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What is Adobe Acrobat?
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).
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What is Adobe Acrobat?
Documents are more than just a collection of information and proof. They are foundational to connecting people and ideas, pushing business forward. Adobe Acrobat helps to keep users connected to their teams while driving business forward – no matter where they are working.
Acrobat is a PDF and e-signature solution with users among Fortune 500 companies. Acrobat users can create, edit, convert, share, sign, and combine documents from the Adobe platform. It provides for digital experiences that enable team to collaborate and work from any device, anytime, anywhere. Liquid Mode in Acrobat also enables users to view PDFs on small screens without the need to pinch and zoom.
In partnership with Microsoft, Adobe aims to reimagine how work gets done in a modern, secure, and connected hybrid workplace. Acrobat solutions are designed to seamlessly integrate with any preferred Microsoft apps so that users save time by creating, editing, sharing, and signing right from Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook, and more. It also features smart integrations with Google, Box, and other daily use apps.
Acrobat provides access to file protection features to protect documents from being copied, changed, or printed – for added peace of mind. Acrobat helps organizations comply with security standards and regulatory requirements such as GLBA and FERPA. It also meets ISO 32000 standards for electronic document exchange, including special-purpose standards such as PDF/A for archiving, PDF/E for engineering, and PDF/X for printing.
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Adobe Acrobat DC is built for the cloud-connected, multi-device world. It streamlines reviews and feedback with a new review service, and users can edit PDFs on tablets with a touch of the finger, or send documents for Signature.
How to make changes to PDFs and send them out to get e-signed in Acrobat Pro.
Password-protected PDFs to keep formatting locked and sensitive info more secure.
Sending PDFs for review, gathering comments in one place, and responding in real time with Acrobat Pro.
Adobe Acrobat Integrations
- Microsoft 365
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Google Drive
- Box
- Dropbox
- Microsoft OneDrive
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Adobe Acrobat Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Languages | Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukranian |
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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).
Adobe Acrobat starts at $12.99.
Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) are common alternatives for Adobe Acrobat.
Reviewers rate Ease of integration highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Adobe Acrobat are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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April 01, 2024
Flexible and Crucial: Microsoft Office
Document standards,collaboration, security, paperless workflows, and accessibility are all addressed by Adobe Acrobat, which is used for creating, modifying, and safely sharing PDFs. Contracts, reports, presentations,forms,file conversion, web optimization, and multimedia integration are all included in the scope.
- It provides accurate text, picture, and graphic editing capabilities inside PDFs while preserving formatting consistency.
- Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are just a few of the file formats that Adobe Acrobat effectively transforms to PDFs while maintaining style and content.
- It improves usability by converting scanned documents into editable and searchable PDFs with Optical Character Recognition (OCR).
- Although Adobe has mobile apps, they are not as feature-rich as the desktop version, especially when it comes to intricate editing chores.
- With a high learning curve for advanced functions like batch processing and complex editing, the UI might be intimidating to novice users.
- For small enterprises or individual users that don't want all the advanced services, the subscription model may be expensive.
February 03, 2024
Acrobat checks the box
We use Acrobat in a variety of different ways in our organization. The main two uses for our team are in our marketing and sales efforts. Marketing we use it for one-pagers, case studies, whitepapers and more. For sales, it is our main source of building proposals for organizations. I would say that it is a tool that is used daily!
- Sales proposals
- Marketing pages
- Case studies
- Small files for sharing
- Simpler small changes
- Making one tiny change requires the pro version
- I always struggle adding images
January 26, 2024
Acrobat keeps us agile!
We use it extensively for creating and editing all PDF documents, especially with e-signatures and formal documents. It also helps when we need to extract images from a received PDF, as well as combine multiple files into one document. The speed and ease of use have greatly increased turnaround and productivity over time. Asbjas is sharing documents for review and notes with customers.
- Editing of PDF documents.
- Combining multiple files.
- Extracting pages from PDF files.
- Collaborating and sharing notes with clients.
- More editing options/settings for images when adding to a document.
- Being able to type on top of a line rather than inserting into it and pushing it forward.
- Bringing extract pages tool back to the forefront rather than a few clicks to get to it.
January 26, 2024
It just works!
Acrobat is the go-to PDF viewer and editor for business applications, from marking up floor plans for new builds to providing comments on proposals to merging documents. Adobe Acrobat does it all and more.
- Markup (comments, stamps, shapes).
- Signature collection.
- Forms
- Subscription costs can be high.
- Regularly changing UI between major versions can be troublesome.
- Some toolbars should be easier to access and remain in gui permanently.
