This feature will connect to the central Adobe server and see if any new components are available. You can choose to make the updates manually by selecting the last option in the Help menu – Check for updates. The update process can be automatically triggered by a specific PDF file, for instance, one that contains unknown language fonts, then the Reader will as you whether you want to download the fonts. PDF has undergone a lot of changes and updates, eight in total, corresponding to the number of Adobe Reader versions, with 8.0 being the latest one.Īdobe Reader can be updated in various ways. Nowadays, Adobe Reader is widely used in publishing e-books. They decided to release it for free in order to compete with other formats such as Envoy and Common Ground Digital Paper.
Adobe systems designed this software in 1993 although it was hard to make it popular in the beginning. PDF files can be opened on Windows, Linus, and mobile phones. It is a cross-platform software with zero compatibility issues.
Adobe Reader is a software designed to view Portable Document Format (PDF).
