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Adobe Acrobat Reader

Overview

What is Adobe Acrobat Reader?

Acrobat Reader is a PDF viewer and converter, available as a free download from Adobe. Users can view, sign, collaborate on and annotate PDF files, or edit and convert PDFs into file formats like Excel and Word.

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Recent Reviews

Best free PDF tool

8 out of 10
June 29, 2022
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is used to open, review, and sign documents as well as share information online with current employees and …
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Uses of Adobe DC

9 out of 10
December 28, 2021
The program allows us to view PDFs mainly and edit or sign any documents that we receive. Anything PDFs downloaded from online sources …
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Love Adobe

9 out of 10
November 23, 2021
Incentivized
I use Adobe Acrobat Reader almost on a daily basis. I have increased my usage over the 18 months due to the increased remote work for …
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What is Adobe Acrobat Reader?

Acrobat Reader is a PDF viewer and converter, available as a free download from Adobe. Users can view, sign, collaborate on and annotate PDF files, or edit and convert PDFs into file formats like Excel and Word.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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ABBYY, headquartered in Moscow offers FineReader, a PDF editor that allows users to convert, edit, share, and collaborate on PDFs. FineReader also converts scanned documents into searchable PDF files.

What is Adobe Acrobat?

Adobe Acrobat DC is the current version of the well-established document / PDF management solution, part of the Adobe Document Cloud (the other part being Adobe's eSign services based on technology acquired with EchoSign in 2011).

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Product Details

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Adobe Acrobat Reader Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationNo
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June 29, 2022

Best free PDF tool

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is great for cross-platform sharing of static files that do not need to be changed or collaborated on. It works well as a file-based form management tool and allows users to easily fill in data and submit a completed form. It's great for annotation and commenting without requiring paid software (such as Microsoft Office).
Michael Wedell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is very well suited for creating final draft documents that don't require a lot of editing. It also makes excellent use of bookmarks, its use of zoom in and zoom out, and how quickly it opens and saves. If you're looking to collaborate with other users in real-time, or work collaboratively with other users on a rough draft document, however, then Adobe Acrobat Reader DC make not be the best choice (compared to MS O365).
December 28, 2021

Uses of Adobe DC

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
This is a useful tool for anyone who downloads and uses PDFs in the day-to-day operations of their role. It has many functionalities like PDF to word documents, e-signatures, commenting, and printing PDF documents. You can annotate PDFs from anywhere, store files on the cloud, and ultimately it makes it easier to collaborate with colleagues. It would be best for e-signatures and editing PDFs, but mainly the program is used for doing anything you like to a PDF.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe is so USER FRIENDLY!! I can not say this enough, when we were looking for options our first priority was for it to be user-friendly and easy to get to on a daily basis! We use this product several times a week for various things, converting or signing documents are our top two! Again, functions are limited unless you upgrade.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a developer this is not just a tool to read your documentation, it helps to validate in the most reliable way if a program outcome is correct. Many times we have to come up with PDF generation and Adobe Acrobat is always present to open the document fast so you can keep improving your layout and process.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For standard users who only need to view and print PDF documents Adobe reader is the ideal solution. If there are users in your organization who may only need to review and sign PDF documents or maybe offer comments or suggestions to existing documents then Adobe Reader is also a good solution for them and there is no need to upgrade. However, if you need the ability to create fillable forms from other office documents or existing PDF documents then you will need to upgrade to the Pro version. You will also need to upgrade to the Acrobat pro version if you need the ability to change text which exists in a PDF document or to alter the layout of an existing PDF document. Finally if you have PDF documents that need to be converted back to the original Microsoft Word format for full editing, you also need the Acrobat Pro upgrade to be able to do this.
November 23, 2021

