Nitro PDF Reader

As the name points out, this is a tool that can be used to view PDF documents. Load a PDF document into Nitro PDF Reader and you will be able to view it. Ah but you see, the functionality Nitro PDF Reader has to offer does not stop there. This software can also be used to make changes to PDF documents (mark up text, add notes, summarize comments, sign, password protect), to create PDF documents (from file, via drag-and-drop, by printing with Nitro PDF Creator), and to send out PDF documents via email.

Download an installer, run it, and a setup wizard will guide you through the installation process. During said process you can choose where Nitro PDF Reader will be installed, you can pick if you want it to handle your PDF documents by default, and select if you want to install a plugin for Internet Explorer and Firefox.

When you’re done with the installation and you launch Nitro PDF Reader, you will be presented with a Getting Started guide that invites you to check out a quick introduction video and quickly presents the functionality you can expect to get from this application. It explains how to use Nitro PDF Reader to create PDF documents, it explains how you can use Nitro PDF Reader for collaboration and review purposes, it shows how to sign and share PDF documents.

Nitro PDF Reader is a less powerful version of Nitro Pro. The aforementioned Getting Started guide tells you what extra features the Pro version has to offer: convert PDF files to Word and Excel, edit text, images, and pages, OCR to turn image-based documents into editable PDF files.

Nitro PDF Reader is free software.

To sum it up, Nitro PDF Reader is free, it can be used to view PDf documents, and it can also be used to edit, create, and share PDFs.