I just posted this deal over on SD - thought i'd let the FW community know too!
I recently switched to foxit pdf reader due to Adobe becoming such a bloated pig. Foxit loads PDFs quickly with no splash screen!
The best part about foxit is its native ability to edit PDF forms (great for filling out those rebates!) With the trial version of foxit, you can edit PDFs and print them for free, but saving the edits will create an "evaluation" watermark. Registering for the Foxit Pro Pack ($40) will let you edit/print/save for free without an evaluation watermark.
Here's the deal - Foxit currently has a deal where if you sign up and complete an offer on their page, they'll give you a free key for their Pro pack. I just signed up for the efax offer and used a virtual credit card number with $1 limit, and within 15 minutes I got my registration key. Heck, even without the pro pack, Foxit blows acrobat out of the water with its speed.
I have been using FoxIT for a couple of years. Very very rarely I will run into a form that will not load properly, so I keep a version 7 of Adobe installed, but other than that I always use Foxit!
wizecrack
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 1:12a
Love foxit. have been using it for over a year now.
Thanks! I've been using the free version of Foxit as my sole PDF reader for many years. I have recommended it to friends and installed it on many people's computers, and there has not been a single complaint. Getting the Pro Pack will be great. Thank you very, very much, OP!
How does the efax offer work? Will I have to cancel at a later time?
lavaduck4 said: where do you get virtual credit cards? Virtual credit cards is a feature often provided by your credit card company. I use Citicard and they call the feature Citi Virtual Account Number (VAN).
Have installed Foxit on several PCs, and never any problems. Great software.
birdwax
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 4:26a
If you still use Adobe and don't want to switch to Foxit for whatever reason, I recommend you update it. The newer versions are not completely bloat-free, but they load ten times faster than old versions did.
I completed the efax offer, received an e-mail from Foxit telling me to reply with my information (name, address, phone number), I did that, and haven't heard back from them. It's been over an hour. Is anyone else having this problem? Thanks.
i like foxit when I am dealing with documents in english, but always have had problems when it comes to foreign language with fillable forms.
For free, it might be worth the effort and great for users who only use pdf documents with roman characters.
IOX
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 6:17a
DIPS said: i like foxit when I am dealing with documents in english, but always have had problems when it comes to foreign language with fillable forms.
For free, it might be worth the effort and great for users who only use pdf documents with roman characters. i think you have to download the optional language pack...
Here is a way to save Foxit PDFs without the watermark:
- Download & install Foxit Reader - Download & install CutePDF Writer (It is a virtual printer that saves to PDF) - Download & install Ghostscript Converter (Required by CutePDF. An open-source interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format) - Open a PDF file using Foxit Reader that you would like to type/edit. - When done editing, click File > Print (not Save!) - Choose CutePDF as the printer - CutePDF will prompt you to name the edited PDF (Save to desktop for easy access to the file) - EDIT: Exit Foxit Reader (do not save PDF when prompted!) - Done! Your filled-in PDF has no watermark!
I've been using this method for several years now with no problems.
PhillJr
Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 8:04a
sc0rpio said: Here is a way to save Foxit PDFs without the watermark:
- Download & install Foxit Reader - Download & install CutePDF Writer (It is a virtual printer that saves to PDF) - Download & install Ghostscript Converter (Required by CutePDF. An open-source interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format) - Open a PDF file using Foxit Reader that you would like to type/edit. - When done editing, click File > Print (not Save!) - Choose CutePDF as the printer - CutePDF will prompt you to name the PDF (Save to desktop for easy access to the file) - Done! Your filled-in PDF has no watermark!
I've been using this method for several years now with no problems.
I've done what you said but the watermark is still there.