Love Adobe

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe is well suited for small business operations. It allows you quick to covert documents, sign documents, and review and scan documents. It is not that great for large organizations that have multiple layers of signatures needed. The scanning function and converting function works great for either large or small business.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is well suited by merging together files and documents from other non-adobe files to create cohesiveness. We like that we can turn any PDF [into] a Word or Excel document with ease. We use DropBox and like that it integrates with that and our Microsoft programs. Ultimately, it helps us to stay organized.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Reader is well suited in the following scenarios: reading documentation, signing and filling up documents and forms, using this format for scanned documents. It is less appropriate to use Acrobat Reader for reading literature, write and edit documents, use as a viewer on mobile.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We love using Adobe Acrobat Reader DC for it's promised core features: from PDF creation to signatures to security. It definitely helps that Adobe is the industry standard, so it's easy to work with and translate documents with our clients who use the same software. We find that it lacks more of the high level e-sign and consent features that a DocuSign would provide.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is well suited for organizations that are looking for a simple solution to be able to read/do very light editing of PDF's. It is also well suited to those organizations that don't have the budget to support the full version/subscription license of the software. It is less appropriate to organizations that want to do heavy editing of PDF's and that have no limitations to editing of PDF's.
Dr Gardiner Jones | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you need to be able to view, print, annotate, sign, or redact content, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is an excellent tool. It is not just an "open a PDF and read it" application. It is very well suited to document management/collaboration in an environment where multiple people benefit from sharing a PDF file.

Commenting in documents with Acrobat can become a royal pain at times. It feels "clunky" or cumbersome. For example, I may be trying to click in a specific place in the text to start highlighting, but Acrobat will insist on inserting a note instead.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is highly suited for users who need to be able to quickly and easily read PDF documents on a variety of different devices. For our organization, that includes desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. It’s not suited for users who want to make extensive edits to existing PDF documents or create new PDF documents.
Matt LeMaire, B.A., M.A. | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Put simply, everyone should use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, and I don't think any company should live without it. Whether you're going paperless or already are, the flexibility that the application offers feels nearly endless. There has yet to be an instance where I could not use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to manage my documents with internal or external users. Moreover, PDFs open in countless programs, even without Adobe Acrobat Reader DC installed (e.g., in a browser window), and you can be confident that anyone you send a PDF to can work with it with ease. The only scenario where I could see it not working out is based on cost issues if you're a small enough business that it would be prohibitive.
Ed Romaine | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's a great program for what it does. Many positions will require no additional functionality. For those people, the program is great! For those who need additional functionality, such as conversion to docx and pptx files, editing, changing images, etc., go to the Pro DC version. You will be very happy and like it.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC works particularly well where different departments have to fill in, complete and sign regulatory or governance documents. In the past, these documents would have to be printed and completed by pen, signed and then scanned. This resulted in a loss of quality and also occasional legibility issues where space is too small to complete by pen. Signing and completing documents digitally negates these issues with grace.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is extremely efficient at my company in opening up secure files to sign and easily obtaining signatures for contracts with clients. It also easily allows me to convert documents from PDF to Word, which I've always struggled to do in the past with various other software.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is very suitable for when you need to make modifications or create a few documents that need to be sent for filling or signature in any department, but if you need to process many documents, it will take you some time to do it since it is a very heavy process.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Adobe Acrobat Reader DC is great if you want to quickly combine, edit, or view image-based files, like PDFs, JPEGs, and PNGs. In a matter of seconds, I can put together a PDF containing dozens of pages and export it for use online. It's less useful if you need advanced layout features or file conversion.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Working in the education division of an IT department requires a lot of technical documentation. PDFs are the best way to distribute training material, tip sheets, or class marketing. I have found that many times those documents need to be edited or even merged together. IT Training constantly needs to be updated. Adobe Reader DC is particularly situated for this purpose. I can very easily go back to a PDF, edit it, and then distribute as necessary. This process takes just a few minutes compared to having to find the original Word document, editing it, re saving it as a PDF and then saving it to its distribution location. Being able to update documents that others have created is also a very beneficial reason to have Adobe Reader DC. I constantly receive PDFs from other creators that need to be edited or added to. In this same workflow I will frequently get documents from two different people that need to be combined into one document. The merge function in Adobe Reader DC is pretty flawless and easy to use.
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