Acrobat Professional vs. Reader

I have Adobe Professional on my computer.  Because of my printers requirements, I need a reader.  When I download the reader, it takes over everything that I have adobe, making it impossible to use the various forms that I have created in the easy manner that I have in the past....for example...I have created (PDF) questionnaries to send out to references.  Presently, all I do on the questionnaire is change a name, then e-mail the questionnaire.  With the reader it does not allow me to do this. 

Use Reader when you need to (Right-click > Open with) on your PDF files.
To make Acrobat your default PDF handler again, open the Preferences (Edit > Preferences on Windows, Acrobat > Preferences on Mac), click 'General', then click the 'Select Default PDF Handler' button.
-David

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