Comment by p_ing
10 months ago
Word isn't bundled by default but you can print anything to PDF. Windows ships with a PDF printer installed, so you could print from Notepad to PDF if you'd like.
PDF readers haven't been required for over 10 years? Chrome shipped with a PDF viewer eons ago and of course the old version of Edge and current Chromium Edge (and now Firefox, as of a week or two ago) have PDF viewers.
macOS Preview is limited to PDF 1.4. That kind of sucks. Not a deal breaker for most PDFs, but I've come across one or two that won't render and I had to figure out why.
Preview is vastly better than any stock Windows reader. It lets you read, edit and share nearly all PDFs. I can’t recall every getting stuck.
Yes, most PDFs are version 1.4 or less until you get into the business world where more complex PDFs requiring a 2.0 reader exist.
That said, the Edge PDF viewer also lets you read, edit, and share nearly all PDFs.
I do it in windows near daily. It’s slow, taking a long time to open and a long time to make them. I’ve tried using the browser, notepad and Word.
I’m surprised you find it fine. It’s more clicks and slower at each step than on a Mac.
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