Speaking of PDF files, have you ever gone impatient with the time it takes for Adobe Reader to open a PDF file? You wait, and wait, and then it loads the file…
Sumatra PDF at the moment is my PDF viewer of choice (for Windows). Files load in just a matter of seconds and the program itself is tiny, just one file actually, nothing to install and take up hundreds of MB from your HD.
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Being able to print documents, web pages, anything to PDF format is quite handy to have in any computer. A PDF file is highly portable because it is generally smaller then the original file and works well within any operating system.
PDFCreator is an incredibly good open source tool to install on your Windows machine. It’ll create a new printer that you can use within any program, the output always being PDF files.
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Get rid of WinZip, WinRAR, and stick with 7-zip. Why?
7-zip is pretty much the only file archiver you’ll need, it works with several formats such as: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS. This is an utility I install on every computer I can.
Once installed, you will have a menu of options available when you use your mouse right-click on top of any file.
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