Will going from Reader 3.1 to 5 cause loss of any files stored as PDF files done with 3.1?
Presently use Firefox Reader v. 3.1.4. Many files on my desk computer, operating on XP Pro, are stored in PDF files done with the 3.1.4 version. If I up date to the new 5.0 will these old files still open? Or will they be lost?
Worse case if FireFox Reader was to be removed from my computer what happens to these older files that were saved using Firefox Reader 3.1.4?
I am not experiencing any problems now, but the above questions are a concern, especially as this old computer continues to age.
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Some people were confused by an add-on and service for Firefox named Foxmarks a few years ago, and thought it was made by Mozilla, too. Once they expanded the scope of coverage to other browsers and renamed it to Xmarks, that confusion passed.
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Hi,
I'm not sure if you are talking about the Firefox Reader add-on, as I don't find a version 5 available. However, you might try backing up those PDF files to a separate media, then try the update and if it doesn't work with the old files, you could uninstall the update.
Thanks, Michelle
Hi, thanks for the very quick reply, although it doesn't really answer my question. As for not finding a Fire Fox Reader vr. 5 you should go to this link. http://download.cnet.com/Foxit-Reader/3000-10743_4-10313206.html
I'd appreciate any comments you have about this PDF reader in regard to my original question.
It all could be a mute point, mush like changing versions of Adobe, nothing seems to be lost or changed in the saved pdf files when changing versions in Adobe. Possibly Fire Fox 5 operates the same.
Fox-It Reader has nothing to with Mozilla Firefox other that Fox being in the names, and that it has a Firefox plugin to allow PDF files opened by Fox-It to be viewed in a Firefox tab. Two separate business entities with no connection to each other.
Support for Fox-It software is here - http://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/
I have used Fox-It Reader in the past and I am confident that PDF files created with an older version would be compatible with a newer version of that same program.
edmeister, Thanks very much for your reply. Interesting that Fox is being used in both names, makes life too confusing sometimes. But now I know.
May I ask you another question..... if I copy a pdf file that is one computer that uses FireFox Reader, to another computer that does not use FireFox Reader instead it only has Adobe Reader.....Can the file be opened on the second computer?
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Some people were confused by an add-on and service for Firefox named Foxmarks a few years ago, and thought it was made by Mozilla, too. Once they expanded the scope of coverage to other browsers and renamed it to Xmarks, that confusion passed.