Foxit Reader is a free PDF reader, lightweight, and that includes multiple functions.

PDF files are regularly used by the vast majority of users. This type of files is present in a multitude of locations: user manual, official forms, contracts, etc. That is why it is important to have a software that will read in a simple way this type of files, and also allows to perform basic edits on those files.

Foxit Reader is not limited to PDF files reading, it also is able to perform other tasks that make this software one of the best PDF readers.

In addition to open and read PDF files on our Computer, we can use this program to open PDF files located on the Internet. In this way, when we access a PDF file using the web browser, the PDF file will be displayed directly in the web browser thanks to a plug-in that is installed by this program, and we will not need to download the PDF file.

The software has the ability to read out PDF documents. That is to say, if we click on “Read from current page”, the program will start to read the PDF text. The pages of the document are automatically passed as the reading goes forward.

It is very common to need to sign a document that we have receive in PDF format. The normal procedure is, print the PDF document, sign it by hand, scan it and send it back signed.
With this program we can easily sign PDF documents. We can load an image with our signature, copy it from the clipboard, or create it using the mouse in the form of a ball-point pen. We can create as many signatures as we want and protect them with a password.
To “sign” the document, the only thing we need to do is to select the signature we want, and we will see a rectangle that can be placed in any part of the document where we want to put the signature. Double-clicking with mouse left button, the signature will be placed in the PDF document.

If we need to fill frequently PDF forms, we can use this program to speed up the process, because it takes care of automatically fill in those fields that are commonly used. We can also combine multiple forms in a single document.

The program allows us to easily share PDF documents in our social networks (Facebook and Twitter). We can also upload the current PDF as a new note in Evernote.

We can also add annotations in PDF files. We can add text, arrows, lines, circles, squares, and other geometric figures. We can use “stamps”: confidential, completed, draft, approved, expired, revised, etc. These stamps are predefined in the program, although we can create other stamps that we will be able to easily insert in the PDF file.

Foxit Reader in addition to read documents, comes with powerful tools to create PDF files.
We can create PDF files from any application that can print documents. In order to do this, the program installs a virtual printer that generates the PDF files. So we should simply click on the print button in any program, and we will be able to select Foxit Reader virtual printer, which will save a PDF file in the specified location.

Is it possible to create PDF documents from scratch. We can create a blank PDF file and use the editing tools to add text, images, videos, links, etc. We can choose the font type, text format (bold, italic, underline, etc.), add color to the text, aligning paragraphs, etc. Thanks to that, we can create a PDF document as if we were using an advanced text editor.

If we prefer, we can create PDF files from other documents that already exist. The document formats supported are: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, .txt, and any image format (jpg, png, gif, etc.).
We can also create a new PDF document from the data stored in the clipboard, or we can use the option “scan document”, to create a PDF using the scanner.

The program tries to install a software that has nothing to do with PDF files. This software is called “Optimizer Pro”, and we have to uncheck the box that says “I Agree to the terms conditions of use and the privacy policy Optimizer Pro...” and press “Next >". In this way we will avoid to install a non wanted software.

The program is updated quite often and incorporate new features, so it is recommended to enable the option “auto-update”, to receive the updates automatically.
As we can see, this software is much more than a simple PDF reader. Despite all of the integrated features, this software is free and does not have any kind of restriction.