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Adobe Reader is the most popular application for reading documents in PDF format. An important factor in the distribution of Adobe Reader is its availability on many disks with drivers, games and other applications. The developer has attached documentation to his product in PDF format, but standard Windows tools they don't allow you to read it. Needs to be added to disk special program. In the vast majority of cases, her choice is not original - it is Adobe Reader.

New versions of applications, the development of which began a long time ago, often become overgrown with a mass of secondary functions, the interface becomes more complicated, and the speed of operation decreases. And now more progressive and nimble competitors are slowly ousting the old man from the market. But this has nothing to do with Adobe Reader. On the contrary, the latest versions of the program are much easier to learn than their older brothers. The program is developing, first of all, towards supporting new PDF standards, allowing you to display more complex documents using the latest visualization technologies.

The working window of Adobe Reader contains a toolbar with a small number of buttons (nothing superfluous), as well as a small sidebar from which the main service modes of the application are called. There is no status line, in its usual sense.

Toolbars are highly customizable. You can add or remove buttons on them, move them, block changes.

Ease of reading documents is ensured powerful system their scaling. You can show the entire page on the screen and set its scale horizontally or vertically. The latter option is not found in other applications. Additionally, you can bind relative to the content of the page. The document appears slightly larger by eliminating margins.

Full screen viewing is supported. Unlike some competitors, this mode absolutely lives up to its name. There are no control elements left on the screen, only the pages of the open document. There is also a second, less radical regime. It hides all panels except the window title and the main menu. Big savings happening again free space on the screen.

The program has a powerful search system. You can search text not only in open document, but also in all PDFs inside the specified folder. Full word search is supported and case sensitive. You can search not only directly in the document text, but also in bookmarks and comments.

Adobe Reader now supports forms. It allows you to enter, save and send information. There is support for barcodes. You can set up rules for automatically filling out forms. If your permissions allow, you can add comments to forms. And, the main thing that distinguishes Adobe Reader from other applications is the ability to check spelling in text input fields.

There is support for document authentication and protection viewing. You can specify trusted persons, certificates. The Accessibility Assistant allows you to change the rules for displaying the current document if its security does not prohibit such actions. This is necessary, for example, for users with low vision. Adobe Reader makes it easier for people with disabilities to view and navigate PDF documents. Advanced features include automatic text scrolling, PDF reflow, keyboard-only control, and reading document text out loud.

A separate panel allows you to view a list of comments on a document. You can search for text in them. It is possible to sort them by type, by condition, by reviewers. The Revision Inspector monitors all changes made to the document. You can view your own adjustments, history of changes, and a list of what needs to be done.

The program contains a module for reading RSS news. You can subscribe to channels and read them in a separate dialog window. To be honest, it’s not entirely clear why a PDF viewing tool also needed an RSS reader. Network functions don't stop there. You can also organize online conferences with using Adobe Reader, as well as joint viewing of documents.

You can work with digital signatures. Certificates are used for this. By setting up directory servers, you can determine the location of certificates and store them.

Last Adobe version Reader supports all modern standards used in PDF documents. For this reason, the product includes a viewing component 3D images, using hardware acceleration. A special panel of models allows you to view their list, open, rotate, and scale.

The program has a fairly detailed local help system. But the most complete information is provided online, on the official application page. It's already in English.

If there are no specific requirements for the application, then Adobe Reader is today optimal choice for reading PDF documents. Support for all standards means you don't have to worry about whether any complex file will display correctly. In addition, the program is built into modern browsers, which makes it possible to quickly view documents downloaded from the Internet online.

The only moment where alternative application may be on top - these are system requirements. Adobe Reader has quite big size distribution, takes up quite a lot of space in random access memory and runs a little slower than some competitors. However, the program was tested on a fairly old machine, and even opening electronic versions of magazines and books with a volume of tens of megabytes did not lead to noticeable slowdowns in Adobe Reader.

