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Adobe Reader 8.1.2

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 (formerly Acrobat Reader) is available as a no-charge download from Adobe's web site, and allows the viewing and printing of PDF files. Acrobat and Reader are major components of the Adobe Engagement Platform, and are widely used as a way to present information with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication.

What is Adobe Reader 8.1.2?
Adobe Reader is free software that lets you open, view, search, and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

Adobe has also refused to support past versions (versions prior to version 8 - their latest) under Windows Vista. Anyone switching to Windows Vista must either sacrifice using Adobe PDF tools, or pay an upgrade fee to version 8 to be able to continue using Adobe products.

There is currently no official option to stop Reader 8 from calling home. Furthermore, the "Updates" Preference in Reader 8 has been moved from "Edit | Preferences" to a much less obvious location. It can be found at "Help | Check for updates | Preferences", where one can chose "Automatic" or "Ask me before downloading", and "Weekly" or "Monthly". Note that "Adobe Reader 8" can be unchecked for "Applications to Update"; however, that will not stop it from checking for updates - instead it will respond "No updates available" even if updates are available. Other than this, there is no known way to stop adobe from downloading updates every time you open Acrobat.

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Features:
+ Provides better overall performance for faster launch times and real-time zooming and panning
+ Enables you to fill out and submit PDF forms from a variety of devices
+ Helps you download and organize digital editions (formerly known as eBooks) on a variety of devices, with full support for portrait or landscape viewing
+ Lets you display and share Adobe Photoshop Album slide shows and electronic cards, and export images for online photo processing (Note that online photo services vary regionally.)
+ Allows you to save a range of files attached to PDF documents, such as word processing documents, spreadsheets, and multimedia files, and open them in their native applications.

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 has license: Freeware
File Size: 22.37 MB
Freeware Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Requirements:
- Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/XP64/Vista64