The application, developed by investintech.com inc, is entirely free. Although you’ll notice below that it does include a very minimal amount of self-promotion. I like the fact that it’s tiny and it does what you need it to do – read PDF files.
Installation
You can pick up a copy of SlimPDF Reader here: http://www.investintech.com/resources/freetools/slimpdfreader/
The Installation process is straightforward.
Trial Registration during Installation? No Thanks!
During installation, you are prompted to register your trial. Hold on a sec; this isn’t even a trial! What the heck? As far as I can tell SlimPDF is a lightweight and 100% free program. It seems to me this is just a last-ditch effort to harvest your email address for promotional spam. Since this whole registration thing sounded bogus, I skipped registration all-together.
Features
Features you say? Well, there aren’t many, but here is what it can do.
- Read PDF files
- Print PDF files
- Zoom
Yeah, that’s about it. The whole concept of SlimPDF is to have a small and quick PDF reader that uses a minimal amount of system resources.

Conclusion
SlimPDF is just that. It’s a slim no-nonsense PDF reader which should meet the needs of 99% of the people out there. Yes, it does have a few annoying Twitter & Facebook icons with just self-promotional links to investintechs company page, but nothing that outrageous. After all, it’s IS a free giveaway app, so I agree they deserve a little self-promotion here and there. ;)
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