[GraemeJ]

A lot of MS users, like me, prefer to sort out their PDF's before importing into MS. There are several advantages to this, not the least being that you have a set of files that can be used in any other application, printed out, etc.

Although there are various softwares out there for dealing with PDF's, it has to be admitted that Adobe Acrobat is streets ahead of many of them (which is as it should be, it is Adobe's format). The downside is that Acrobat is not cheap, particularly now Adobe have moved to a subscription only service.

What is not generally known is that Adobe actually released Acrobat v8 as a freebie. They were rather forced into this when they had problems with their verification process for several of their programs. Musos might be interested to know they also released a freebie version of Audition 3 at the same time. These are not cut-down demos, they are the full Monty.

OK, this is not the current version, but it will do all (and more) of what is needed for MS users. There are some warnings about it not being perfect for a modern Windows OS -"Be aware, though, the program was originally written for use on Windows 2000 and XP, and trying to run it on a modern PC may result in all kinds of issues" - but I have it installed and running on a Windows 8.1 machine with no problems. I didn't even have to fiddle with the compatibility settings.

I was going to offer to place a copy somewhere, but I found that is already available here - http://downloads.pcauthority.com.au/arti...ofessional - so download and enjoy .