Adobe Acrobat for Chrome

Adobe Acrobat Reader is the go-to application when it comes to viewing and editing PDF documents. Being one of the most popular applications in the world, most people know about and use it. Yet, there is a member of the Adobe family that doesn't share the same popularity, and that is the Adobe Acrobat for Chrome extension. Unlike its high-profile counterpart, this add-on was not designed to open PDF files, but to convert PDFs to different formats, and allegedly convert a webpage to PDF.

In case you don't want to spend money on a standalone converter, this extension might spare you the expenses. How so? Well, Adobe Acrobat for Chrome is capable of converting MS Office documents and images in a jiffy. All you have to do is access its layout and choose one of the entries. Besides converting to PDF, users can also use this utility to convert PDF to Word (DOC, DOCX), JPG, Excel (XLS), and PowerPoint (PPT).

If you have trouble with storage space, you can easily reduce PDF size by using the Compress PDF feature.

One of the advertised features on the developer's page is the ability to turn a webpage into a PDF file. Sadly, a function like that is nowhere to be found within the extension's GUI. The reason for that is not really clear, as the add-on works perfectly with converting and compressing documents, so a bug is out of the question. However, being able to capture an entire page within a PDF is definitely a strong point, so maybe, in the near future, the developers will make that possible.

While Adobe Acrobat for Chrome provides smooth and quick conversion between PDF and the supported formats, it's hard not to emphasize the missing feature that was supposed to be the backbone of this add-on. Still, users interested in conversion only will get the most out of this extension, so don't hesitate to try it.