further PDF reader for Mac OS 9

"MacGhostview" in version 3.2 from 2005. Shareware, and the developer himselve only offers OS X versions anymore, but it´s downloadable here:

http://www.mth.kcl.ac.uk/~anderl/mac/macghostview32.sit.bin

workes pretty well at my G4

#10 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 - 15:32 68kMLA
IIRC, CanOpener will open and read PDFs. I could be wrong, though. It's a program designed to preview and open ANY file format. Even if the document was recovered from a hard drive crash, it will be able to let you view what's in it.

73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

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