Features
Free Adobe® Reader® 8 software can help you more securely communicate and collaborate. Reader 8 includes a new interface, new tools, more document viewing options, online meeting capabilities, support for more secure workflows, and a host of other new features to help you save time and money.
Leverage a simplified user interface
View information more precisely and efficiently with the redesigned, easier to use Reader 8 interface. Choose the reading mode to fit more content on the screen or the two-up mode to view page spreads without excess space in the middle. Zoom in, pan over, or leverage the loupe feature in Reader 8 to take a closer look.
Hold online meetings
Instantly collaborate with virtually anyone, anywhere, at any time. Use the Start Meeting button in Reader 8 to access Adobe Acrobat® Connect™ software and deliver online training and support or communicate with remote audiences in real time. Accelerate approvals with new Reader 8 features that include shared document reviews, a streamlined review tracker, and a simple RSS reader.
Realize more secure document workflows
Better protect documents, forms, and drawings by leveraging Adobe LiveCycle® Policy Server and the new Adobe Online Services Document Center. For the first time, use Reader 8 to digitally sign Adobe PDF documents, allowing recipients to more confidently view and verify the authenticity of PDF files. Learn more.
Save trees and time
For large volumes of information, such as technical manuals, use Reader 8 to condense any type of PDF file into a single booklet for printing. Print only the desired pages on two sides of paper or in a smaller type size to save time and natural resources.
Access learning resources
Immediately access help and product information. Use the new Beyond Adobe Reader start center in Reader 8 to review information, on demand, about how to use Adobe Reader more effectively. Also view regularly updated information about other Adobe products and services.
Search single or multiple PDF files
Find and retrieve any PDF document or a phrase in a document within a matter of seconds. Search for words in page content, annotations, bookmarks, form fields, or document metadata within any PDF file on a local machine.
Complete forms online as well as offline
Enable customers to confidently act on information: filling, saving, and electronically submitting forms. You can also verify document authenticity and reliability when this capability is enabled by the document author in Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional or Adobe LiveCycle software.
Enjoy support for 3D graphics
Accelerate design reviews. View and rotate 3D images within Reader 8.
Additional features for IT managers, architects, and developers
Deploy Adobe Reader using industry-standard tools
Quickly manage and control Reader 8 deployments using the Adobe Customization Wizard 8, IBM Tivoli, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Windows Group Policy Objects, or Active Directory. Centrally host Reader 8 using Citrix Metaframe Presentation Server or Microsoft Windows Terminal Server.
Support extended teams across operating systems
Deliver a reliable experience across operating systems. Reader 8 is supported on Microsoft® Windows® Vista; Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2; Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4; Windows 2003 Server; Mac OS X 10.4.3 to 10.4.9. Future versions of Reader 8 will also work on Linux, Solaris™ 10, HP-UX and AIX.
Work with 2D GPU acceleration
Work faster with Reader 8 using the most popular graphics processing units (GPUs), which enhance scrolling and zooming for the rendering of 2D graphics.
Automate digital certificate administration
Reader 8 automatically validates certificates through its Certified Document Service to reduce IT time and costs.
Leverage existing security infrastructure
Enable fine-grained control of signature authority using the Reader 8 Roaming ID web service. Leverage your existing identity management infrastructure with Reader 8 and Adobe LiveCycle Pluggable Authentication.
Enjoy support for security standards
Reader 8 supports leading security standards, including SOAP/WSDL, XSD, Kerberos, W3C XML digital signatures, 128 bit AES, OASIS WS-Security, HTTP/HTTPS, RSA, XML encryption, and ECMAScript for XML (E4X) in the JavaScript interpreter. Reader 8 is also NIST PKI test-suite compliant.
Develop new capabilities
Extend the functionality of Adobe Reader using the Acrobat 8 SDK, now available free of charge from http://www.adobe.com/devnet/reader/.
Use improved accessibility features
Reader 8 helps meet the accessibility requirements mandated by Section 508 of the amended U.S. Rehabilitation Act. Try the improved read out loud capabilities in Reader 8 or change the reading order of pages or columns after PDF files are tagged to accommodate preferences.
Support international standards
Reader 8 adds support for PDF/A, the ISO-approved standard for the long-term preservation of electronic documents. Adobe Reader already supports PDF/X (printing), PDF/H, PDF/E (engineering), XMP/RDF, and ODBC.
