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A. Adobe® Reader® is free, universal software that lets you open, view, search, and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files with built-in security features. To date, more than 500 million copies of Adobe Reader have been distributed worldwide on 23 platforms and 26 languages.
A. PDF authors using Adobe LiveCycle™ enterprise server and design software can activate special features in their documents that provide additional functionality. These enabled Adobe PDF files allow people with Adobe Reader to save the file to a local hard drive, fill out forms, add comments and other markups, share it with others, and submit a completed document electronically. In addition, Adobe PDF files can be enabled to allow people to digitally sign, certify, and authenticate a document.
A. No. Adobe Reader is a stand-alone application that you can use to open, view, search, and print PDF files, such as those created by Adobe Acrobat or Adobe LiveCycle software.
A. Visit the Adobe Reader download page or the Adobe Reader main page on Adobe.com. You can also download Adobe Reader wherever you see the Get Adobe Reader icon. Once you have clicked the link or icon, you will be led through easy steps that allow you to identify your language, platform, and connection type. Once you have completed this simple process, the Adobe Reader software downloads and installs automatically on your system.
A. This new version of Adobe Reader provides better overall performance for faster launch times and real-time zooming and panning. You benefit from improved search features and a unified selection tool. Adobe Reader 7.0 lets you fill out and submit PDF forms with spell-checking (full version only) and save a wide range of files attached to PDF documents, including word processing documents, spreadsheets, and multimedia files. You can also view and organize digital editions (formerly eBooks) and view them in landscape or portrait mode.
In addition to these features, authors creating PDF files using Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional or Adobe LiveCycle software can activate special features in Adobe Reader 7.0 that enable you to review, mark up, and add comments to PDF files. Read more about the new features in Adobe Reader 7.0.
A. Yes. Adobe Reader is free software available on the Adobe website at www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html or wherever you see the Get Adobe Reader icon.
A. No. PDF files can only be created using Adobe Acrobat or Adobe LiveCycle software.
A. No. You cannot make permanent changes to PDF files using Adobe Reader; however you can perform many edit-like functions using Adobe Reader if the author has enabled these functions using Acrobat 7.0 Professional. For example, you can highlight text and add comments on sticky notes. If you're looking to create and exchange documents, collect and compare comments, and tailor file security to distribute reliable and polished Adobe PDF documents, look into using Adobe Acrobat software.
A. Yes, if this functionality has been rights-enabled by the PDF author. Adobe Acrobat or Adobe LiveCycle software lets PDF authors turn on special commenting tools in Adobe Reader on a document-by-document basis. This capability enables Adobe Reader 7.0 users to easily review and mark up PDF files with a variety of commenting and markup tools. You can add sticky notes; indicate text edits; and highlight, cross out, or underline text. You can also add premade or dynamic stamps.
A. Yes, provided your form has had the "local save" capability turned on with Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions. Team members both inside and outside an organization have access to and can interact with forms. You can easily open, fill out and submit PDF forms, even from handheld devices and over wireless connections. However, if the "local save" capability has not been activated in your PDF form, you will not be able to save the form data with Adobe Reader.
A. Adobe Acrobat 7.0 supports encryption and password protection for added security. A PDF file can be made uneditable by the author so that he or she can specify changes a recipient is allowed to make, such as filling in and signing forms. There are security settings to restrict editing, printing, and extracting content. PDF file authors can also add watermarks to communicate the nature of the document (for example, "confidential" or "draft"). Such features help prevent reviewers from making any permanent changes to a document that is still in review.
A. Yes, access rights and security settings for a PDF file can be set in Acrobat 7.0 Professional and Acrobat 7.0 Standard or in conjunction with Adobe Document Services products such as Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server. Using the LiveCycle Policy server, Adobe Reader 7.0 users can enforce or deny access to sensitive or out-of-date information contained in the file. They can apply digital signatures to Adobe PDF files, publish certified documents, and add controls that expressly define who can open, view, print, copy, or modify a document. These capabilities help organizations protect the authenticity of a document, the integrity of its content, and the confidentiality of the communication.
A. Yes. Adobe Reader 7.0 provides full support for digital editions. You can download a digital edition onto your desktop or handheld computer and view high-quality graphics, pictures, and fonts for a rich reading experience. Find out more about digital editions.
A. Adobe Reader 7.0 lets you to save a wide range of files attached to PDF documents, including word processing documents, spreadsheets, digital audio files, videos, or other file types. Simply drag the attachment into Windows Explorer or onto the Macintosh desktop, then modify the file in the same manner you would modify other files. (Note that you must have the native application that created the file in order to modify it.) Adobe Reader 7.0 also allows you to search within open PDF files or any PDF file residing on a local machine. You can search entire PDF files or portions of a file. You may also be able to select and copy information to the clipboard or export information into other applications, if the Adobe PDF author has permitted these capabilities via security settings.
A. Adobe Reader 7.0 is supported by the later Windows® platforms (Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition), Mac OS X v.10.2.8 or 10.3, Palm OS® 3.0 (or later) and Pocket PC 2002 or 2003 platforms for handheld devices, Symbian OS™, Linux®, AIX®, HP/UX, and Solaris™.
View a detailed list of system requirements.
View a complete list of available platforms and language versions of Adobe Reader software.
A. Adobe Reader is a stand-alone application that you can use to open, view, search, and print PDF files. If you're looking to create and exchange documents, collect and compare comments, and tailor file security to distribute reliable and polished Adobe PDF documents, look into using Adobe Acrobat.
A. When the PDF author has enabled these capabilities in Acrobat 7.0 Professional or Adobe LiveCycle software, Adobe Reader 7.0 reviewers will be alerted that the document is enabled for review and markup. A How To pane will open automatically with instructions on how to use the commenting and markup tools to add comments to the file. You can always hide the How To pane if you do not need it. You will also notice a commenting toolbar that was previously unavailable. This toolbar will allow you to mark up and comment on the document as well as return your comments to the sender for efficient consolidation.
A. Many organizations worldwide leverage the power of Adobe Reader as an organizational standard for document exchange and electronic forms submission processes. To enable everyone within an organization to participate, Adobe grants organizations the rights to redistribute Adobe Reader software on their internal websites and/or physical media such as CDs. Learn more about redistributing Adobe Reader.
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