I had an earlier version of Foxit that allowed me to edit and save without the watermark, but that feature was disabled during an update. Since then I've also switched to PDF X-change Lite, which is free. It's small and fast.
sc0rpio said: Here is a way to save Foxit PDFs without the watermark:
- Download & install Foxit Reader - Download & install CutePDF Writer (It is a virtual printer that saves to PDF) - Download & install Ghostscript Converter (Required by CutePDF. An open-source interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format) - Open a PDF file using Foxit Reader that you would like to type/edit. - When done editing, click File > Print (not Save!) - Choose CutePDF as the printer - CutePDF will prompt you to name the PDF (Save to desktop for easy access to the file) - EDIT: Exit Foxit Reader (do not save PDF when prompted!) - Done! Your filled-in PDF has no watermark!
I've been using this method for several years now with no problems.I've been doing something similar, but instead of CutePDF/Ghostcript Converter I use pdf995 which is also a free app that also works like a printer driver to write a file.
On the downside ... I have never been able to get Foxit configured to run the way that I want to to in FireFox. Using Foxit, I haven't been able to open pdfs 'in' Firefox; it just opens the Foxit app, seperately, to display the document. Not much of an inconvenience, but I seem to recall that at one time I could open/view a pdf from my browser.
adsrtdb
Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 9:29a
Thanks OP and thanks for the info on citicards virtual numbers!
An alternative to efax may be a new account on eBay where you don't have to worry about cancelling after a few days. I had done this to get RoboForm for free a while back. Created a new gmail account and used it to create a new eBay account. Then placed a $2.00 bid on a digital camera which sold for $175. Got my RoboForm key and am yet to find a reason to log back into the new eBay account.
I frequently use the Foxit Reader/CutePDF combo to "save" edited PDFs by printing, but occasionally the text doesn't quite render properly, cutting off the bottom 5% of some lines of text. So it's definitely an advantage to have proper saving.
titewad said: Are they giving out a generic key?I doubt that very much since this is not a giveaway. This actually is a purchase where Foxit gets paid their cost of the software by MyOfferPal which collects a commission from whichever offer you subscribe to like efax or eBay. For the RoboForm key I got, it was specific to my name, email address and a single PC license which required activation.
Not sure if this is true. The "Learn More" link shows a page with examples of offers, not necessarily current offers. The details of the current eBay offer says you need to purchase an item, not just bid.
I found a buy it now auction for some info about how to sell crap on eBay (gotta love the irony) for 25 cents with free delivery. You can probably find something cheaper (search for "information" and there's alot of free digital delivery stuff), but I figured 25 cents was well worth the price of foxit. And since I can still use my exiting Paypal account with a new eBay account, I don't need to worry about giving my credit card info to some new company with a trial account to cancel.
I wish Foxit would have a feature that allowed us to bookmark a page in a large file such as a big eBook, so we know where we left off last time.
I emailed them, and they said it's not available.
Does anyone know alternative programs that have this feature? Or is there a trick for doing it in Foxit?
kevin04
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 11:19a
Are they giving out a generic key?
If you got a key already, post the last digit. It may be the same for everyone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
offtopic
what is generic key
areicb
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 11:42a
question: will this allow me to fill in the MIR forms that this forum always causes me to fill out. My hand writing is not so good, and I would much rather type the info in.
Thanks, sry if ignorant ?
Blip
Cranky Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 11:46a
Note that the Foxit Reader Pro Pack does NOT appear to include the PDF Editor functionality. You can annotate, but not edit text in a PDF.
Not sure if this is true. The "Learn More" link shows a page with examples of offers, not necessarily current offers. The details of the current eBay offer says you need to purchase an item, not just bid.
I found a buy it now auction for some info about how to sell crap on eBay (gotta love the irony) for 25 cents with free delivery. You can probably find something cheaper (search for "information" and there's alot of free digital delivery stuff), but I figured 25 cents was well worth the price of foxit. And since I can still use my exiting Paypal account with a new eBay account, I don't need to worry about giving my credit card info to some new company with a trial account to cancel.My last post on the eBay offer.
I see that you did well for yourself buying something cheap on eBay. When I click on the "Learn More" link it shows Examples of Popular Offers. Language for "eBay New User Signup" offer is as follows:
For new eBay users only, sign up for a new account and buy or bid on any item.
Try it now!
After opening new account, you MUST bid on an item to qualify for this offer.
