Adobereader won't install

Mickey binarynut at comcast.net
Mon Jun 30 17:26:25 UTC 2014


On 06/30/2014 04:08 AM, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 30 June 2014 04:49, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Since you want a web pdf viewer/reader, then in Firefox, Click
>> Tools -> Add-Ons
>>
>> This opens the add-ons page.
>> in the page's search bar, type
>> PDF Viewer
>> When it shows up, move the pointer to the box containing
>> the PDF Viewer item, and click on
>> + Add To Firefox
>>
>> and restart firefox.
>
> The problem with this, and Evince and all the others, is that Adobe
> Reader *is not just a viewer*. The others are viewers: you can read
> 99% of PDFs.
>
> But PDFs are also used as *forms* which you must *fill in with your
> own data*. They can also be containers which can contain other
> embedded documents, including PDFs inside PDFs and MS/Libre Office
> documents *inside PDFs*.
>
> The other FOSS  readers cannot handle these.
>
> So everyone, stop telling the OP to use alternatives. We all know that
> there are alternatives; they come preinstalled with Fedora.
>
>
Yes your right , the FOSS readers do not allow you to edit the pdf 
online and then print it out as a finished product.


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