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Adobe Reader

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Adobe Reader is the free, trusted leader for reliably viewing and interacting with PDF documents across platforms and devices. Install the free Adobe Reader mobile app to work with PDF documents on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Easily access, manage, and share a wide variety of PDF types, including PDF Portfolios, password-protected documents, fillable forms, and Adobe LiveCycle rights-managed PDFs. Use with Adobe Document Services to convert and export PDF files.

App Download List
Platform/OS Download Link
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Android  Android Icon
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View PDF documents 
• Quickly open PDF documents from email, the web, or any app that supports "Open In..." 
• View PDF Portfolios, password-protected PDFs, annotations, and drawing markups 
• Search text to find specific information 
• Select single page or continuous scroll modes 
• Easily zoom in on text or images for a closer view 
• Read in dark locations using Night Mode 
• Read long passages with Brightness Lock 
• Get definitions with iOS Dictionary support 
• Navigate and read documents using iOS VoiceOver Accessibility

Export PDF files to Word or Excel using the Adobe ExportPDF online service 
• Subscribe to ExportPDF using In-App Purchase 
• Convert PDF files to DOC, DOCX, XLSX or RTF formats for easy editing 
• Integrated login for current ExportPDF subscribers

Create PDF files using Adobe PDF Pack online services 
• Create PDF files from Word or Excel 
• Convert images to PDF for easy sharing 
• Subscribe to PDF Pack using In-App Purchase 
• Integrated login for PDF Pack and Adobe Acrobat subscribers

Store and access documents in the cloud with Acrobat.com 
• Share files across all of your desktop and mobile devices with Acrobat.com 
• Automatically save changes back to the cloud 
• Synchronize last page read across multiple devices via Acrobat.com 

Annotate and comment on PDF documents 
• Add comments anywhere in your PDF with sticky notes 
• Add text with the Add Text tool 
• Provide feedback using the highlight, strikethrough, and underline tools 
• Easily mark up PDF content with the freehand drawing tool, and easily undo mistakes 

Fill out forms 
• Quickly fill out PDF forms 
• Have confidence that the form is correct with field validation, calculation, and formatting 
• Save, sign, and forward forms to others 

Organize your documents 
• Create folders to make organizing and finding documents easier 
• Make copies of documents to mark up or to use as templates 
• Rename documents 
• Easily select and delete multiple documents 

Print and share documents 
• Print wirelessly with AirPrint, including your comments and forms
• Share PDFs with other applications using "Open In..." 
• Email PDFs as attachments 
• Flatten PDFs when sharing via email

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