Foxit Software has released a new version of Foxit Reader v2.2 for Windows XP, 2003 and Vista giving more reasons to switch over from Adobe Reader 8.x. You can read a comparison of Foxit over Adobe PDF reader in my previous post here.

Here are some of the new features of Foxit 2.2:

+ Capture words via mouse: If you are using a dictionary software, you may want to use your mouse to capture words inside a PDF file and have it translated. You can turn on this feature by checking “Screen word-capturing” option under “Edit”>”Preference”>”General”.

+ Snapshots: You can select text and graphics from a PDF file using the Snapshot tool and paste it into the clipboard.

+ Advanced PDF Search: Now you can search a string either in a single PDF file or in multiple PDF files under a specified folder. When the search finishes, all occurrences will be listed in a tree view, allowing you to quickly preview the contexts and jump to specific locations.

+ Minimize Foxit Reader to the system tray: You now can save space on your task bar by minimizing the Foxit Reader to system tray. This feature can be turned on by checking “Minimize to system tray” option under “Edit”>”Preference”>”General”.

+ Friendly bookmarks: Now when you navigate through the PDF document, the highlighted bookmark item will automatically be kept in sync with the current page being displayed. And you can click on a handle to hide or show the bookmark panel.

+ View PDF page size: Now the actual size of each PDF page is displayed on the status bar.

+ Select text easily: Now, when you click and drag your mouse to select some text, you can keep moving your mouse and Foxit Reader will scroll automatically. This will allow you to select text out of current view. Version 2.2 greatly improves the text selection tool from the previous version.

Download Foxit PDF Reader for Windows here