Adobe Reader Video
Adobe Reader Video Transcript
First Look video: Adobe Reader *** Hi, I'm Seth Rosenblatt from CNET Download.com, and we're taking a First Look at Adobe Reader. Yeah, that Adobe Reader. It's SO well known, it doesn't get a fancy name. There are other PDF readers, of course, but since Adobe is the best-known, let's see what it's got. *** Staring with the Toolbar, this kaleidoscope icon is a link to FedEx Kinko's Print Online, which allows you to print photos and other hi-rez documents at your nearest Kinko's. Of course, the service costs money, but it's nice to know it's there if you need it. *** The next icon is? another service. This one is for Adobe's Connect feature, which bills itself as letting you and your colleagues exchange documents and comment on them in real-time. The rest of the features are boilerplate. Arrows to move forward and back by one page, a page-jump, zoom, scroll and search functions. *** The Toolbar is customizable, and here's where most of the secret functionality lies. *** Instead of drag-and-drop you have to check off the tools you want from a list. So you can replace the standard zoom function with a dynamic, click-and-drag one, or bring the Highlight tool to the ready-- it's just not intuitive. *** Other useful functions include an email link for sending off the PDF, an enormous selection of marking tools if you have the document rights enabled, a Pan & Zoom Window, and Loupe tool for focused zooms that open in a new window. You can also easily rotate a document to read it horizontally, using CTRL-SHFT-PLUS or -MINUS. Hotkey commands permeate the program, making quick viewing adjustments extremely easy. *** The notorious memory drain that Adobe Reader creates is the program's biggest flaw, especially compared to competitors. Stability was also an issue--Read Out Loud, a built-in audio reader for the visually impaired, crashed the program repeatedly. *** Adobe Reader might be everywhere, but it's far from perfect. For Download.com, I'm Seth Rosenblatt and this has been a First Look at Adobe Reader.
While there are other PDF readers out there, Adobe's Reader is used the most. Get up close and personal with it in this First Look video.
