| Choose the right Adobe Acrobat product |
Reader 9 |
Acrobat 9 Standard |
Acrobat 9 Pro |
Acrobat 9 Pro Extended |
| View, print, and search PDF files, including PDF Portfolios and PDF maps |
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| Author, store, and share documents, and share your screen, using Acrobat.com services |
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| Experience richer content and greater interactivity with native support for Adobe? Flash? technology |
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| Create PDF documents from any application that prints |
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Convert Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Access files to PDF with one-button ease
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| Capture web pages as rich, dynamic PDF files for review and archiving |
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Archive e-mail or e-mail folders from Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes
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| Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR) |
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| Save PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content |
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| Help protect PDF documents with 256-bit encryption |
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| Apply restrictions on printing, copying, and altering PDF documents |
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| Examine documents for hidden information and delete as needed |
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| Merge files from multiple applications into a single PDF document |
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| Review documents using familiar commenting tools such as sticky notes, highlighting, lines, shapes, and stamps |
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| Assemble a wide range of content types in a polished, organized PDF Portfolio |
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| Manage shared document reviews that allow review participants to see one another's comments |
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| Enable real-time collaboration with synchronized document views and chat |
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| Digitally sign PDF documents |
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| Certify PDF documents using digital IDs |
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| Easily create fillable PDF forms from paper or existing files using the Form Wizard |
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Distribute PDF forms to collect information and track their status
(For ad hoc forms distribution and data collection for up to 500 people) |
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| Enable users of Adobe Reader? (version 8 or later) to fill in and save PDF forms locally |
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| Convert documents to PDF/A for archiving with easy search and retrieval |
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| Validate documents for conformance to ISO standards PDF/A, PDF/E, and PDF/X |
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| Personalize a PDF Portfolio with customizable templates for navigation and branding |
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| Permanently delete sensitive information, including specific text or illustrations, with redaction tools |
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Convert Autodesk? AutoCAD?, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project files to PDF with one-button ease, preserving document layers in Visio and AutoCAD and object data in Visio
(Windows only) |
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| Enable users of Adobe Reader (version 8 or later) to digitally sign PDF documents |
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| Compare and highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document |
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Create dynamic XML forms with Adobe LiveCycle? Designer ES (included)
(Windows only) |
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| Preview, preflight, correct, and prepare PDF files for high-end print production and digital publishing |
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| Create and validate accessible PDF documents |
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| Insert FLV or H.264 video for direct playback in Adobe Acrobat? and Adobe Reader |
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| Easily add audio, video, and quizzes to your PowerPoint slides and create rich, interactive presentations with Adobe Presenter (included) |
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| Convert a variety of video formats to FLV for playback in PDF |
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| Embed video in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and convert to FLV in PDF |
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| Convert 3D content to PDF for cross-platform sharing and collaboration |
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| Combine multiple CAD formats in one assembly and save as PDF with Adobe 3D Reviewer (included) |
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| Convert 2D and 3D designs from major CAD applications to PDF for use by extended teams without expensive CAD or viewer software |
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| Create PDF maps by importing geospatial files that retain metadata and coordinates |
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