I use Adobe Acrobat to access PDF documents, create them, compress them, and adapt them. Acrobat has been an essential part of my business operations in day-to-day work and for the delivery of finished products for clients. The ability to subtly edit documents and combine multiple documents into a single PDF has made my work much easier over the years.
- Open and Edit PDF Files.
- Create New PDF Files From Other File Types.
- Combine Existing PDF Files Into a New Document.
- Edit Page Order Within PDF Files.
- Compress PDF Files.
- PDF Content Editing Can Still Be Somewhat Clunky.
- Compression Tools While Functional Could Be Much More Robust.
- In My Opinion, Acrobat Should Be a Free App Within the Adobe Suite.
January 26, 2024
Acrobat Creative Cloud version makes editing PDFs easy.
I use the Creative Cloud version of Acrobat to read PDFs. One thing I really like to use Acrobat for is combining PDF documents or editing them and removing pages from the PDFs. It's very useful when you're using it for the right reasons. Another thing I like is converting the PDF to a Word document so others can fill in their own writing.
- Access / read PDFs
- Edit PDFs
- Convert PDFs
- Maintain the layout when converting; sometimes, it loses the layout, and things are misaligned.
- This makes it easier to write in custom text on a PDF, but sometimes I have to convert it from a PDF to a doc to achieve.
- Menu could be easier to find things.
January 25, 2024
Adobe Acrobat - The industry standard
We use Adobe Acrobat to share documents that have been completed in other programs that others do not have access to or should not be able to edit. It provides a consistent and professional platform for sharing documents of all kinds via email, marketing automation programs, media management tools, and our website.
- It allows us to share and collaborate documents created in programs such as InDesign, Photoshop and others that the average person does not traditionally have acess to.
- It's an excellent way to share and e-sign agreements and other documents
- It allow us to share very large file sizes in a condensed document
- The UI is overdue for some significant more user friendly updates
- It feels like Acrobat has become bloated and sometimes runs slow on equipment that should be up to the tasks.
- If you have the free version of Acrobat on your computer it will sometimes default to that no matter what steps you take to make sure it always opens in Pro.
January 25, 2024
CdA Consultants and Adobe
We use Adobe Acrobat for almost all of our sales and legal documents. We are especially grateful for the tools that allow us to modify a template document to make it applicable to each individual use. The alerts for issues and the ability to make notes and track changes is also very helpful. We also use the export of various PDF's to other programs frequently. Overall, we trust and use Adobe Acrobat daily.
- Permitting modifications to template document
- Exporting/Importing Documents to and from Adobe
- Highlighting potential spelling issues
- Formatting is done easily
- Export of Signatures and Signature blocks
- Incorporating different programs, Word, Excel into same pdf document
January 24, 2024
Adobe Acrobat is a great little tool to have
We use it to convert PDFs to word documents mainly as there are lots of policies that get created here that need amending quite often.
We also use it to save PDF images in different file formats, and also to edit both shared and confidential documents.
It is something that we use almost daily.
We also use it to save PDF images in different file formats, and also to edit both shared and confidential documents.
It is something that we use almost daily.
- Clear and concise interface
- Quick and easy to use
- Very user friendly
- Larger buttons
- nothing
- nothing
January 23, 2024
Amazing product, SO easy to use!!
I work for a commercial construction company and we use Adobe Acrobat for multiple purposes. We use it to read blueprints mostly. We can send our and receive quotes, drawings, and documents. The Adobe Acrobat pro version is used to sign contracts as well as to modify and edit blueprints.
- Edting
- overlay and signing
- send and receive files that can not be edited by others
- some files do not always save in a correct format from Microsoft word
- some files do not always save in a correct format from Microsoft excel
- I do not have any complaints with Adobe. I LOVE IT
January 23, 2024
Adobe Acrobat Allows In-House Professional Results
As an instructional designer, I’ve used Acrobat to create interactive learning interactions. This allows us to create documents that are tailored to the needs of our various programs and learners. The features in the Pro edition allows us to edit previously created PDFs and customize for a specific purpose, essentially providing enterprise templates we can adjust accordingly.
- Provide efficiency
- Allow the creation of tailored content
- Provide flexibility for the type of content we create
- Combining files can be a cumbersome process
- Creating documents from scratch can be overwhelming; having some templates would be ideal
- Creating customized forms is an arduous process
January 23, 2024
Adobe Acrobat - MUST HAVE!
We use Adobe Acrobat for multiple reasons. A lot of the time it's combining or editing PDFs. The print to PDF function is also something that gets used a lot in our office.
- Ability to leave comments.
- Editing capablities.
