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Download free Adobe® Reader® 8 software to more securely view, print, search, sign, verify, and collaborate on PDF documents, online as well as offline, from your home or office.

Adobe Reader 8 offers:

A new interface, new tools, and more options

Maximize your screen real estate. Reader 8 has a completely redesigned interface, new tools, and a host of new options for viewing information more efficiently.

Access to an online, real-time meeting in seconds

Reader 8 is now integrated with Adobe Connect™ software, which enables users to instantly communicate and accelerate approvals with virtually anyone, anywhere, at any time.

Better protection of your workflows and transactions

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 with Reader 8 to enforce access rights at the document level.


About Adobe Reader and PDF

Adobe PDF is the global standard for trusted distribution and viewing of information. Adobe Reader 8 is the only free software to allow you to more securely collaborate using PDF documents. Upgrade to free Reader 8 software today!

Create your own PDF files

Use Reader 8 with Adobe Acrobat® software or the Create Adobe PDF Online web-hosted service to confidently create professional-looking PDF documents that can be shared with friends, family, colleagues, partners, customers, and suppliers.

Deploying Reader in your organization

Use Reader 8 to help control confidential information, share files, control deployments, and simplify integration and hosting.

Adobe Reader for mobile and devices

Adobe Reader LE extends PDF files to your mobile device by presenting them on smaller screens, while preserving their rich content.

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Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat are two distinct products that seamlessly work together. Use Adobe Reader to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and collaborate on Adobe PDF files. Use Adobe Acrobat to initiate workflows and to create, combine, collaborate on, collect, and control information contained in Adobe PDF files.