Adobe Reader

Adobe is a company that produces a free software application called Adobe Reader, which is part of their Acrobat family of products. With this software, you can view PDF files.

PDF stands for Portable Document Format. Word processing software, such as Microsoft Word, does not read these types of documents.

If you are on a Web page that contains a link to a PDF file, look for a button that looks like this:

You will be taken to Adobe’s Web site, which will explain how you can download this software. If there is no link to that site, you can type the following URL into your Address bar: www.adobe.com.