Preview Crash on Large .pdf Files

I am trying to view a 500k pdf in Preview. Every time I try, Preview crashes. It does the same thing whether I try to download and read it in Safari or Firefox from the original website or try to open the downloaded file and read it from the desktop.
Is there a file size limitation in Preview?
Are there other programs that might work instead of Acrobat Reader? I am trying not to (re)install Reader because of possible conflict with another program I use (RapidWeaver).
The file opens fine on my G5 with Reader, but will not open on either of my Intel Macs in Preview.

Carolyn:
Thanks, but that doesn't seem to help. I did both, but the problem recurrs.
I'm back to thinking it's file size, or just this file. I just created a one-page security password protected document in Acrobat (one that may be read and printed but not copied). It opened fine in Preview. When I tried to copy some of the content, I got a Preview dialog that prompted me for the password. Once entered, content extraction also went fine.
The large document in question also opens fine in
--Acrobat on my G5 running 10.4
--Acrobat on a Dell running XP Home
--Acrobat in XP Home running on my iMac through Fusion.
This file just doesn't like Preview, either on my two Intel Macs running 10.5 or my G5 running 10.4

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