Hyperlinks that are embedded in PDF documents are not active in Sumatra. This results in very large spool files and potentially slow printing on printers with little memory.

Printing is achieved in Sumatra by transforming each PDF page into a bitmap image. Without closing the PDF file a user can recompile the text document and generate a new PDF file and then press the R key to refresh the PDF document. The application does not lock the PDF file. Also you can use it on any computer, without leaving any personal information behind. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD. Portable Edition is the lightweight app, so you can view PDF files on the go. It’s just one file with no external dependencies so you can easily run it from external USB drive. Also Sumatra PDF is designed for portable use. And you can print documents without much hassle.įurthermore, you can take this over Adobe Acrobat any day for looking at eBooks. Options are a little thin on the ground but the application provides a very comfortable environment for reading PDFs. This reader is small and starts up very fast. Simplicity has a higher priority than a lot of features. GradientColors will change the background window of Sumatra PDF.Sumatra PDF is a slim, free PDF, XPS, DjVu, PDF, ePub, MOBI, CHM, CBZ and CBR reader for Windows with a minimalistic design. Background color changes, well the background color of the PDF document. TextColor changes the text color of the PDF document. Change the following 3 lines under the heading FixedPageUI: This should open the SumatraPDF-settings.txt file in your text editor. In Sumatra PDF, click on the Menu -> Settings -> Advanced Options It can be really jarring for the eyes and nerves. It’s as if you were relaxing in a room with the lights switched off and suddenly someone walked in and abruptly turned the lights on.Īs you are coding along you have to switch back and forth multiple times between your PDF reader and code editor. Immediately your eyes are shocked with bright luminescent white light. The default setting is black text on white background. This greatly reduces the strain on the eyes.īut let’s say you are also following along an e-book, maybe a PDF and you switch to Sumatra PDF. If you code for long periods of time, then it’s really great to have your code editor run in dark mode. It’s small in size, super-fast and doesn’t have any annoying cruft. A dark mode for Sumatra PDF is really easy – you just need to tinker with 3 lines of code in the settings.

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