A robust PDF compiler, great for optimization, collaboration, and editing
June 16, 2022
A robust PDF compiler, great for optimization, collaboration, and editing

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Acrobat DC
We primarily use Adobe Acrobat DC to export any and all art files created that we need to send to our production floor for printing, as well as to digitize those print pieces and share them on our website, social media, and with clients. The majority of our users don't do any editing directly in Adobe Acrobat DC but rather use its compression features and commenting system when sending proofs.
Pros
- Optimize and compress PDFs for email/web
- Allow seamless collaboration through a diverse comments area
- Allow for rapid reorganization/insertion/editing of pages in a multipage document
- Create signature areas and date pickers in documents to be filled digitally
Cons
- The create files from multiple PDFs can feel a bit clunky when trying to add files from multiple folders
- I would love the ability to change the page thumbnail size when going through large documents
- Sometimes when editing a PDF, even if you have a foreground element selected with the bounding box, when you go to move it the program seems to grab an element behind it instead, it's a little clunky if not just editing text
- File optimization
- Collaborative commenting/proofing
- Quick reorganization of pages in large documents
- Ability to edit PDF outside of native application
- We've been able to send clients robust "Lookbooks" of our products we couldn't previously
- We've saved immense server space by compressing files, appropriately, before sending them to print
- Our proofing process in my department is dramatically streamlined by utilizing PDFs and comments rather than a trail in emails that can be challenging to understand or follow
- Mistakes have been reduced by being able to run a spell check on any live text in the file before sending it for printing
Honestly, we don't do a lot of work with secure documents so I can't speak to this element of the program. I know there are secure files sending features within Adobe Acrobat DC but I don't have much experience with them.
Honestly, there really isn't anything equivalent. I've used Adobe's online PDF compressor in a pinch, DocuSign is great but I really don't feel we necessarily need it when Adobe Acrobat DC has all the functions it does, and sending Word documents to clients isn't a great look when you can actually style and design something more cleanly as a PDF. While there are a ton of other PDF tools out there, I really haven't given them much consideration as there's literally nothing missing from Adobe Acrobat DC, if it's available to you as an option.
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?
Yes
Did implementation of Adobe Acrobat go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Adobe Acrobat again?
Yes
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