Sunday, March 8, 2015

6 Alternatives For MS Office And Adobe Reader

 Microsoft Office and Adobe Reader are two most popularly used software for viewing and editing documents. There are times when you don't have to or don't want to use these software though. There are great alternatives available to MS office suite and Adobe Reader however, none of them are popularly known. Today we have listed six alternatives to MS Office and 3 alternatives for Adobe Reader.
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1. Office Viewer: 

This tool is designed by Microsoft and it is great for viewing Word, Excel and Powerpoint without being connected to the Internet. The tool is available for free. You can view and print your desired format without having office installed. This tool only supports viewing of documents, you cannot edit anything using Office Viewer.

2. Office Online:

Office Online is a browser based tool that supports Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote documents. You can view, open and edit documents within browser. The tool also handles PDF. This is a great alternative to perform light tasks. It does not have all the features of MS Office. The great advantage of Office Online is that, you can open documents directly from your mailbox and OneDrive.

3. Google Drive:

Google Drive gained lot of popularity and user preference in less than 3 ears. Drive is excellent option if you are Gmail user. You can directly view, edit and save documents shared on emails in Drive. Google Drive also supports PDF and all MS Office formats. Google users get 15 GB of free Drive storage.

4. Built-in Browser Support For PDF:

The most popular browsers, Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer have built-in support for viewing PDFs. You do not need to download or install any additional software for checking your PDFs. For the browsers that do not support built-in PDF viewing, you can download plugins. PDF plugins are available on various extension stores. You can even simply save the PDF while viewing in the browser.

5. Sumatra PDF:

Sumatra PDF is a lightweight PDF viewer software tool. Reading and browsing PDF documents is smoother experience in Sumatra PDF. This program cuts out all unnecessary features that cause laggy operations in Adobe Reader. You can still search, zoom and print. This is a great alternative to Adobe Reader if you are tired of its sluggish operations.

6. Foxit Reader:

Foxit Reader is another lightweight PDF reader. The program is small and speedy. This free software comes with great features as Adobe Reader. Foxit Reader has interesting customization options such as multi page displays and ability to read PDF aloud using text-to-speech features. There are some extra great features also. Foxit is small, quick and modern office-style interface. 



This article originally published by:-efytimes

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