A Premium Solution at the Right Price

By: Bill Armstrong (Contributing Editor)

PDF documents are quite popular in both business and home computing. There are several free software tools available to let you view PDF files, but most are limited to Read Only, requiring us to purchase premium versions to perform essential tasks such as creating and editing a PDF document. This is no longer the case with the Nitro PDF Reader.

Nitro PDF Reader has recently received the Editors Choice stamp from Cnet, quite an honor in the free software community. The easy to use software offers features usually reserved for paid programs, such as highlighting tools, tabbed PDF reading, and a drag-and-drop tool to convert word and spreadsheet documents to PDF. You can also add text to PDFs, making it easy to fill out forms and. Business users can also take advantage of the Signature stamp and security features, allowing you to password protect your documents for more sensitive transactions.

Nitro PDF Reader comes with an intuitive tool bar interface, very similar to Microsoft’s Office Suites. Users are given the option to customize the toolbar to their liking, or removing it all together. Nitro is still in the Beta testing stages, meaning you may run into a few issues when using it, but there have been few complaints. At this time, only Windows users can take advantage of this free tool. It is not often you come across a tool that is both useful and free, but the Nitro PDF Reader fits both categories nicely. Download it yourself on cnet.com.