- Exporting functionality.
- Not a fan of the new Adobe Acrobat, I don't like how the layout is different.
- Editing could be easier to line up.
- Getting things onto one page easier.
January 23, 2024
Satisfied Customer
I use Adobe Acrobat on a daily basis. In my position working with another software it is necessary to convert large amounts of documents.
I use Adobe Pro to edit many documents too.
I use Adobe Pro to edit many documents too.
- Edit
- convert documents
- merge documents
- adding editor
- templates
- lower cost
January 23, 2024
Adobe - easy and already here.
I use it primarily to review SOW documents and client contracts. Clients will send us how much they want to pay for certain items of work through SOWs, which are opened by me using Adobe. Every now and then, there will be a document that I will fill out that needs to be either populated or signed, for which I'll use Adobe as well.
- Reading documents.
- Populating documents with text.
- Signing documents.
- I hate when something is not achieved because I don't have full version.
- It could load a bit faster.
- There are cheaper tools that do what Adobe does.
January 17, 2024
Wonderful document creation and sharing tool
I am using Adobe Acrobat from past 16 years. We provide the requirements to our clients on pdf format which is easily readable by Adobe. Earlier any kind of company documents like Requirement traceability matrix, test plan, technical documentation etc can be easily created and shared with the tool. We can maintain the version history very well. The application is light weighted and can open any big pdf documents.
- Easy light weighted application
- Version history management
- Easy deployment
- No training requirement
- Password protection
- When pdf has high quality images.
- Alerts and notifications for users.
- Onboarding training
January 16, 2024
Adobe is worth the price every day.
I use Acrobat in multiple areas in my profession. From editing manuscripts to doing word-for-word comparisons in layout form, Acrobat is mission-critical, allowing me to produce effective and efficient work. Acrobat is also used for all pitch work so I can have a clean canvas to work on and do all edits in a thorough and concise manner that can be reviewed and acted upon by other team members.
- Find/replace.
- Developing a spelling checklist.
- Able to highlight and review easily.
- Quick save features.
- No toggle between select and scan.
- Better representation of visuals.
- Find/replace is too narrow for words.
January 16, 2024
Create PDF software that simplifies pdf workflow.
We use it a lot to provide content to prospective students in a format that looks good and is also easy to be open to. Also, since the PDFs can be locked down for the most part, we can provide some of the propriety content without worrying about people sharing the content. Also, we use PDFs for some digital-only sales of our materials, as some of the materials we sell are only digital.
- Maintain Layout.
- Works on Almost any platform.
- Quick Loading.
- Able to be secured.
- The price per license for the pro version is pricey and its per month.
- Some of the new pdf formats require a updated reader.
- Team use of acrobat gets expensive.
January 16, 2024
As Expected.
We use Acrobat DC to share and read reports, agreements, etc. We also use Acrobat Pro and Adobe Sign with Acrobat DC as needed.
- Opens PDFs
- Free to download and use.
- Makes file sharing convenient and easy.
- Integrates well with other programs (ex. Adobe Sign).
- Converting to Word docs would be nice (not available in DC, just in Pro).
January 16, 2024
Adobe Acrobat leads the competition
We use Adobe Acrobat for a multitude of purposes. Low Res proofs/visuals for approval for client departments. Press-ready artwork with crop marks/bleed for printers to produce our flyers/brochures/business cards etc. We produce jpg files from Acrobat files for posting on social media channels. We also post PDFs on our websites/apps and other platforms as required. Acrobat allows a quick turnaround from the initial brief to the final artwork via the other software from the Adobe Creative Suite that we use to design our various projects. It is invaluable for editing as client departments will make notes on proofs and send them back for updates on their projects, it makes the workflow quick and easy. We use the product every single day on virtually everything we do and could not get by without it.
- Hi-Res Print ready artwork
- Low-Res files for editing purposes
- Enables jpg files to be made for posting to social media etc.
- Easy to upload to websites/apps
- I'd like to see compression improved when saving low-res files. Files are sometimes still to large to email to clients.
- Editing of files could be improved if Acrobat imported missing fonts.
- Make PDFs fully transferable to other Adobe products so fonts are outlined in certain ones.
January 16, 2024
Adobe Acrobat: The Perfect PDF Companion
Adobe Acrobat is used in various forms both professionally and personally. In my experience, I've found it to be the gold standard for working with or manipulating PDFs. Users have the ability to open, edit, dictate, insert signatures, create PDFs, combine files, add comments and markups, as well as so much more. I think my primary usage is for adding or inserting text onto a PDF, as well as signing off (using the built-in signature feature). I would rank Adobe Acrobat in the necessary category - it's a tool that I would not be able to live without given my daily workflow and tasks.
