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KI 2842 Adobe Acrobat

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Acrobat Reader is a free program for opening (reading and printing) PDF documents. Adobe Acrobat Pro is a program that must be purchased, which is used, among other things, to create and edit PDF documents.
Acrobat Reader
If you only need to open PDF documents to read, navigate and possibly print them, Acrobat Reader will do.

This program is free. It can be installed from Software Center on UiB PC, from Managed Software Center on UiB Mac and from Microsoft Store, Apple Store and several other places.
Adobe Acrobat Pro
If you are going to do advanced editing and production of PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Pro. A license/subscription for this program must be purchased for one year at a time, in the same way as the other Adobe programs in Creative Cloud. See KI 0956
What licenses are available in Adobe Creative Cloud? for more information.

We can no longer buy a "one-time" or "ownership" license for Acrobat Pro, that option disappeared in 2024. Acrobat Pro is now only sold as an annual subscription.
Other programs for handling PDF documents
For simple creation and handling of PDF documents, a free program may be enough. Many programs can save files directly in PDF format. If you need to merge or split PDF documents, you can use, among other options, PDFSAM.