Nitro PDF Reader

Nitro Reader

(The only free PDF reader and creator)

Create PDF files, collaborate and review, fill and save forms, add text to pages, QuickSign TM documents, and many more features. 

A range of powerful features for your workflow

Nitro Reader offers features and functionality far beyond typical PDF readers, and makes working with PDF easier than ever before. Read on to discover what you can start doing with PDF, today. 

User experience
(Simplicity and familiarity)

Nitro Reader utilizes the Microsoft® Office®-style Ribbon interface. Tasks and tools are separated into tabs, grouped by functionality, and represented graphically with easy-to-understand text labels, providing an immediately familiar user interface that won’t leave you searching for help. 

Your favorite tools in one place.

The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) allows you to create an easily accessible group of shortcuts to the tools you use most frequently. Retain constant on-screen access to the core functionality required in your workflows, while less-used features are still easily at hand. 

Intelligent display panes

Nitro Reader offers navigation panes, including Pages, Bookmarks, Comments, Output, Signatures, and Attachments, allowing for easy navigation of larger documents, and providing a central location for additional content. The panes are context-intelligent, and appear or hide depending on the content within the file being opened — when you open a PDF file containing bookmarks, the Bookmarks pane automatically becomes visible. 

Instant in-application help

Extended tooltips on mouse-overs give you a fast and direct way to learn about each tool and task in Nitro Reader without having to leave the application or look elsewhere. 

Know your PDF files

When you open PDF files with additional properties such as security restrictions, digital certificates, or form fields, you get notified immediately. If you don’t want to be notified each time, just switch off this option in Preferences.