Best Free PDF Viewer for Mac

My friend, who switched to a Mac on my recommendation, asked if there is any software which can take a PDF file, open and view PDF files for free on Mac. Discussing free PDF viewing software for Mac OS X, you will find quantities of PDF Editor for Mac tools on market. However, sometime what we need is merely to preview PDF files instead of to edit them. This is a list of three best free PDF viewer for Mac OS X.

Tool 1: Adobe Reader for Mac

Adobe Reader allows users to view PDF documents. You may not know what a PDF file is, but you've probably come across one at some point. PDF files are employed by companies as well as the IRS to distribute documentation and other pieces of information regarding their products, and Adobe Acrobat Reader is the essential interpreter.

With Adobe Reader for Mac, you can not only create PDF documents from any application that prints, but also Compare and highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document. If you want to get more editing functions of PDF files, we recommend the PDF Editor Pro for Mac, you can easily Add Text to PDF on Mac and Annotate PDF Files on Mac and more.

Tool 2: PDFView

This one is a lightweight Mac OS X application to show PDF files. Although it's no more in development, users could rely on this small app to do one trick or two to rival Preview.

First, it can open the document in the maximum size the screen allows and with the optimized zoom level - very convenient for small screen users. However the settings could easily be adjusted from the Preferences menu.

Second, it gives users choice to go into the full screen or presentation mode (where the PDF document is the only thing visible on your screen).

Tool 3: Skim

The PDF View on Sourceforge suggest users to use Skim as an upgrade or improvement. This one is a PDF reader for Mac and note-taker for Mac OS X. Skim is designed to help you read and annotate scientific papers in PDF. To give out down full functionalities here can make this short article a very long one and it's already described in their home page

So if users only need to read the PDF documents, they should stick with the light and quick PDFView. If they need more bells and whistles, they might try Skim.

The above mentioned PDF viewers for Mac are free of charge and each of them has its own fascinating features. You can choose one which fits your needs best.

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