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Key Details of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Editors’ Review
Adobe Reader for Mac is an essential application for reading, printing, marking up, and commenting on PDF files.
You can view, save, and share PDF files smoothly. This feature improves your ability to work with others by allowing you to store documents online and share them easily. You can also fill out forms, add your signature, and send the document to others quickly. This streamlines your work with documents significantly. The app also lets you add text boxes, notes, and highlights to your documents. When you share a PDF, it gathers all feedback in one file, which simplifies reviewing comments. Moreover, you can access your PDFs from any device using the free Acrobat Reader app and the Chrome extension, allowing you to work from anywhere.
We see that Adobe Acrobat Reader is mainly used for viewing PDFs, while Adobe Acrobat Reader DC offers much more. Adobe Acrobat Reader DC not only includes all the viewing features of the standard version but also provides capabilities for creating and editing PDFs. It allows you to make PDFs from various formats while keeping the original format intact. It also enables you to edit text and images directly in PDF documents. For those needing to convert paper documents into digital format, Acrobat DC simplifies this process by allowing high-quality scanning. The software is available in Standard and Pro versions, with the Pro version offering advanced features like document pre-checking, PDF portfolio creation, and more.
Pros
- Good functionality: With Adobe Reader for Mac, you can do more than just view PDF files -- you can edit them as well, adding text and placing check marks and initials. It also lets you submit forms created with fillable form fields. This is especially helpful since nowadays many forms that you download from the Internet require you to use it to fill in the blanks.
- Supports signatures: With this app you can add your signature onto files. This is an especially useful feature when you need to fill in and return a form or sign a document, but you don't have a working printer close by. You can choose to either type your signature, import a picture of your signature, or draw it using a mouse or trackpad.
- Streamlined interface: Although the amount of features is impressive for a free application, the interface is clearly laid out and easy to navigate.
- Reliable: It opens and displays files of all sizes, even large ones with many detailed images, quickly and smoothly. We have not experienced any technical glitches. Also, updates are released regularly.
Cons
- Some advanced features require subscription:Adobe Reader doesn't have a paid version. Instead, if you want to take advantage of some of the more advanced features, you must sign up for a monthly subscription that starts at $1.99 a month. Two of these advanced features are emailing files directly from the application, and converting PDF files to other formats, including to Word.
Bottom Line
Adobe Reader proves to be the most functional, free PDF reader and editor available. Admittedly, Preview for Mac does share some of the features available on Adobe Reader, but not all of them. Besides, most fillable forms that you download from the Internet were originally created using other Adobe products and therefore must be filled out using Adobe Reader. This is a must-have application for all Mac users.
What’s new in version 20.013.20064
- This update provides new features, security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.
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