Flipping for Acrobat
April 11, 2021
Flipping for Acrobat
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
We are a digital publishing company so we have a few different uses for Acrobat. It's used by our Production team and Support team. On the Production side, we use specific optimization settings to optimize a print PDF prior to digital conversion. On the Support side, if a client has a problem with the digital conversion, we go back to the PDF and analyze it via Acrobat, and provide the necessary feedback.
- For our purpose, being able to quickly set up optimization settings is really important to us. It allows us to easily open a pdf, select the proper optimization setting, and process the pdf. All in a few simple steps. This allows us to do our job more effectively.
- Acrobat also allows us to preflight a pdf when necessary. If we're having a problem with a pdf, being able to use numerous preflight options to diagnose a problem is extremely helpful to us. It allows us to find the issue and relay this information to the client to hopefully prevent a future issue.
- We try to never update a client's pdf, but if for some reason we need to make a small text change, having the ability and freedom to do so in Acrobat can be a huge timesaver. Acrobat makes editorial changes a breeze.
- If we're doing anything design-related internally, Acrobat allows for easy commenting on PDFs. This is a nice feature as it allows you to quickly point out necessary changes for the designer.
- I don't think there are really any downsides to Acrobat. I think the challenge for me is that there's so much Acrobat can do, which is a good thing. It's just hard to determine which area to go for specific things. They do have sections for certain features which makes it helpful.
- I think the Print Production section might be the most confusing. Again, there's so much Acrobat can do, it's hard to know exactly which option I want. This is mostly related to the Preflighting options. Having some helpful information for each setting would definitely provide some more clarity around these settings.
- Optimizing a PDF
- Preflighting
- Editing a PDF
- Commenting
- The ability to optimize a PDF has a tremendous impact on our business. Our digital publishing software relies heavily on a pdf output to specific settings. Without Acrobat, our client files would not interact very well with our software.
- Having the ability to preflight a PDF and provide client feedback proves us to be more of an expert when it comes to PDFs. This is a positive outcome and builds trust with our clients.
- The ability to comment on PDFs on internal projects provides ease of communication on design projects and streamlines the process.
Honestly, I've never used any other PDF-type software. I've been fortunate enough to always have the ability to use Adobe software. This started 22 years ago when I was doing Desktop Publishing. I've been in the printing industry in some form or another in those 22 years. Because of that, I've always needed to have the best software available, including Acrobat. Again, for the price, if you want the best you should use Acrobat.
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?
Yes
Would you buy Adobe Acrobat again?
Yes