Adobe Reader 9

• Popularity:

  #2 in Applications (out of 155 products)

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 30 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  3,110,267

• Requirements:

  Mac OS X 10.4

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  July 01, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Adobe Reader 8.1.1 Adobe Reader 8.1 Adobe Reader 8 Adobe Reader 7.0.7 Adobe Reader 7.0 Adobe Reader 6.0.1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.05 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.5 Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0.2 Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0.1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 Adobe Acrobat Reader 2.1 Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0b13

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Publisher's description of Adobe Reader

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 9 includes compatibility with Acrobat.com for enhanced web-based collaboration and other features, built-in multimedia support, a streamlined interface, support for searching all PDFs on a drive, and more.

Note: The Download Now link will direct you to a form on the developer's site that you must fill out before download.

Editor's review of Adobe Reader

• 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 collaborative and search tools in version 9 are exceptional, and 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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• 1 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 9

  "Too bloated for the average user"

  by danwat1234 on July 11, 2008

  Pros: Has the ability to view the newest version of the .pdf format, but probably Fox-it and other alternatives will be able to at some point as well.

  Cons: At first glance it uses ~ 25MB of RAM when running, without any documents opened (Pdfs). With one text based PDF open, it uses about 35MB of RAM. With two PDFs open, Reader 9 uses a little over 50MB of RAM!!

  Foxit with the same two PDFs opened use less than 10MBs of RAM.

  Furthermore, with reader 9, you can feel how Reader 9 uses alot of CPU processing power, especially when going from window mode to full-screen (CTRL -L) and back again, there is a significant delay.

  The .cab file that is extracted from the download archive(33MB), is about 100MBs, and this .cab file stays in your "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Reader 9" Directory, causing that directory to be over 200MB in size! Why didn't they just keep the special install archive that uses special compression techniques, inside the directory to save space??

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• 4 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 9

  "adobe reader always works well but a bit boated"

  by tixpage on July 7, 2008

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• 1 stars

  Version: Adobe Reader 9

  "After 5 downloads get error in opening, won't work"

  by wildefon on September 21, 2008

  Pros: Nothing haven't gotten it to work on PowerPC Laptop G4 running 10.5.5 Keep getting error in opening

  Cons: Can't say till it works

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