On Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:46:36 -0500
David B Teague <[email protected]> wrote:

Hello David,

> Foxit Reader is WINDOWS ONLY, a fact that I did not know 

Look at;

<http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/index.php>

More than Windows d/l's there.

> until I looked on their web site. (This annoys me greatly, 
> as I prefer to use tools that work on Linux and Windows.)

I did try Foxit, and it loads very fast on my machine.  Sadly, it
wouldn't print anything here (an absolute must, AFAIAC)  I didn't have
time to examine why, but there was a complaint about 64 bit drivers on
my (64 bit) machine.  An issue for another day, perhaps.

> I have not found another reader that works on both Linux and 
> Windows and has nearly the useful features of the PDF 
> readers from Adobe and Foxit.

Okular (KDE), evince and xpdf are obvious candidates.  IIRC, evince will
now allow the filling in of forms, much as Adobe's reader does.  Of
course, you may well have tried all of those and others besides.

> Thanks for your reasoning about your answer.

NP.  Everybody has different technical abilities, and without clues as
to what those abilities might be, "baby steps" (starting close to
familiar ground) are generally better, I find.  It soon becomes obvious
whether it's possible to take bigger leaps.

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        / _)rad        never immediately apparent"
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