Editing Adobe Acrobat (section)

==History==
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Adobe Acrobat was launched in 1993 and had to compete with other products and proprietary formats that aimed to create digital documents:
* Common Ground from No Hands Software Inc.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Borzo |first1=Jeanette |title=Paperless: Tools resurrect hope for paperless office concept |journal=[[InfoWorld]] |date=14 June 1993 |volume=15 |issue=24 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QDsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24 |issn=0199-6649}}</ref>
* [[Envoy (WordPerfect)|Envoy]] from [[WordPerfect|WordPerfect Corporation]]
* Folio Views from [[Folio Corporation|NextPage]]
* Replica from [[Netopia|Farallon Computing]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eckerson |first1=Wayne |title=Farallon gives Adobe Acrobat run for money |journal=[[Network World]] |date=26 July 1993 |volume=10 |issue=30 |page=86 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86 |publisher=International Data Group |issn=0887-7661}}</ref>
* WorldView from [[Interleaf]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jarrin |first1=Christopher |title=Reading what you sow |journal=[[InfoWorld]] |date=22 July 1996 |volume=18 |issue=30 |page=66 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ij0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66 |issn=0199-6649}}</ref>
* [[DjVu]] from [[AT&T Laboratories]]

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Adobe has renamed the Acrobat products several times, in addition to merging, splitting and discontinuing them. Initially, the offered products were called Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Exchange and [[Adobe Distiller|Acrobat Distiller]]. "Acrobat Exchange" soon became "Acrobat". Over time, "Acrobat Reader" became "Reader". Between versions 3 and 5, Acrobat did not have several editions.{{clarify |date=June 2019 |reason=Can we have some more clarity on what this means? Rewrite into a positive statement of what it DID have, or explain how it differed from the apparent expectation here? }} In 1999, the [[Acrobat.com]] service came to being and introduced several web services whose names started with "Acrobat", but eventually, "Acrobat.com" was downgraded from the name of the family of services, to that of one of those services.

Unlike most other Adobe products, such as members of [[Adobe Creative Suite]] family, the Acrobat products do not have icons that display two letters on a colored rectangle.

===Document Cloud===

In April 2015, Adobe introduced the "[[Adobe Document Cloud|Document Cloud]]" branding (alongside its [[Adobe Creative Cloud|Creative Cloud]]) to signify its adoption of the [[cloud storage]] and the [[software as a service]] model. Programs under this branding received a "DC" suffix. In addition, "Reader" was renamed back to "Acrobat Reader".<ref>{{cite news|last1=Heller|first1=Martin|title=Review: Adobe Acrobat polishes its act|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2907656/office-software/review-adobe-acrobat-dc-polishes-its-act.html|access-date=28 March 2016|work=InfoWorld|date=April 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Frank|first1=Blair Hanley|title=Adobe teams up with Dropbox as part of Document Cloud upgrades|url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/2992453/cloud-storage/adobe-teams-up-with-dropbox-as-part-of-document-cloud-upgrades.html|access-date=28 March 2016|work=IDG News Service|date=October 13, 2015}}</ref> Following the introduction of Document Cloud, Acrobat.com was discontinued as their features were integrated into the desktop programs and mobile apps.

The GUI had major changes with the introduction of Acrobat DC in 2015, which supports Windows 7 and later, and OS X 10.9 and later. Version numbers are now identified by the last two digits of the year of major release, and the month and year is specified; the previous version was 12, but examples of the DC (Document Cloud) Acrobat product family versions are DC June 2016, version 15.016.20045, released 2 June 2016 and DC Classic January 2016, version 15.006.30119, released 12 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/release-note/release-notes-acrobat-reader.html|title=Release Notes - Acrobat, Reader|work=Acrobat Help |publisher=[[Adobe Systems]]}}</ref> From DC 2015 the Acrobat family is available in two tracks, the original track, now named Classic, and the Continuous track.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/AdminGuide/whatsnewdc.html |title=Document Cloud Product Tracks — Enterprise Administration Guide |website=Adobe.com |access-date= 27 June 2016}}</ref> Updates for the Classic track are released quarterly, and do not include new features, whereas updates for the Continuous track are issued more frequently, and implemented silently and automatically.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/AdminGuide/whatsnewdc.html|title = Document Cloud Product Tracks — Deployment Planning and Configuration}}</ref>

The last pre-DC version, Acrobat XI, was updated to 11.0.23 version (and this was the final release<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html|title=Adobe Security Bulletin|website=helpx.adobe.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-30}}</ref>) on November 14, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotes/11/11.0.23.html#elevenzerozerotwentythree|title=11.0.23 Planned update, November 14, 2017 — Acrobat and Adobe Reader Release Notes|website=www.adobe.com|access-date=2017-11-30}}</ref> support for which had ended a month earlier on October 15, 2017.<ref name="xi support (gold)">{{cite web|title=Adobe Support Policies: Supported Product Versions|url=https://www.adobe.com/support/programs/policies/supported.html|website=Adobe|access-date=20 October 2016|date=2016}}</ref> In September 2020, Adobe released a feature to make documents easier to read on phones called "Liquid Mode" using its Sensei [[Artificial intelligence|AI]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moon |first=M. |date=September 23, 2020 |title=Adobe's Liquid Mode uses AI to make PDFs easier to read on phones |url=https://www.engadget.com/adobe-liquid-mode-130012210.html |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}</ref>