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a good free .pdf reader ?

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Not bullzip - It wont load
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The best one in my opinion, better than the original from Adobe, is Foxit Reader:

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/foxit_reader_portable
1. Adobe itself (I use this)
2. Foxit (as noted above)
3. CutePDF reads and writes.

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Adobe and Foxit are the only 2 I will use.
I like Sumatra PDF - it's lightweight and speedy.
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Hi,

I meant to say writer !
I want to make .pdfs from excel sheets.
And free

Thanks
Cute PDF has a free writer version and it works decently well. I have a couple of clients who use Cute PDF and it satisfies their needs. So try that. www.cutepdf.com

Myself, I use Acrobat, but it is not free. .... Thinkpads_User
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I use LibreOffice or OpenOffice as Office Suite, and they can write their doc's directly to pdf's. Apart from that you can replace m$'s office (excel) with that. You can also save the files in m$ office format, so they are compatible:

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/libreoffice_portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/openoffice_portable
I have been using Cute PDF for years and it works great.  It installs as a printer so you can create PDFs from any software application.

www.cutepdf.com

For a reader, I recommend the Nuance PDF Reader.  It is loaded with features including the ability to run OCR on a pdf and convert it to a Word document.  It's not perfect, but hey, it is free!  

http://www.nuance.com/products/pdf-reader/index.htm
agree with those that mention CutePDF, we have it installed on all systems, other than those with full Acrobat.  New v3.0 is out, so watch the ASK.COM toolbar stuff, but its good.

We also use either Acrobat reader (some finance sites won't work with Foxit or Nitro), or Nitro PDF, which works well on our local systems.  much more than a free reader.

http://www.nitropdf.com/reader/