Foxit Reader，一款在 Windows 平臺(tái)下頗有名氣的 PDF 閱讀軟件，其 Linux 版推出也有些時(shí)日了。由于當(dāng)初使用 Foxit Reader for Linux 看 PDF 文檔時(shí)保留有水印，筆者并沒(méi)有太多使用。最近，F(xiàn)oxit Reader 針對(duì) Linux 系統(tǒng)推出了更新版本 1.0 Beta。經(jīng)筆者再次試用，其功能性及可用性都大為改觀，故筆者在此向大家作個(gè)推薦，若你有興趣，不妨親自體驗(yàn)，以決定取舍。
Foxit Reader for Linux 支持包括書簽、頁(yè)面縮放與旋轉(zhuǎn)、搜索、文本選取、閱讀加密 PDF（需給定密碼）等在內(nèi)的各種功能，且打開速度快，占用內(nèi)存小。
Foxit Reader 1.0 Beta for Desktop Linux
The following is a list of key features in Foxit Reader 1.0 Beta for Linux:
- PDF Viewing
Includes Zoom In/Out which changes the page view by the percentage you would like. Page Move which moves pages forwards and backwards and Rotation which enable users to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise the book screen by 90-degree increment. - Text Selection Tool
The Text Selection tool enables users to select horizontal and vertical text or columns of text in PDFs. The selected text will be copied to the clipboard automatically and pop up a prompt message box. - Snapshot Tool
Use snapshot tool to copy individual images, text or both from PDFs to the clipboard, other applications, and other files. Then the text and images are pasted as an image. - Work with friendly Bookmarks and Page Thumbnails
The navigation panel on the left side helps you browse through the PDF, which displays two navigation panels, bookmark panel and a page thumbnail panel. This allows users to jump to a specific place in the document with bookmarks or page thumbnails. - View Document in Full Screen
In Full Screen mode, the document pane fills the entire screen, with Menu Bar, Toolbar, Status bar, Bookmarks and Page thumbnails hidden behind. But it provides a fixed toolbar which supports basic page view function: Rotation, Zoom In/Out, etc. - Automatically Scroll
View documents without using the mouse or keystrokes and allowing users to choose a different scroll mode such as continuous scroll, as well as time-lapse scroll. Moreover, you can press the Shift key while scrolling the mouse wheel to control speed. - Text View
Text View allows the user to preview the whole text content from a PDF file in Foxit Reader. - Search PDF
Search for specific text you want to locate in PDF’s. The searched items will be highlighted at which point you can click Find Again or press F3 to continue searching. - Support Hyperlinks
Support internal and external hyperlinks. Click links with the hand tool to take you to another location in the current document or other PDF documents, or other websites. - Optimized Rendering
Supports progressive rendering and significantly reduces the response time from the user interface events.