The first thing that struck me as odd was the organization of the book's chapters. Before you get to see what it takes to create a PDF document, before you hear about installing the application, before you get to actually PRODUCE anything in PDF, you get two chapters' worth of Acrobat READER. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out writin' comes before readin'. Compounding this shortcoming, Chapter 3 digs into the nits and grits of Acrobat's eBook Reader, of all things. What's that? Never heard of it? Exactly. Can you say "Who CARES!?"

WEAKNESS:
It appears the editors rearranged the sequence of the chapters at the last minute, moving Reader from the end of the book to its beginning. But after they arbitrarily did that, no one bothered to adequately edit out the discontinuities that that caused. One example, on page 6: "Acrobat Reader's interface... is essentially the same as Acrobat's, but with a more limited tool set." Hello? You have not yet covered Acrobat's interface. How is this supposed to convey understanding? This is definitely not a book to read cover-to-cover, in sequence. In all likelihood the blame for the rearrangement lies with the book's editor(s), not its author.