As we all know Outlook 2007 has new features which allows to preview the files like Word, Excel, Picture files etc as we have it in Windows Vista.(check how you can enable preview pane in Windows Vista). This function allows to open the files within the message box and read them.
But how to preview PDF files in Outlook 2007?
Even though you had installed Adobe Reader 8, you will get a message saying that there is no previewer installed.
One thing you can do is to update the Adobe Reader 8 to the latest version (Adobe Reader 8.2) which has the built in PDF previewer for Outlook 2007.
If you are worried about the memory consumption of the Adobe Reader then here is a lightweight alternative. You can use Foxit PDF Preview Handler by Tim Heuer to render PDF files within the message box in Outlook 2007. (Found about Tim through MSDN Blog)
Download Foxit PDF Preview Handler
You can also use Office applications as PDF Creator
code preview handlers for CS, VB, SQL, JS codes
On the other note, if you are a developer and looking for some code preview handlers for codes like .cs, .vb, .sql, .js then you can Tim’s Code Preview handler for Outlook 2007.
I’ll try out Foxit PDF Preview Handler. It seems to be a better option.