Item: Adobe Acrobat
Rating: 8
Author: Avery Chipman

Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Acrobat

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Adobe Acrobat within my organization in order to view PDFs, send PDFs, for review and mark-up to collaborators, review feedback, and then present final PDFs to an audience. Adobe Acrobat allows me to collaborate with multiple reviewers at one time, streamlining my feedback and edits process. I am constantly sending out drafts for review and edits of multiple projects, so it's nice to be able to have everything in one place for each draft.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Allows for localized collaboration
Allows some edits directly to the PDF
Easily allows for reorganization, adding/removing pages, adding text fields or signatures, etc

Cons

It is not always clear where comments are tagged on the given page
PDF editing, to a PDF created in other Adobe software, can be very limited if you aren't making only very small edits

Return on Investment

Improved efficiency with localized collaboration

Key Differentiators

Cloud Solutions
Integration with Other Systems
Ease of Use

Security

I have never had any security concerns with Adobe Acrobat. It seems to me that their security is functioning well. I like that with Adobe Acrobat I am able to flatten and/or lock files and use encryption, when needed. This is important in the line of work that I am in.

Alternatives Considered

Bluebeam

The most important factor in choosing and using Adobe Acrobat is that it is an Adobe Suite software and nicely integrates with the other Adobe software we use to create print projects, such as InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. It is also convenient that Acrobat has the free Adobe Reader version available so that when I am sending files for review and mark-ups to collaborators outside of my office they are still able to work within my workflow. Adobe Acrobat is a perfect program for most print-destined documents. For books, paper, magazines, posters, etc, I use Adobe Acrobat. However, my organization is involved in Architecture and Design, and Adobe Acrobat is less suited to editing and marking up architectural drawing PDFs for print than a program like Bluebeam Revu.

Key Insights

Do you think Adobe Acrobat delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Adobe Acrobat's feature set?

Yes

Did Adobe Acrobat live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Adobe Acrobat go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Adobe Acrobat again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Bluebeam, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe After Effects

Likelihood to Recommend

Adobe Acrobat is a perfect program for most print-destined documents. For books, paper, magazines, posters, etc, I use Adobe Acrobat. However, my organization is involved in Architecture and Design, and Adobe Acrobat is less suited to editing and marking up architectural drawing PDFs for print than a program like Bluebeam Revu.

Using Adobe Acrobat

Users and Roles

7 - The people in my organization that use Adobe Acrobat are primarily in our Marketing department.

Support Headcount Required

N/A We do not have any IT in-office.

Business Processes Supported

Reviewing PDFs
Adding feedback/mark-ups
Adding signature boxes

Innovative Uses

Acrobat allows you to see all of the markups on a PDF from multiple users at once and jump between them easily

Future Planned Uses

Review of PDFs between multiple office locations

Likelihood to Renew

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 should be Universal Standard PDF Software for Basics Needs