PDF Alternatives to Adobe Acrobat Pro

The following tools are alternatives to Adobe Acrobat document (.pdf) editors and readers.

Audience

This article is intended for students, faculty, and staff.

Introduction

The following desktop, browser, and mobile applications allow for the reading, creating, editing, and annotating of Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) documents. Microsoft Word, offered as part of Office 365, is offered at no cost to students, faculty, and staff.

¹ Documents need to be created as a Word document (.docx) and then saved as a Acrobat document (.pdf).

² Cannot edit text.

Resources

• Learn how to create, edit, and annotate an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file
• See how to convert a Word document (.docx) to an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file