Need alternative for Adobe Acrobat Pro.

[Mychael]

Well everything I've run on XP has installed on win7, seemingly without issue. Even some stuff that I really thought would be too old.
However one program that i could not put on is Adobe Acrobat Professional 6.0.

I terminated the install when 7 flagged it as having known compatibility issues.

So I'm looking for an alternative. I'd bought version 6 under a student license so got it for a good price, disinclined to pay full retail for a 7 compatible version.

 

[davehc]

Easy to answer.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/

Runs quicker. Free.

 

[Mychael]

Thanks, sure does run quicker. Don't suppose you know of any the lets me create/modify pdf .

 

[Nibiru2012]

No, Foxit Reader won't allow you to create or modify PDF files.

You have to have their Pro version to do it.

I use Nitro PDF Professional myself, much smaller footprint on the hard drive and faster too. Plus it doesn't load up a bunch of unnecessary junk like Adobe's Acrobat does.

 

[davehc]

What was the problem with Adobe acrobat 6.0 ?

OK. Just googled.Looks like a no go.

 

[Mychael]

I never went so far as to completing the install to find out. Once I started the install 7 popped up a warning that there were known compatibility problems with this version.

So I just terminated the install.

 

[Fire cat]

I think you can save documents in MS Word as a PDF.
Don't know about editing.

 

[davehc]

In 2010 you can save doc etc as PDFs but, as you guessed, you cannot reopen the PDFs with word so cannot edit either.

 

[davehc]

Found this Mychael. Online. I have not tried it, but it looks interesting.
http://www.pdfescape.com/

Probably not of interest to you, but Adobe 8 works in windows 7

 

[Mychael]

Thanks Dave, yeah does look interesting.

 

[AgTip]

Could not find a reliable downloadable version of Adobe Acrobat 8.

 

[AgTip]

Foxit Reader has solved my problems.