Sunday, March 08, 2009
Enable Sumatra as default PDF viewer
- Open file explorer. Notice the icon of those PDF files (before the default program is assigned for PDF file), Double-clik on the the PDF file.

- Select "Select the program from a list" item, then click "OK".

- It will take a few moment for this window to show up. When it does, click "Browse...".

- The "Open With..." window shows up. We will have to find where Sumatra is. By default, Sumatr is installed at "C:\Program Files\Sumatra".

- When Sumatra program is found, select (highlight) the program, then click "OK".

- "SumatraPDF" will then show up in the list.

- Select "SumatraPDF", then click "OK".

- The PDF document will be opened by SumatraPDF.

If this is the first time SumatraPDF is run, check "Don't ask me again" box and click "Yes" to associate PDF with SumatraPDF. By doing this, SumatraPDF will be used to open PDF files in the future. - Just for comparison, icon of those PDF files was changed to SumatraPDF icon.

Labels: Computer, SumatraPDF
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Step-by-step Installing Sumatra PDF viewer
- Visit Sumatra PDF download page and click on SumatraPDF-0.9.3-install.exe link

- Click "Run" on both "Security Warning" windows


- Following the SumatraPDF installation instructions to complete the installation



- SumatraPDF can now be launched from "start" menu

- Click "Yes" when SumatraPDF asks "Associate with PDF files?". This would allow you to double-click on any PDF file and be able to view its content with SumatraPDF

- Use "File" and "Open" menu to open any existing PDF file

- The toolbar contains icons for quick operations, such as "Zoom In" and "Zoom Out". Just try them out.

Labels: Computer, SumatraPDF