OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client

[Mike Wickham]

Here are some quotes from Dov Isaacs of Adobe, one of our patron saints 
around here:

  >/Although you CAN have both Reader and Acrobat installed 
simultaneously//(assuming the same version), it is very strongly NOT 
RECOMMENDED for a//number of very good reasons. It certainly does not 
add any functionality//to one's system..//.
/>
//>
/        - Dov />//

Here's a link explaining some reasons why:
http://www.mail-archive.com/pdf@lists.pdfzone.com/msg03152.html

  > I am sure we will get the inevitable responses from members of this 
list that boast about how they have multiple versions and/or mixtures of 
Acrobat and Reader concurrently installed and somehow get some or most 
of the functionality to work for them. On the other hand, there are a 
tremendous number of problems reported to Adobe that are suddenly 
cleared up when the user's systems are scraped of all concurrent 
versions of Acrobat and Reader, replaced by a single version of one or 
another. (Note that by "Acrobat" I mean any and all pieces of it 
including the Distiller, the AdobePDF PostScript printer driver 
instance, and the viewing program!)

  > But, some list members will complain, how do I know what the 
recipients of my PDF file will see on their systems if I also don't have 
a copy of Reader installed, or perhaps multiple versions of Reader and 
Acrobat installed? The response to that is to have test systems (or 
separate test partitions of your one system) that have minimal software 
installations (especially fonts) and a copy of the target version of 
Adobe Reader. That is the only way to truly simulate the user 
experience. For that matter, old, slower systems are even more appropriate!

       - Dov   >

I got the above results using "Dov Isaacs Reader Acrobat on same 
computer" as a search term on Google. There are more results.

I think the bottom line is that putting Reader and Acrobat on the same 
computer is not wise, but if you risk it, make sure both are the same 
version. You would be better off to set up a Windows Virtual PC with 
only default operating system and fonts if you feel the need to test a 
Reader view. Even then, which version of Reader will you test? Users use 
different ones. And don't forget to embed all fonts.

On 1/21/2014 12:39 PM, Tammy Van Boening wrote:
> OT: Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Reader on same client
>
> All,
>
> I have heard on many occasionsthatyou should not have Adobe Acrobat 
> Pro and Adobe Reader installed on the same client, but I need to test 
> something in Reader before I  pass a PDF off and all three of my 
> available systems already have Adobe Acrobat Pro loaded. Is it 
> possible to load Reader at all just for some brief testing andthen 
> uninstall it after the testing is complete, or will I encounter any 
> issues by doing this?
>
> Thank you,
>
> TVB
>
>

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