Adobe Reader is the global standard for reliably
viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents. It's the only PDF
file viewer that can open and interact with all types of PDF content,
including forms and multimedia.
Acrobat Reader also lets you fill in and submit PDF forms online.
View and comment on any PDF document more securely
Open
and view any PDF document in Adobe Reader X software using new
Protected Mode. Take advantage of enhanced review and commenting tools
to share your feedback with others.
Interact with forms and rich media
Interact with rich PDF
files, including PDF Portfolios, CAD files, and multimedia content.
Complete, save, and send Reader enabled forms.
Easily access PDF documents
Feel confident that you can open and view any PDF file, regardless of
which operating system you are running. Integrate with screen readers
and other assistive technologies. Use online services at Acrobat.com to
create, share, and store all kinds of PDF files.
Manage software rollouts and standards
Manage Reader deployments with common third-party software. Support for
security and accessibility standards helps ensure compliance with
government regulations and business policies.
Here are some key features of "Adobe Reader X":
Industry-leading security:
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Take advantage of the security of Protected Mode in Reader, which helps
safeguard your computer software and data from malicious code.
Enhanced commenting tools:
- Make notes and share your feedback with others by marking up PDF documents using the Sticky Notes and Highlighter tools.
Simplified user interface:
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View information more precisely and efficiently. Choose reading mode to
fit more content on the screen or two-up mode to view page spreads. Use
keyboard shortcuts like print, zoom, and find within the browser.
Comprehensive file searching:
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Find and retrieve any PDF document or phrase within a document in
seconds. Search for words in page content, annotations, bookmarks, form
fields, or document metadata within any PDF file on a local computer.
Opening PDF Portfolios:
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Open and view contents of a PDF Portfolio, a collection of PDF
documents, and other document types, including drawings, email messages,
spreadsheets, and videos.
Electronic form submission:
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Fill, save, sign, and electronically submit forms that have been Reader
enabled by Adobe LiveCycle ES2 or Adobe Acrobat software.
Flash technology support:
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Enable a new level of end-user interaction thanks to the ability of
Reader to natively display rich media content created with Adobe Flash
technology.
CAD and geospatial functionality:
- Reader users can access and interact with CAD designs and geospatial maps that have been converted to PDF.
Access to all PDF files:
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View and interact with PDF files that contain a wide variety of content
types, including drawings, email messages, spreadsheets, videos, and
other multimedia elements.
Online services:
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Directly access online services at Acrobat.com from within Reader X.
Perform common tasks such as creating PDF files, securely sharing and
storing documents, and screen-sharing.
International standards:
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Take advantage of support for the new ISO Standard 32000 for PDF. Also,
Reader continues to support PDF/A, the ISO-approved standard for the
long-term preservation of electronic documents; PDF/X (printing); PDF/H;
PDF/E (engineering); XMP/RDF; and ODBC.
Accessibility:
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Let Reader X read out loud, or change the reading order of columns.
Reader meets the accessibility requirements mandated by Section 508 of
the amended U.S. Rehabilitation Act.
Deployment tools:
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Manage Reader deployments using the Adobe Customization Wizard, IBM
Tivoli, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), Microsoft
System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP), Windows Group Policy Objects, or
Active Directory.
Security standards:
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Enjoy support for standards such as SOAP/WSDL, XSD, Kerberos, W3C XML
digital signatures, 256-bit AES, OASIS WS-Security, HTTP/HTTPS, RSA, XML
encryption, and ECMAScript for XML (E4X) in the JavaScript interpreter.
Reader is NIST PKI test-suite compliant.
Extensibility:
- Extend the functionality of Adobe Reader X using the Acrobat software development kit (SDK), available free of charge.
Multilingual User Interface:
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Install French, German, and Spanish simultaneously, and then switch
among them using the Adobe Multilingual User Interface (MUI). The user
interface also changes to the appropriate language on-the-fly.
