Pdf-No-Img

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Description

Pdf-No-Img is a freeware tool for viewing PDF documents without the images. When you open a .pdf file using this tool, image objects in the document are replaced by a simple gray box (shown below).

Pdf-No-Img is not a PDF viewer itself, it only creates a temporary "no-image version" that is then displayed by your default PDF viewer as usual.

Pdf-No-Img hides only image objects, it does not hide:

• Vector graphics (often used for technical drawings and charts)
• Inline images (typically small)

In most cases, it are the image objects that you might want to hide, and not the vector graphics.

Pdf-No-Img cannot handle secured encrypted .pdf files. A message will be shown when this occurs, and the program will stop.

Another limitation is that Pdf-No-Img does not effect .pdf files opened inside the internet browser (or inside other applications). You must first download the file, before you can let Pdf-No-Img act on it.

Support

For questions and bug reports, email to support@palmwood-software.com.

Usage

To open a .pdf with images hidden:

• Browse to the file in Windows Explorer as usual
• Right-click on the .pdf file
• In the pop-up menu, choose "Open with", "Pdf-No-Img"

If you want that images are hidden by default when you open a .pdf file, then make Pdf-No-Img the default program for .pdf files, as follows:

• Right-click on a .pdf file
• In the pop-up menu, choose "Open with", "Choose program" / "Choose default program"
• Select "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"
• Select Pdf-No-Img, and click OK.

After you have made Pdf-No-Img the default program, you can still view the original .pdf with all images, when needed, by right-clicking, and choosing "Open original", or by choosing "Open with", and then selecting the PDF viewer of your choice.

Version history

Version 0.8.2 (2011-09-20)

• Improved error message when it cannot handle an encrypted/secured file

Version 0.8.1 (2011-08-28)

• Initial release