The pdf has been standardized since 2008 and is ubiquitously used throughout the world to share documents.Īlthough the format is not generally intended to be edited, pdf's support an extra layer of highlighting, annotations and even digital forms and signatures. Well, in case you were wondering, the pdf was released by Adobe in 1993 as a way to encode documents in a universal format, so that it could be read on any computer configuration. Well, in case you don't have it installed already, you've either never heard of PDF's (portable document format) or you are such a power user that you opted for another pdf reader. What I'm trying to convey here is that Adobe Reader is such a common program that you might even have it installed without knowing.

I'm terribly sorry, I didn't mean to upset Windows 8 users more than they already are. Writing about Adobe Reader is like writing about Start button to a Window user.

That made me think about the situation I was in. Upon starting to write about Adobe Reader, I checked to see if I did not already have the latest version installed. However, if you are looking for other versions, below is a list of all the major versions of Adobe Reader: The download button above will allow you to download Adobe Reader 11, an older version (that still works fine).

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