Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Feb 24 '02
Pros: A great tool when you have to the book right away.
Cons: Big program and big files.
But worth it for me.
Summary: As a graduate student living in a foreign country, my access to university libraries is quite limited. Even when I can use the university libraries where I am, the resources they have available are often either 1) not available to me, 2) not in English, ... read more
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Aug 17 '01
Pros: Easy to use, widely used format and free of charge.
Cons: Mainly only for viewing documents.
Summary: Adobe Systems newest version of Acrobat Reader is quite
much the same as the previous version but with some design brush up and new features. As this software is distributed free of charge, it is understandable that it is fairly limited in it is ... read more
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Aug 13 '01
Pros: It reads PDF files; what else does? I don't know!
Cons: It ONLY reads PDF files!
Summary: Adobe Acrobat ( my version is 4.0 ) is a document reader used for .pdf files; as far as I know, Acrobat is the only program that reads that type of file. Many websites have their documents in .pdf format, so eventually you may need Acrobat.
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Jul 31 '01
Pros: Great way to get tax forms from the IRS; decent format retained
Cons: Slow, bug-ridden program; PDF files are huge
Summary: Adobe Acrobat has been the standard way to transmit documents for years. Portable document format (PDF) files can be found all over the Internet thanks to Adobe, and that means that documents can be sent in their "proper" formats across several different ... read more
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Apr 17 '01
Pros: free, good user interface
Cons: Requires a large amount of memory and system resources, only opens Acrobat files
Summary: The odds are that at some point, you have been surfing around the Internet and have ran into a file in the PDF format. These files, known as Portable Documents, need to be opened using the Acrobat Reader. As a college student, I have actually used PDF ... read more
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Mar 22 '01
Pros: Clear picture. Web link enabled
Cons: Only reads the .pdf file type. Too Expensive
Summary: There are many programs available online that do a lot of things. Some things are more useful than others for instance. I was looking around on my computer for some computer software the other day and I noticed a program called Adobe Acrobat Reader ... read more
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Jan 04 '01
Pros: free, easy to use
Cons: none
Summary: While surfing the net, you may run across some sites in which you are required to download .pdf files. PDF files are Portable Document Files, which can be seen on most computer platforms. This feature is very convenient to share documents online so ... read more
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Dec 27 '00
Pros: Easy to use
Cons: Many people may not need it.
Summary: Adobe Acrobat Reader is a great product, for those of you who will need to use it. This Review attempts to explain its good points, and some of the reasons you might use it.
What it is
Acrobat Reader is essentially a program to ... read more
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Dec 27 '00
Pros: Easy to read type, simple installation.
Cons: Unable to edit documents,
Summary: Adobe Acrobat reader allows a PC user to read and print PDF files. On the Internet, this file format is quite common and companies use this format for various uses.
For example, companies use PDF files to create online product documentation. I ... read more
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Dec 22 '00
Pros: Does Just What It's Supposed to Do
Cons: Not for Web Developers
Summary: This program allows the download of PDF files onto your hard drive or, with the help of a plug-in, read PDFs directly from Netscape Navigator. It does, then, exactly what it's supposed to do, no more, no less. It meets probably 85% of the needs of most ... read more
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Dec 18 '00
Pros: Easy to Use, Shareware Version works great!
Cons: Not many others to choose from!
Summary: Although I never understood the need for a format that must be read by a specific viewer, such as .pdf files, I admit that this reader is a good one. It is fairly quick bringing up the files, and they are always easily read.
It is kind of ... read more
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Dec 17 '00
Pros: Free and easy to download and use. Serves the purpose, no problems, readily available for free.
Cons: I was a little apprehensive when I was first asked to download it.
Summary: Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of the first things I found myself loading onto my computer. I first came across it when I needed it to view a website. I was a little leery about downloading it and viruses etc., but took a chance. Now a year and a half ... read more
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Dec 09 '00
Pros: Ease of use
Cons: once in a while it freezes
Summary: I have used this to print out patterns & forms that I have needed. It is very simple to use and has been extremely simple and fast to use. I used it to print out many tax forms for past years for my fiance to catch up and it was simple to print them ... read more
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Dec 06 '00
Pros: Ease of use
Cons: I don't see that it has ANY cons
Summary: I went one step further by buying Adobe Acrobat 4.0. Very smart marketing on Adobe's part, giving the reader away free. What impresses me the most is Acrobat crosses all platforms, can't be any more convenient then that. After using the reader a number ... read more
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Dec 03 '00
Pros: Free Viewer Program for PDF Files
Cons: None
Summary: An Electronic Document Standard
To appreciate the need for Acrobat Reader, one first must understand the Portable Document File (PDF) technology of Adobe Systems. According to Adobe:
“Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) is ... read more
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