Straight from the Adobe mouth at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/reader.html "What's the difference between Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader? Adobe® Acrobat® and Adobe Reader® software are separate products, though very complementary. Adobe Acrobat 9 helps you communicate and collaborate more easily and securely using PDF, the standard for electronic document exchange. Create and reliably share PDF documents and forms, help protect and control sensitive information, safeguard your work, and communicate exactly as you intended. Adobe Reader is the global standard for viewing PDF files. It is the only PDF viewer that can open and interact with all PDF documents. Use Adobe Reader to view, search, digitally sign, verify, print, and collaborate on PDF files. ----- Original Message ----- From: Becky Tsurumoto To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 2:54 PM Subject: Adobe Reader vs. Acrobat List, Can someone explain the difference between Adobe Reader and Acrobat Reader? Becky