What are the best free alternatives to Adobe Acrobat?
Just to clarify, Adobe Acrobat used to be both a PDF reader and writer. Adobe’s PDF reader was known as Adobe Acrobat Reader. To author a PDF, you’d have to buy the full version of Adobe Acrobat. Today, the name Adobe Acrobat just refers to the PDF authoring software. The PDF reader freeware has become a separate software called Adobe Reader. What hasn’t changed is that Adobe’s PDF Writer still comes with a price tag. Fortunately, free PDF Writers are now available not just for download and offline use, but also for online, no download required, web browser-based use. So many are they now that I don’t know what the best ones are. I’d like to weed out those that aren’t really free, like those that are free for limited use or a limited time. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could recommend what the best free PDF writers are. A free online PDF writer would be the most universally useful. More advanced users would like the offline use option and more functionality provided by dow
