

Unlike its predecessor, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC contains a number of really impressive improvements and its functionality has really increased. We will continue to watch this closely.A free Adobe download for its PDF reader with several PDF functions, mainly to read, print, export, merge, comment, fill and sign documents.Īdobe has been flooded with countless free PDF readers coming to market and with that, they had to transform their bare-bones Adobe Acrobat Reader into something a little more feature-packed Adobe Acrobat Reader DC was born. We've found that many customers are starting to look for PDF alternatives to use in their environment. The attached article explains how to opt-out of this, but our concern is in the future, this may be a requirement and not an option. In addition to the change, Adobe now requires users who install Adobe Reader 64-bit to create an individual account and login each time they use the software. More information on this can be found in Adobe's Adobe - 64-bit Unified App Installer article. This also affects PDQ Inventory collections as well. The 64-bit version of Adobe Reader that Adobe provides actually installs Adobe Acrobat (according to the registry and appwiz.cpl) and not Adobe Reader, which makes tracking "Free" vs "Paid" installations of Adobe Acrobat/Adobe Reader (64-bit) incredibly difficult. Our packaging team has been evaluating a 64-bit Adobe Reader package, though there are issues that may prevent this from being possible.
