 I think that having a document that retains it's layout and formatting no matter what kind of operating system or computer is used to view it is a wonderful idea. It just makes sense that you can send out a document to other people and not have to worry it will get corrupted, well too much anyway.
A document or book in PDF format is great, I can take it with me on my flash drive and pretty much be able to read it anywhere, or I can put it on my PDA and read it whenever I feel like it. I really like the whole PDF idea.
However, something that was at one time a lean and mean program has become this bloated thing that is slow opening, slow shutting down and is always wanting to update itself in one way or another. Not to mention with every new version there are tons of new features, but the one feature I loved is gone, the hand. Used to I could drag around a document that did not fit on the screen using the hand, now I have to use the slider bars, it was so much easier the old way.
At first it was ok, I did not mind the updates, but these days I loathe using the Adobe PDF reader because I know the dreaded Adobe Updater will show up and bedazzle me with options that I need to check to update to keep the barbarians at the gate out.
The problem is that 7 times out of 10 it updates correctly, the other times it just goes into an endless loop never updating but never saying it has an error either.
With this in mind, look at the latest..
OK, seems good, looking for updates for.... Opps, it is looking for updates to the Adobe Updater. Well, makes sense, I am sure it will work.
Well, I guess I did not have any updates to install right now, wait, wait a minute. It looks like the Adobe Updater could not determine if it had updates for itself. Oh yes, I will sleep well tonight knowing I am safe.
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