By Leon Liang, Marketing Research Analyst
foxit reader for Mac/Linux makes it easy to view, print, and annotate PDF documents. In addition, it supports AD RMS for enterprises that need document access control.
Today, we’re glad to announce version 1.1, with a clean new user interface and useful new features that are worth downloading and trying out.
Foxit Reader for Mac 1.1
Foxit Reader for Linux 1.1
New capabilities in Foxit Reader for Mac OS X and Linux 1.1 include:
- Cloud-based shared reviews: Read, reply, and share comments in the cloud for effective collaboration with team members. This is an amazingly powerful tool that Foxit provides at no extra cost to our customers. Learn more about it here.
- Add and open file attachments: Open and view attachments embedded in PDF files, and attach files to pdfs for quick and easy reference.
- Drawing markup tools: Add lines, ovals, rectangles, and arrows to PDF files, making it easy to provide visual feedback on PDF documents during reading and reviewing.
- Plus: Retina display and trackpad gesture support for Macs.
Foxit Reader provides a consistent user experience for PDF consumption across multi-platform environments, consisting of Foxit Reader for Windows®, Mac, and Linux desktops and Foxit MobilePDF for iOS®, Android®, and Windows Phone mobile devices. Contact our sales team at 1-866-680-3668.
Can you add more language to Foxit Reader for Linux? Maybe Polish?
Currently we only have Foxit Reader for Linux in English. We may develop different versions in the future
the new version 1.1.1.0602 appears to solved the freeze problem when trying to print a PDF document in the previous version…well, for the most part. I tried to print for a few times, by using ctrl+p, the “print” from “File” dropdown menu, and by click on the press icon directly . They work most of the time, but there was 1 out of 10 times when I click the print icon directly, the GUI froze for about a minutes before it comes back with an empty list of printer and blank preview window.
Overall, it looks like the new version v1.1.1.0602 for Linux works a lot better, and more responsive as compared to the previous v1.1.0.1025 version.
Thank you very much, team. Please keep up the good work.
Hi, I installed Foxit for Mac and have tried to make it my default pdf reader. Foxit returns a failed error. What’s the trick?
Gary
So here is how you change the Mac default PDF application from “Preview” to something else:
Use the Finder application on your Mac and find a PDF document
Press the “control” key on your keyboard and click on the PDF document
A window will pop up. Select “Get Info”
Within the “Get Info” window there is field called “Open with”. Choose the PDF application you wish to use as your default PDF app from that list.
After you have selected the PDF app from the dropdown list now press the “Change All” button directly under the dropdown list. This will make all PDF documents on your Mac open with the application you just chose instead of Preview (the built-in default Mac PDF application).
Foxit Reader stands out of the crowd due to its commenting capabilities.
However, Foxit Reader for Linux does not support international characters in comment mode which makes it pretty much useless for all but English language users.
The other annoying fact is that it does not allow user to select a part of the displayed document to be copied as an image.
So the bottom line is: Foxit Reader for Linux is good – but good enough.