Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Adobe Reader Nonupdate

While it is not my reader of choice, there are some occasions where Adobe Reader is required.  For example, today I had to go over some proofs that had a built in editor provided in the PDF.  For this type of situation, only Adobe Reader will load this editor and allow the edits.

I decided to make sure my Adobe Reader was up to date, even though I though I had checked the box to update the reader automatically.  I opened Adobe Reader 9, and I sent it to fetch the updates.  As this was proceeding, it struck me that Adobe Reader is actually in the 10th edition, so why was 9 blissfully updating to a more recent version of 9. 

Adobe should at least give me the option of upgrading to Reader 10 (X) when I tell it to upgrade 9.  I had to manually go to the Adobe site, and look around for the download.  While it only took a few minutes, I suspect that most users will not bother to make sure they have the latest version of the software, and rely on Adobe's built in tool.

Jonas