Adobe Acrobat DC is the current version of the well-established document / PDF management solution, part of the Adobe Document Cloud (the other part being Adobe's eSign services based on technology acquired with EchoSign in 2011).
Apple Preview does not have as many tools as Adobe Acrobat and is not as easily translated on other computer systems and brands as Adobe Acrobat is. Working with people who may not have Apple laptops, using Adobe Acrobat makes sure that we are viewing the same content …
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I have only ever used Apple Preview as an alternative since I never had a reason to try another application, and this only happened when I forgot to install Adobe Acrobat on a new device. Apple's Preview, even for doing just that, is not as easy to navigate around documents as …
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Adobe Print Solution Consultant in Information Technology at Naehas (Financial Services, 201-500 employees)
Chose Adobe Acrobat
Bottomline is Adobe Acrobat is the standard and full implementation of all that PDF should have. I tried different apps for different reasons to like Apple Preview for quickly viewing the document. However, for final assessment I always prefer to use Acrobat and check if all …
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Adobe Acrobat has much more features than Apple Preview. Apple Preview is good for opening up a PDF for quick browsing but their tools to redact information or prepare PDFs for signatures are much simpler. I just go straight for Adobe Acrobat because I don’t want to compromise …
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Apple Preview has way less editing/customization features for me to use. Also it was hard for me collaborate with other coworkers on Preview despite of some basic functionalities it offers. However I think Preview feature is good for taking a quick look at the pdf file.
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Adobe Acrobat stacks up way above Apple Preview. There is just no comparison. Adobe Acrobat is just way more robust and even though Adobe Acrobat has way more features I think it is far easier to use than Apple Preview. Apple Preview is seldom used in our company. Adobe Acrobat …
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Preview barely compares, so it's hardly a parallel, just the annoying default on MacBooks.
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Well, Mac Preview is a default app on the Mac. It just works. It comes pre-installed and it is also used for images and various things. The UI, the graphics, the ux, the functionality all seem seamless. The application also feels very light, works very fast and it is easy to …
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Graphic Designer in Marketing at Head of Design (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees)
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Preview is a great, quick tool for viewing docs or images but doesn't always show PDF files as they are intended as it doesn't have all the features that Adobe Acrobat does and nor does it attempt to. I't merely a quick route to checking something out for me. I wouldn't use Prev…
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Preview is super simple to use the UI is minimal and straightforward.
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Preview can do some basic work, but Adobe Acrobat is much more advanced in what it can do.
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Preview is a little finicky and limited in what you can do
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It's a more robust tool. However Preview is fast to display and app load. I don't always care about speed but it's. Easier
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It doesn't provide editing conversion capabilities
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There are more powerful capabilities in Adobe Acrobat than Preview, as well as security of info, so we prefer Adobe Acrobat. It also has more flexibility and the ability to send for an e signature is great. Adobe Acrobat is more nimble than Preview and there are more options
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A scenario where Adobe Acrobat is well suited is for sending a PDF for a client to markup with their comments or revisions they would want. A scenario where it is less appropriate is doing actual design work and layout in the program.
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I wish the backward compatibility was a little more friendly. PDFLyer had to be updated sooner that we would like when we updated from Adobe 2017 to Adobe 2026.
I wish it had list processing like Excel where it could remove duplicates, change formatting, etc.
Sometimes after an update we lose our plugins and have to restablish the connection to the plugin or reinstall.
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Adobe Acrobat works seamlessly with the other Adobe products we use that are industry-standard. We will certainly continue to use Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, meaning it will always be convenient to work seamlessly with Adobe Acrobat for our organization. We are happy with the performance of Acrobat and it's meets our expectations.
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Adobe Acrobat is extremely easy to use on a regular desktop PC. The functionality gets a little harder to use on a smaller screen like a laptop, but it still works well. Using it on a smaller tablet or cell phone would be problematic because the screen size doesn't match the document size.
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We have not had availability issues with Adobe Acrobat, or at least none that I am personally aware of. Some may encounter crashes of the software during outages of electricity in their city or neighborhood, which no one can plan for, but with generators in our organization, we have been lucky not to have outages
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One of the best features of Adobe Acrobat is its speed and stability. When dealing with massive multi-page files, having to reload a crashed program over and over again would slow down progress unnecessarily. And expanding on that, having the table of contents generated allows me to skip to different pages with ease, a necessary feature with exceptionally long files. word searches are even more helpful with text recognition.
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For a while, Acrobat DC crashed pretty frequently. I contacted Adobe Acrobat support about the problem. At first support was unable to provide a solution. After about a month Adobe's software engineers provided a fix. I just wish it had taken less than a month to solve the problem.
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I was not involved with the implementation process, so I cannot answer this question. However, when it was installed on my computer system, they did so virtually. I just sat there while they took control of my computer over the network and watch them install it, lickety split
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I think OpenOffice and other programs are great in theory; but I work closely with the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem so I like keeping it all together. For the pricing I don't see the loss in getting an Adobe Acrobat license if not the whole Creative Cloud dependent on your work needs
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I find that many users aren't aware of many features of the software they use, nor may they be comfortable with learning multiple-step processes. For the simplest of PDF purposes (scanning, downloading, exporting), it gets a thumbs-up. For anything involving electronic signatures, meh--causes eyes to glaze over, or forgetting what all is involved.
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Definitely a positive ROI when I can receive clear notes/direction on edits for a PDF via Acrobat's comment system, rather than chicken scratch on a printed document.
The ability to password-protect my PDFs so I can make sure only the workforce I want to see the information has been priceless!
As I mentioned before, a huge positive impact is the ability to edit PDFs without having to return to the original file's native software.
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