Just bidding on an item worked for me the last time. As always YMMV.
areicb
Senior Member
posted: Jan. 10, 2008 @ 11:54a
deepwallet said: Thanks OP.
An alternative to efax may be a new account on eBay where you don't have to worry about cancelling after a few days. I had done this to get RoboForm for free a while back. Created a new gmail account and used it to create a new eBay account. Then placed a $2.00 bid on a digital camera which sold for $175. Got my RoboForm key and am yet to find a reason to log back into the new eBay account.
according to the site you need to "purchase" an item from e-bay. Can you elaborate? I also just made a new $0.99 purchase on e-bay with the trial. Does foxit ask e-bay for account hist? I followed the links from the offer and didn't open new windows, just want to be sure it will work.
Here is a way to save Foxit PDFs without the watermark:
- Download & install Foxit Reader - Download & install CutePDF Writer (It is a virtual printer that saves to PDF) - Download & install Ghostscript Converter (Required by CutePDF. An open-source interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format) - Open a PDF file using Foxit Reader that you would like to type/edit. - When done editing, click File > Print (not Save!) - Choose CutePDF as the printer - CutePDF will prompt you to name the PDF (Save to desktop for easy access to the file) - EDIT: Exit Foxit Reader (do not save PDF when prompted!) - Done! Your filled-in PDF has no watermark!
I've been using this method for several years now with no problems.
I tried the above suggestion about printing it to file, and it places red text on the document stating its an evaluation copy. I followed all the directions, and there was no watermark, just red text
areicb said: question: will this allow me to fill in the MIR forms that this forum always causes me to fill out. My hand writing is not so good, and I would much rather type the info in.
Thanks, sry if ignorant ?
The PDF-XChange I mentioned earlier has a typewriter function, which will serve your purpose perfectly. The program is free and has similar functions as Foxit Pro.
update: sorry, I was actually referring to the FREE PDF-XChange Viewer.
Nice find OP! I clicked on the free Quickbooks and free Google offer and they wanted a shipping and handling charge. Also clicked on a bunch of others. The efax trial appears to be the best one.
sc0rpio said: Here is a way to save Foxit PDFs without the watermark: - Open a PDF file using Foxit Reader that you would like to type/edit. - When done editing, click File > Print (not Save!) - Choose CutePDF as the printer - CutePDF will prompt you to name the edited PDF (Save to desktop for easy access to the file) - EDIT: Exit Foxit Reader (do not save PDF when prompted!) - Done! Your filled-in PDF has no watermark! I've been using this method for several years now with no problems. That is the way how I create my pdf file using Acrobat. Acrobat 6.0 and 7.x has major bugs for Outlook. Dont install the plug-in for office 200x will fix the office frequent crash problem. So, makes those step very important for me when use Adobe.
Not sure if this is true. The "Learn More" link shows a page with examples of offers, not necessarily current offers. The details of the current eBay offer says you need to purchase an item, not just bid.
I found a buy it now auction for some info about how to sell crap on eBay (gotta love the irony) for 25 cents with free delivery. You can probably find something cheaper (search for "information" and there's alot of free digital delivery stuff), but I figured 25 cents was well worth the price of foxit. And since I can still use my exiting Paypal account with a new eBay account, I don't need to worry about giving my credit card info to some new company with a trial account to cancel.My last post on the eBay offer.
I see that you did well for yourself buying something cheap on eBay. When I click on the "Learn More" link it shows Examples of Popular Offers. Language for "eBay New User Signup" offer is as follows:
For new eBay users only, sign up for a new account and buy or bid on any item.
Try it now!
After opening new account, you MUST bid on an item to qualify for this offer.
Just bidding on an item worked for me the last time. As always YMMV. This seems to be the safest option, thanks to you and OP for brining this offer and telling us on how to simplify filling rebate forms. Until recently when a friend told me, I didn't know that I could print addresses on the envelopes from word. Since then envelope preparation has become lot simpler. Now preparing the form electronically would mean, it is even more faster and less error prone (possibly even less paperwork too).
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