PDF files are widely used for saving and sharing documents. This type of file cannot be opened with Microsoft Word. The steps to open a PDF file on a PC or a Mac are mostly identical, so it will be enough to learn how to open a document on one of the two operating systems, and then have easy access to any type of PDF.
Steps
Method 1 of 2: Open PDF Files on Mac
Step 1. Select a PDF file
Don't double-click, just select it to highlight it.
Step 2. Click 'File' from the menu bar
Step 3. Select the 'Get Info' item
Step 4. Choose Adobe Reader as the application to open PDF files
From the 'Open With' menu, select Adobe Reader in the Applications folder.
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- Now close the 'Get Info' window.
Step 5. Double click on the PDF file to open it with Adobe Reader
Method 2 of 2: Open PDF files on PC
Step 1. Download Adobe Reader
Go to https://get.adobe.com/it/reader/ and download it.