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Microsoft Reader
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<p>Microsoft Reader is a discontinued <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> application for reading <a href="/facts/E-book/yrBWpU8E">e-books</a>, first released in August 2000, that used its own .LIT format. It was available for <a href="/facts/Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> computers and <a href="/facts/Pocket_PC/XPIddk0S">Pocket PC</a> PDAs. The name was also used later for an unrelated application for reading <a href="/facts/PDF/C9Mn1vYL">PDF</a> and <a href="/facts/Open_XML_Paper_Specification/u2W4ES5g">XPS</a> files, first released with <a href="/facts/Windows_8/eRtw96T3">Windows 8</a> - this app was discontinued in 2018. </p>