Make your own PDF: Nitro PDF vs. Adobe Acrobat 7.0

To offer print-ready forms, brochures, and booklets on a Web site, you must create documents in the portable document format (PDF).

For a long time, Adobe Acrobat was the only comprehensive PDF-making tool, but a host of programs now tries to compete. We reviewed the most full-featured, low-price rival: Nitro PDF. We prefer Acrobat, but if its tiered pricing places it beyond your budget, check out Nitro for quick, cheap PDF creation.

Design pros should still spring for Acrobat Professional. Watch for a challenge to the PDF standard when Microsoft releases the Metro file format within Longhorn next year.

	Nitro PDF Desktop To create cross-platform documents for the Web, Nitro PDF is a back-to-basics alternative to Adobe Acrobat. Read full review

	Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Adobe Acrobat 7.0 brings new collaboration and usability features, some of which workgroups will find invaluable. Read full review