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PDF is one of the most common formats for documentation, e-books and instructions. In PDF format, you can save information in any form, and it will be displayed the same everywhere, i.e. The formatting and layout of the document will always be the same. This is why the PDF format has earned its recognition.

To begin with, I would like to immediately clarify that the programs that will be discussed open PDF files only FOR VIEWING, i.e. It is IMPOSSIBLE to change anything in a document using them. Some programs only allow you to modify the text, but not the content. The PDF format itself is quite specific, and even with the help of editors, the process of editing it is not at all similar to working with a Word document.

In the simplest case, you can read the file in any modern browser: Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer,Edge. The functionality will be limited: only viewing content and printing. To do this, simply drag the file to an empty browser tab. But if the PDF file does not open this way, then try installing one of the programs.

Uncompromising Acrobat

In order not to have any problems with displaying PDF files, it is best to install the program of the format developer itself - Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Just select the program language “Russian” if the download page itself does not correctly determine it. The installation process is trivial, just click “Next” all the time.

Adobe has a complete package for working with PDF documents, including creating and editing - but it is paid.

Acrobat Reader provides good set capabilities and flexibility in configuration for ease of use. It's completely free for both home and commercial use and is on my list. When you first start you will need to confirm the use free license. Most likely, you won’t even have to go into the settings, because the program works great by default.

In the latest versions of Adobe Reader, there is still a small opportunity to change a file. These are tools for highlighting text and inserting comments. The title “Text Highlighting” is probably not a very good Russian translation, because... “Text highlighting” is more suitable. To highlight the text, click on the icon in the toolbar and select the text, and the add comments icon is located immediately to the left.

By default, text is highlighted in yellow. You can change the highlight color only after highlighting with the default color. To do this, double-click on the selection and in the window click on the icon and select “Properties”. From there you can remove the highlight and add or change a comment.

Alternative programs for PDF

Acrobat Reader, of course, is far from the only PDF viewer. The developers managed to make an ordinary viewer a relatively heavy product. Basically there are no problems, but the program takes a long time to install and sometimes slows down.

Foxit Reader

The program is lightweight and simple interface. As a result, Foxit Reader launches quickly and is less demanding on computer resources.

Particular attention is paid to security, namely, at the first start it is proposed to install safe mode, which does not open attachments in the document and does not run scripts. Foxit Reader allows you to select text, insert comments, graphic objects, multimedia files (video and audio), but you can edit text only in the paid package Foxit PDF Editor.

However, over time, Foxit Reader has also become heavier, so I advise you to run its portable version.

Portable versions are distinguished by the fact that they are lighter and installation is very quick or not required at all. When you first start it, a window with two buttons will pop up, select “Not Now”. For the program to become in Russian, you need to go to the menu “File -> Preferences -> Language -> select Russian”

And restart the program with the “Restart Now” button.

The easiest one is Sumatra PDF

This is already an open project source code, the program is the easiest and not at all demanding on resources. Can open not only PDF, but also CHM, XPS, DjVu, CBZ and CBR files.

Two versions are available: for installation and portable (works without installation). Since Sumatra PDF is already very lightweight, I advise you to download the full version, so you can immediately install the program to open all PDF files by default.

The program has practically no settings, everything is easy and simple.

For convenience, we distinguish four types of programs: viewers (for reading and annotating), editors (for editing text and other content), managers (for splitting, compressing and other manipulations with files) and converters (for PDF conversion to other formats).

Most applications can be classified into several types at once.

• Type: viewer, editor, converter, manager.
• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux.

A very intuitive and convenient program with an impressive number of functions. When you launch Sejda PDF, you will immediately see all the tools grouped by category. Select the one you need and drag it into the program window required file and start manipulating. Most things in this app can be done in a few seconds, even if you are using it for the first time.

What you can do in Sejda PDF:

• edit text, add images and shapes;
• convert PDF to Excel formats, JPG (and vice versa), Word (and vice versa);
• combine and separate files into pages, compress their size;
• protect documents with a password;
• add watermarks;
• discolor documents;
• trim page area;
• sign documents.

