Adobe Reader 8.1.2

• Popularity:

  #1 in Plug-ins (out of 130 products)

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 737 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  39,606,911

• Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  February 12, 2008

• Previous Versions:

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Publisher's description of Adobe Reader 8.1.2

Adobe Reader allows more securely view, print, search, sign, verify, and collaborate on PDF documents, online as well as offline, from your home or office. Reader has a completely redesigned interface, new tools, and new options for viewing information more efficiently. Access to an online, real-time meeting in seconds.

Reader is integrated with Adobe Connect software, which enables users to instantly communicate and accelerate approvals with virtually anyone, anywhere, at any time. Add more security to your documents, forms, and drawings with digital signatures. Leverage Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server and the new Adobe Online Services Document Center to enforce access rights at the document level. Version 8.1.2 includes unspecified updates.

Editor's review of Adobe Reader 8.1.2

• 5.0 stars

• "A must-have"

This free software lets you view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. As the open standard for worldwide electronic document distribution, Adobe PDF files preserve all the formatting, the graphics and the colors of the original document, so Acrobat users know they're delivering the exact same presentation to everyone.

Adobe Reader offers several display options at different zoom levels depending on the documents need for exacting details. A full-screen mode lets you view documents without distraction. You can also complete and submit PDF forms online, a feature that will become more useful as companies adopt the technology.

The completely redesigned interface in this latest version feels more intuitive and offers tools for viewing information more efficiently. Another welcome addition is Acrobat Reader's integration with Adobe Connect, which lets users instantly comment and collaborate on projects with online presentations and live online meetings. The integration with FedEx Kinko's for remote printing is nice, if you need that kind of thing, but it's subject to third-party fees. We noticed that Acrobat Reader uses a significant chunk of memory in our processes list, but with the way Acrobat Reader is commonly used, memory issues probably won't be a problem for most users.

Overall, Adobe Reader provides users with the ability to view PDF files efficiently, with an interface and tools to make viewing both simple and painless. Though there are other PDF readers available that may take up less space or work at slightly faster speeds, none offer as much of a toolset as Adobe Reader does nor seamless integration with other useful Adobe tools.

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User reviews of Adobe Reader 8.1.2

• Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 737 votes
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• 3 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 8.1.2

  "Will always work, just slow"

  by skiracer712 on March 24, 2008

  Pros: It will open any pdf file, properly. Allow you to copy parts or print it as well.

  Cons: Way to slow to open. It is a very heavy program, and there are much lighter alternatives that work much faster and at the same or nearly the same quality.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 8.1.2

  "A Great Program"

  by xHeroinxBobx on March 30, 2008

  Pros: You'll need this program for opening many certain files.

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• 1 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 8.1.2

  "HUGE and painful program just to read/view something."

  by scoee on June 12, 2008

  Pros: Absolutely nothing. It is needed for PDF files for lots of other programs and installers as not all other PDF readers will work with some of these programs.

  Cons: Size, Slow, Installation time, Deletion time, Hard or impossible to edit/copy/paste, Mandatory for some programs to work, Need to pay for editable verson (why?), Included in most internet sites and CD ROM programs like a perpetual virus, oh, and that split column thingo that is most common??? you need to scroll up and down and side to side just to read a page. Myself and the majority of others I have spoken with have voted PDF the most hated common program ever created.

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• 3 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 8.1.2

  "Works, but is bloated"

  by einstein999123 on April 2, 2008

  Pros: It works, and has a useful PDF viewer for web browsers

  Cons: Slow and hogs system resources. If you're willing to give up the PDF web browser viewer, try using Foxit PDF viewer instead.

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• 3 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 8.1.2

  "Bloated reader"

  by wyzzerdd on March 6, 2008

  Pros: Has a lot of features, most of which I dont use.

  Cons: To many features, slow loading, resource hog to name a few.

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