** Reader DC** for Windows 11 and 10. Edit text, convert PDF to Word, merge, compress, sign. Portable / offline 64-bit. No Creative Cloud plan for the local editor path.
Unpack, run. After install, set this build as the default app for .pdf if Edge still owns the association.
- OCR language list refresh
- Merge / split bookmark fix
- Sign pane on flat scans
- Portable settings stay next to the exe
- Edit text / images
- OCR (40+ languages)
- Convert to Word
- Merge, split, compress
- Sign / fill forms
- Portable or installed
Portable? Yes. Same zip, portable folder inside.
Creative Cloud? Not required for the local editor path.
Empty Word export? Scan with no text layer. Run OCR first.
Windows 10/11 64-bit
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