STDU Viewer
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| Developer(s) | STDUtility |
|---|---|
| Initial release | September 13, 2007 |
| Stable release | 1.6.375
/ April 27, 2015 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows[1] |
| Size | 2.1MB |
| Available in | English,Russian,French,German |
| Type | Universal document viewer |
| License | Proprietary,free for non-commercial use |
| Website | www |
STDU Vieweris computersoftware,a compact viewer for many computerfile formats:Portable Document Format(PDF), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF),DjVu,comic book archive(CBR or CBZ),FB2,ePUB,XML Paper Specification(XPS), Text Compression for Reader (TCR),Mobipocket(MOBI),AZW,multi-pageTIFF,text file(TXT), PalmDoc (PDB),Windows Metafile(EMF),Windows Metafile(WMF), bitmap (BMP), Graphics Interchange Format (GIF),JPEG-JPG,Portable Network Graphics(PNG),Photoshop Document(PSD), PiCture eXchange (PCX-DCX).[2][3]It works under Microsoft Windows, and isfreefor non-commercial use.[1]
STDU viewer is developed in the programming languageC++.
Features[edit]
STDU Viewer has atabbed document interface.[4][5]Current versions allow users to save and restore sessions manually. It displays thumbnails of pages,[4][5]it can create users' bookmarks,[4][5]make color adjustments,[6]and change text settings.[7]The program supports three types of search algorithms and all the search results can be displayed in a list.[4]
The rotation to 90 degrees option is useful for theportrait orientationof monitors.[7][8]The opened document pages can be exported to text or image.[6]
Version history[edit]
The first STDU Viewer was version 1.0.60, released on 13 September 2007. It supported three formats: PDF (including hyperlinks embedded),DjVu,andTagged Image File Format(TIFF).
Version 1.0.76 introducedUnicodecharacter support. Version 1.4.7 introduced the Print document function.
Critical reception[edit]
STDU Viewer was appreciated for its feature to read a wide range of ebook formats and can be considered as a replacement forAdobe Acrobat’s reader.[5][9]
STDU Viewer was included in the list of top 50 freeware of 2009[10]and best software for students.[11]
The program doesn't support formats foronline helpMicrosoft Compiled HTML Help(CHM),Microsoft Reader(LIT),[5]document (DOC), and HyperText Markup Language (HTML).[12]When printing PDF document, a large temporary file is created, so the printing process is slow.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ab "STDU Viewer".STDUtility.com. 2012.
- ^ Bart van Klaveren (April 4, 2011)."STDU Viewer 1.5.632"(in Dutch). tweakers.net.
- ^ Farshad (April 5, 2011)."STDU Viewer Opens Different Types Of Documents In Tabs".addictivetips.com.
- ^abcd Adam Pash (October 6, 2009)."STDU Viewer Is an Impressive Tabbed Document Reader".lifehacker.com.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^abcde "STDU Viewer: one-stop ebook reader for PDF, DJV, XPS, CBZ, CBR, TIFF, and TXT formats".freewaregenius.com. October 5, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon May 9, 2012.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^ab Raluca Burlacu (February 5, 2009)."STDU Viewer Review".Softpedia.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^ab Юрий Меркулов (September 30, 2009).Обзор небольших утилит. Сентябрь 2009.[Overview of small utilities. September 2009.] (in Russian). iXBT.com.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^ Maria José Carrasco Zamora (2010)."STDU Viewer Review".Software Informer.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^ CNET staff (September 3, 2010)."STDU Viewer".cnet.com.
- ^ Michaël Monnier et Stéphane Ruscher (December 27, 2009)."Les 50 meilleurs logiciels gratuits de l'année 2009!"(in French). Clubic.com.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^ Michaël Monnier et Stéphane Ruscher (September 6, 2009)."Rentrée: Top des logiciels étudiants et lycéens!"(in French). Clubic.com.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
- ^ Matthieu Gagnot (December 2, 2009)."STDU Viewer 1.5.326" PDF, XPS, CBS... Un lecteur pour tous! ""(in French). Softonic.fr.RetrievedSeptember 8,2010.
