Adobe Acrobat Pro is a program used for viewing, editing, annotating and signing PDF documents. Faculty and staff may access it via Connection (formerly GovConnection).
Touch-enabled interface makes working with PDFs on desktop and mobile convenient, and an optimized Tool Center offers quick access to tools you use most frequently.
What is a PDF?
PDF (Portable Document Format) files combine all of the elements found in a printed document into an electronic image, including text, images, embedded fonts, hyperlinks, videos, forms and interactive buttons.
PDF (Portable Document Format) is an open and standardized file format governed by ISO (International Organization for Standardization). PDF documents can be opened by most web browsers, Adobe’s Acrobat Reader app, third-party apps and word processing programs – depending on its creation process, it may even include security features to prevent unauthorised editing, copying or printing.
PDFs can be created from nearly anything, including Microsoft or Adobe documents, web pages and even photos and drawings. When completed, a PDF represents an accurate replica of its source document with all fonts, formatting and layout preserved – perfect for sending electronically without fear that it might be altered by recipients.
PDF documents, much like PostScript documents, consist of objects that represent graphic shapes, fonts and other elements. Paths composed of lines and cubic bezier curves allow graphics to be drawn onto PDF pages – they can also be stroked, filled or used for clipping purposes. Furthermore, PDF supports vector graphics based on SVG specifications.
PDF standards offer a system for embedding fonts within documents to ensure their transportation with them, and also feature a tagging system to provide accessibility for users with disabilities. Tagging documents include labels, text equivalents, captions and audio descriptions – leading screen readers such as JAWS and Window-Eyes can read these types of PDF documents easily reflow and magnify PDF documents so they’re easier to read on larger screens.
Create PDFs
Adobe Acrobat Pro makes it simple and fast to convert files of any format to PDFs, whether by using menu commands, the Convert to PDF tool, dragging-and-dropping them onto Acrobat’s icon (Windows) or content from the clipboard. Acrobat also supports converting PostScript and EPS files.
Acrobat provides many tools to assist with creating PDF documents from scratch, including a form builder that allows you to design and populate fillable text or electronic forms into boxes you create yourself. Acrobat can also split PDFs, merge multiple files into one PDF, add page numbers and headers/footers, reorder pages and even make text searchable PDF documents!
Acrobat provides several ways for documents containing formulas or automatic computations to be integrated as fields into PDF documents distributed for use by others. For instance, when handing out order forms that include products with prices listed alongside them, Acrobat allows you to quickly insert a field that instantly calculates total costs per item in one step.
Acrobat excels in redacting and erasing sensitive data from PDF files, offering users the power to hide sensitive content, watermark it with a date or permanently delete the information so it cannot be recovered later. You can even use Acrobat to secure PDFs with passwords or certificates, limit editing privileges or add digital signatures – an incredibly handy feature of PDFs!
All these features can be found in Adobe Acrobat Pro, which can be purchased as part of Adobe Creative Suite subscription through Connection (formerly GovConnection). Alternatively, HuskyBuy allows for perpetual license purchases that allow installation on multiple devices for accessing PDFs from anywhere.
Edit PDFs
Adobe Acrobat Pro is a robust PDF editor equipped with tools for creating forms and signing documents electronically, editing text, drawing images into PDFs, animating pages within documents, extracting pages from documents to be standalone image files, as well as importing various document and image formats or the contents of your Windows clipboard.
Acrobat features an intuitive workspace and onboarding experience to make it your default PDF editor, including capabilities like combining PDFs and organizing pages. Built-in spellcheck and find-and-replace functionality enable quick edits while its automated text formatting ensures better readability across various font types, even those not installed on your computer.
When selecting text in a PDF document, a bounding box appears around it to indicate its potential editing. Font can be changed, alignment styles chosen from drop-down menu and highlighted underlined or strikethrough text highlighted or struck through using highlight, underline and strikethrough capabilities; you can even click an icon that resembles a speech bubble to add comments – anyone viewing your document can then reply by clicking their comment!
Acrobat Pro supports right-to-left languages like Arabic and Hebrew, enabling it to convert Web pages or entire websites to PDF files while maintaining their original text encoding. Additionally, Acrobat Pro offers copying rights-to-left or standard left-to-right text directly onto the system clipboard – meaning when pasted into another application it will appear with correct script.
Sign PDFs
PDF documents often require signatures in order to complete them, such as contracts between contractors and clients, employers requiring applicants or interviewees to sign a nondisclosure agreement, and online forms often requiring signatures of those filling them out.
Adobe Acrobat Pro makes it simple and straightforward to add your signature to a PDF document or form. The program features a Tools pane which includes a Fill & Sign tool; just click on the pencil-shaped icon representing a signature to open this feature.
Signature fields are automatically identified on each page, and a blue box appears. Here you can type or use touchpad/ stylus input your signature into the box – then adjust its size as necessary by resizing to fit within its shape of form/box shape. Furthermore, Fill & Sign toolbar includes buttons to change signature color as well as retain original form field hue.
Capturing an image of your signature with the camera within the app and selecting it from your file system to use as a signature on PDF documents or forms is also possible, with the signature synchronizing between devices for convenient use. You may even consider saving it to Adobe Document Cloud so it will always be available when needed.
Adobe Acrobat Pro is a desktop application that enables you to easily create, manipulate and edit PDF files. It is also capable of displaying forms and accepting electronic signatures; in addition it provides options such as password protection for files and redact text redaction – making this program an indispensable asset when working with PDF documents.
Share PDFs
If you need to share a PDF with others, there are multiple methods you can take: emailing it, using secure apps like Dropbox and FTP or using online services that allow people to view and edit PDF files without software downloads – DocFly provides one such online PDF viewer which enables viewers to see PDFs with just their browser, making sharing and editing simple without the need for costly software licenses.
DocFly goes beyond PDF viewers by offering interactive PDF document flipbooks you can embed on your website. These flipbooks provide an engaging way of showcasing products, services, or documents to make them more engaging for audiences – with custom options to make these PDF document flipbooks exactly how you’d like.
Use the Share options in the toolbar to send links or emails with PDF attachments, invite people to comment or edit, track who views and opens, as well as monitor Activity options that display timestamps of each action taken against it, etc.
When sharing your PDF for two-page spreads, be sure to select “Show Cover Page in Two Page View.” Otherwise, Adobe Reader may only display one page at a time when opened; to ensure this happens as intended you will need to adjust View > Page Display settings accordingly; Blurb offers free bookmaking tools that will ensure spreads appear properly when someone opens their PDF.
