[jdemnyan1116]

What is the difference between Adobe Reader and Acrobat Reader. I have Acrobat Reader 5, downloaded from a site I found, and just downloaded Adobe Reader 6 from their site. Are they both needed on your system? If not, which one is better, I know you need one to read certain files off the net.

 

[Anne Troy]

No difference, they are just different versions. If you have 6, you don't need 5.

The difference people experience is that there is:
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat Reader

They are two different things and are often confused.
Acrobat MAKES PDF files, while Reader READS them (just a viewer, really).

 

[XL Guru]

FWIW, my personal opinion ; if you have and are used to 5, avoid 6. It's yuck by comparison.

Rgds,
Andy

 

[jdemnyan1116]

Thanks for the info. Got lots of space so might keep them both, don't know for sure yet.

 

[Bad Monkey]

NGSSoftware issued an alert awhile back about a possible security issue with Acrobat reader buffer overflow. Supposedly, this is on version 5, and upgrading to version 6 has this security hole plugged. I haven't heard about any actual problems happening, but just figured I would point this out.

Buffer Overflow Alert