Adobe Acrobat 7.0 for PDFs

It’s true; the seventh version of the Acrobat Reader is light years better than 6.0 in terms of speed and UI snappiness. PDF is PDC (pretty darn common), so having a good PDF viewer is essential. If you haven’t already done so, go ahead and grab Acrobat Reader 7. I’ve got it installed alongside Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0 and both are running without a problem (independent of one another, however - doesn’t look like they can be run simultaneously). Took me all of two milliseconds to decide to make Acrobat Reader 7 my default PDF reader. Truly, putting 6 (and even 5) to shame. I wish they’d unleash Adobe Acrobat Elements to the mainstream - much like they have with Photoshop Elements and (unseen by myself) Premiere Elements. Perhaps it’ll happen down the road - with a complete bundle / starter kit for beginner desktop publishers. Still not sold on the Adobe Photoshop Album product, though.

Adobe® Reader® 7.0 is free software that enables business professionals and home users to reliably share information using intelligent PDF files. With Adobe Reader 7.0, you can easily view, print, and search PDF files using a variety of platforms and devices.

With a growing list of rich features, this new version of familiar Adobe Reader software: 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

I’m still trying to figure out how to disable the reader from scanning pages automatically, though.