- PDF Creation and Editing - The platform excels in this regard above competitors. Users can also convert documents from various formats into PDFs and make modifications to existing PDFs.
- Security - Built-in features give users the ability to encrypt PDFs, set password protection, and control access permissions. This ensures confidentiality and integrity for sensitive files.
- Interactive Forms - Users can actually create forms with text fields, checkboxes, and drop-down menus. This is helpful for data collection.
- Collaboration - Users can also collaborate on documents giving multiple individuals the ability to review, edit or comment.
- OCR Features - I don't think most folks realize the poweful ability of this. Users can scan documents, open in Adobe, and now the documents are searchable or editable.
- Adobe Acrobat comes at a price. While it is likely the gold standard, it can be relatively expensive to obtain all of these pro features if you are an individual user or small business.
- Complexity - Due to all of the advanced features, it may be overwhelming for new users or individuals who do not need all of these features and capabilities.
- Mobile app has room for improvement.
- It would be nice to see some sort of Cloud integration feature with Google Drive or other platforms.
January 16, 2024
Makes global marketing teams' work so much easier
We use Adobe Acrobat for all of our PDF and design collateral work. Adobe Acrobat makes it extremely helpful for our creative design and product marketing/local marketing teams to design new content and collateral, commenting with amends and managing files through review stages with multiple stakeholders in different timezones. Adobe Acrobat is very useful for version control and ensuring we can feed in multiple levels of feedback and save lengthy emails or slacks with back and forth descriptions of what needs amending. Much easier and faster to mark up in file.
- Allows design file comment mark-up
- Helps teams manage version control with online files
- Allows for multiple stakeholders to feed in on assets
- Helps do easy signature adding to contracts/review contracts quickly
- Find the recent files hard to navigate
- Prompt to save downloaded files in new folders
January 16, 2024
Adobe Acrobat: Great for Feedback and Review Process
We use Adobe Acrobat for various PDF files and presentations to share with clients, such as SOWs/estimates and creative deliverable presentations. We also use Adobe Acrobat as a way to sync feedback and changes both for the internal team and clients. It allows us to streamline and track changes across multiple groups of people and versions.
- PDF reviewing: edits, comments and other feedback
- Ability to rearrange pages in a file easily
- Signatures
- We've found that some people struggle with its editing features because they are only available to others with Adobe Acrobat PRO. That means we constantly have to work in different non-PDF versions instead of one streamlined document.
We use Adobe Acrobat every day to read, edit and send pdfs. In my department, we export from InDesign into PDFs to send docs to others in the organization to be proofed/edited and then we use those finalized documents to send pdfs to clients and others outside of the organization. The program allows you to easily edit and rearrange PDF files. There's also a great option to leave comments, tagging the person whose feedback you are looking to get. I highly recommend this product.
- Easy to use tools
- Prepare, organize, and edit PDF files
- Simplifies collaboration
- Creates professional finalized documents
- Sometimes the different versions get mixed up on the computer so when I'm trying to use the big, powerful version my doc opens in the reader which doesn't have the same functionality.
- Sometimes I can't find the bookmarks bar and have to search for it... it'd be nice if you could customize the toolbars so that was always visible... oh my goodness --- i just went looking for it and figured out how to customize the toolbar!!! Cool!
- Sometimes it'd be helpful to be able to adjust the boxes that come in when you try to edit the text.
January 16, 2024
Adobe Acrobat is a must have for my everyday work!
I am a gift officer for a charitable organization and use Adobe Acrobat every day when I work. It is an essential program that allows me to support my stakeholders in a professional manner. Whether it is for issuing compliant charitable tax receipts, updating pledge agreements etc. without having to go back to the source file or compiling document packages for our Board of Directors, it allows me to function smoothly and quickly throughout my day.
- Combining files
- Creating forms
- Recognizing scanned documents
- Add a replace all option
January 16, 2024
Adobe Acrobat Software
We use Adobe Acrobat for processing invoices to PDF. We use Adobe Acrobat to document/save files electronically. We are able to edit PDF's to add notes and address markups before finalizing documents. We are paperless and Adobe Acrobat allows us to add notes and comments so that we can track history on statements.
- The tracking of notes and edits makes it easy to see who/what was changed.
- We are able add comments and sign documents electronically.
- We can add images and drawings to documents before sending to clients.
- Editing has changed and is not as user friendly.
- Combing documents be moving pages between two files does not always work.
- Pricing could be better for Adobe Sign so that we do not have to use multiple platforms.