Acrobat Reader (MacOS)

Adobe Acrobat Pro is an application for Mac, and in the past it was called Adobe Reader, but these terms are now synonymous. It supports the PDF format and has features that meet some students needs to support reading. More information about how to download Acrobat Reader DC can be found at Adobe.

Sensory Access Features

Visual Interaction

• Content in your PDF document readjusts to fit your screen.
• See files in original layout
• Reflow text into a single column for simplified viewing
• Adjust colour for text and background to enhance contrast
• Set and select preferred zoom level
• Adjust font size, spacing and more in “liquid mode”

Auditory Interaction

• Have text read aloud in a variety of built-in voices
• Set preferred voice with two choices (e.g., Microsoft David Desktop USA and Microsoft Zira Desktop USA). Free and paid only have two options.
• Set preferred speed (words per minute)
• Option to read entire page or blocks of text.

Tactile Interaction

• Read text in braille when used with VoiceOver and a refreshable braille display
• Keyboard shortcuts built-in for reading features

Learning Features - Acrobat Reader (Free)

Organization

• Thumbnail view or index view helps to navigate directly to a page
• Find in Document feature to search for specific term helps to navigate directly to search term.

Share PDFs and Collaborate

• Share files for commenting or viewing (great for group projects)
• Collect comments

Annotate PDFs

• Add notes and comments to PDFs, including personalized sticky notes and highlights
• Write directly on PDFs by adding text or drawings
• Share files with others and collect all their comments in one place

Connect to Google Drive

• Connect your Google Drive account to easily access PDFs and other files
• View, share, and star Google Drive files
• Create, edit, combine, compress, and export Google Drive files with a subscription.

Learning Features - Acrobat Pro (Paid)

Edit PDFs

• Edit all text and images directly in your PDF (mobile only)
• Easily add, delete, or rotate any image

Merge and Organize PDFs

• Insert, extract, delete, rotate, crop, and reorder pages in your PDF file

Create, Convert and Export PDFs

• Easily create a PDF out of almost any file type—including Microsoft files, Google documents, and images
• Export and convert PDFs to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or image files