The free version of the program has limitations. For example, files should not be more than 200 pages and not exceed 50 MB in size. In addition, you cannot perform more than three operations with documents during the day. Price full version Sejda PDF is $5.25 per month.

• Type: manager, converter, editor.
• Platforms: Windows, macOS, .

PDFsam cannot boast of a polished, user-friendly interface. In addition, the program does not allow you to convert PDF and edit the contents of documents for free. But it does have several useful managerial functions that are available to everyone without payment or any restrictions.

What you can do in PDFsam:

• combine PDF in several modes (glue in parts or mix page by page);
• split PDF by pages, bookmarks (in places with specified words) and size into separate documents;
• rotate pages (if some of them were scanned upside down);
• extract pages with specified numbers;
• convert Excel, Word, PowerPoint formats to PDF;
• convert PDF to Excel, Word and PowerPoint formats ($10);
• edit text and other file content ($30).

• Type
• Platforms: Windows.

A very functional program with a classic interface in the style of Microsoft office applications. PDF-XChange Editor is not very beginner friendly. To master all the features of the program, you need to spend some time. Fortunately, all internal descriptions and tips are translated into Russian.

What you can do in PDF-XChange Editor:

• add annotations and highlight text;
• edit text and other content;
• recognize text using OCR;
• extract pages from documents;
• encrypt documents (paid);
• convert PDF to Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats and vice versa (paid);
• compress files (paid);
• sort pages in any order (paid).

These are not all the functions that you can find in PDF-XChange Editor. The program is available in several versions with different numbers of features. The cost of paid versions starts at $43.5.

• Type: viewer, manager, converter, editor.
• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Android, iOS.

Popular universal program for working with PDF from the company. Free version is a very convenient document viewer; other functions are available by subscription starting at 149 rubles per month.

What you can do in Adobe Acrobat Reader:

• view documents, highlight and comment on text, search for words and phrases;
• sign documents (paid);
• edit text and other content (paid);
• combine documents into one file (paid);
• compress files (paid);
• convert PDF to Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats (paid);
• Convert images in JPG, JPEG, TIF and BMP formats to PDF (paid).

All these features and more are available in desktop versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Mobile versions the programs only allow you to view and annotate documents, and also - after subscribing - convert them into different formats.

• Type: viewer, converter.
• Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS.

Fast and convenient PDF reader with different viewing modes. Ideal for users who want a simple document reader without a lot of extra features. The program is available on all major platforms.

Friends, as you may have noticed, almost all materials for downloading on KARTONKINO.ru are presented in PDF format. Judging by the download results, almost no one has any difficulties working with such files. However, despite the widespread use of the PDF format, users sometimes get confused when faced with it. That's why I've prepared a little cheat sheet about... how to open a PDF file, and what to do with it then.

What is PDF anyway? Portable Document Format (PDF) is cross-platform (independent of computer system) format for presenting various electronic documents, from text to multimedia. Its versatility and ease of use contribute to its continued growth in popularity. Very often, it is in this format that help files and user manuals for various software products, e-books, printed products, various materials for needlework (knitting patterns, embroidery patterns, all kinds of templates), etc.

There are many ways to view and print pdf files. free applications. The most famous and popular program that opens PDF format, - Adobe Reader, which is not surprising, since the format itself was created by Adobe Systems Corporation.

You can download Adobe Reader for free on the company’s official website using this link:

After clicking on the link, you will be taken to the download page where you can select operating system, language and version of the program (the latest and most functional version is Adobe Reader X, with system requirements for which you can consult).

Download and run the installation file.

After the short installation is complete, launch the program. You will be asked to review the License Agreement.

Do this and click "I Accept".

And you can safely open any pdf files.

Adobe Reader will automatically install the appropriate plugin for the browser installed on your computer, which will allow you to view files found in world wide web, right in the Internet browser window.