Editing Adobe Acrobat (section)

== Adobe Acrobat family products ==

=== Current services ===

* Acrobat.com is the web version of Acrobat developed by Adobe to edit, create, manipulate, print and manage files in a PDF. It is currently available for users with a [[web browser]] and an [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe ID]] only.
* Acrobat Distiller is a [[Application software|software application]] for converting documents from [[PostScript]] format to PDF.
* Acrobat Pro is the professional full version of Acrobat developed by Adobe to edit, create, manipulate, print and manage files in a PDF. It is currently available for Windows and macOS.
* Acrobat Reader is the freeware version of Acrobat developed by Adobe to view, create, fill, print and format files in a PDF. It is currently available for Windows, macOS, [[iOS]], and [[Android (operating system)|Android]].
* Acrobat Standard is the standard full version of Acrobat developed by Adobe to edit, create, manipulate, print and manage files in a PDF. It is currently available for Windows.
* [[Adobe Document Cloud|Document Cloud]] is part of the Acrobat family developed by Adobe to edit, create, save online, print and format files in a PDF. It is currently available for users with a [[web browser]] and an Adobe ID only.
* Fill & Sign is part of the Acrobat family developed by Adobe to fill, sign, and manage files in a PDF. It is currently available for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
* Scan is part of the Acrobat family developed by Adobe Inc. to scan, crop, and manage files in a PDF. It is currently available for iOS and Android.
* Sign (formerly EchoSign and eSign) is part of the Acrobat family developed by Adobe Inc. to fill, sign, and manage files in a PDF. It is currently available for iOS and Android.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adobe Acrobat DC FAQ|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/faq.html|access-date=20 August 2018|website=helpx.adobe.com|publisher=[[Adobe Systems]]}}</ref>

=== Discontinued services ===
* Acrobat Approval allows users to deploy electronic forms based on a PDF.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adobe Releases Acrobat Approval 5.0|url=https://www.infotoday.com/it/oct01/news11.htm|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.infotoday.com}}</ref>
* Acrobat Business Tools is a discontinued component of the Acrobat family that was distributed by [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe Systems]] with collaboration and document review features.
* Acrobat Capture is a document processing utility for Windows from Adobe Systems that converts a scan of any paper document into a PDF file with selectable text through [[Optical character recognition|OCR]] technology.
* [[Adobe Distiller|Acrobat Distiller Server]] is a discontinued server-based utility that was developed by Adobe Systems to perform centralized high-volume conversion of [[PostScript]] documents to PDF formats for workgroups.
* Acrobat eBook Reader is a PDF-based [[e-book]] reader from Adobe Systems. Features present in Acrobat eBook Reader later appeared in [[Adobe Digital Editions|Digital Editions]].
* Acrobat Elements was a very basic version of the Acrobat family that was released by Adobe Systems. Its key feature advantage over the free Acrobat Reader was the ability to create reliable PDF files from [[Microsoft Office]] applications.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-04-07|title=Acrobat family - Product comparison|url=http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html|access-date=2021-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030407154627/http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html|archive-date=2003-04-07}}</ref>
* Acrobat InProduction is a pre-press tools suite for Acrobat released by Adobe in 2000 to handle color separation and pre-flighting of PDF files for printing.
* Acrobat Messenger is a document utility for Acrobat users that was released by Adobe Systems in 2000 to convert paper documents into [[PDF]] files that can be e-mailed, faxed, or shared online.
* Acrobat Reader Touch is a free PDF document viewer developed and released on December 11, 2012, by Adobe Systems for the [[Microsoft Windows|Windows Touch]] user interface.
*FormsCentral was a web form filling server for users with Windows, macOS, or a web browser and an Adobe ID only. It was discontinued on July 28, 2015, and replaced with [[Adobe Experience Cloud|Experience Manager Forms]].
*Send & Track (formerly SendNow and Send) was a service that lets you send files as links, track files you send to specific individuals, and get confirmation receipts when others view your file. It was completely discontinued as of July 11, 2018.

=== Hidden helper tools ===
* Acrobat Synchronizer is a tool installed along with Acrobat versions. While running in the background, it maintains the accuracy of Acrobat files imported to Acrobat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Adobe Acrobat Synchronizer? {{!}} Techwalla|url=https://www.techwalla.com/articles/what-is-adobe-synchronizer}}</ref>
*RdrCEF (also known as Adobe Reader Cloud Extension Feature) is a tool bundled with Acrobat that runs a process that handles cloud connectivity features.<ref>{{Cite web|title=RdrCEF.exe Windows process - What is it?|url=https://www.file.net/process/rdrcef.exe.html#:~:text=The%20genuine%20RdrCEF.exe%20file,that%20handles%20cloud%20connectivity%20features.|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.file.net}}</ref>

=== Supported file formats ===
The table below contains some of the supported file formats that can be opened or accessed in '''Adobe Acrobat'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adobe Acrobat DC 2019 Overview and Supported File Types |url=https://fileinfo.com/software/adobe/acrobat |access-date=2021-04-21 |website=fileinfo.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
!File format
!Extension
|-
|Acrobat Data File
|ACRODATA
|-
|Acrobat Forms Data Format
|FDF
|-
|Adobe Illustrator File
|AI
|-
|Acrobat Index File
|PDX
|-
|Acrobat Job Definition File
|JDF
|-
|Acrobat Language Plug-in
|LNG
|-
|Acrobat MIME Encoded Job

Definition File
|MJD
|-
|Acrobat Plug-in
|ACROPLUGIN
|-
|Acrobat Plug-in
|API
|-
|Acrobat Security Settings File
|ACROBATSECURITYSETTINGS
|-
|Acrobat Sequence File
|SEQU
|-
|Acrobat XFDF File
|XFDF
|-
|Adobe Color Separations Table
|AST
|-
|Adobe Dictionary Data File
|ENV
|-
|Adobe Joboptions File
|JOBOPTIONS
|-
|Adobe Linguistic Library Data File
|LEX
|-
|Adobe MARS File
|MARS
|-
|Adobe Portable Document Format

File
|PDF
|-
|Adobe Profile File
|APF
|-
|Apple QuickTime Movie
|MOV
|-
|Design Web Format File
|DWF
|-
|Drawing Exchange Format File
|DXF
|-
|Encapsulated PostScript Format File
|EPSF
|-
|Flash MP4 Video File
|F4V
|-
|Flash Video File
|FLV
|-
|[[HTML|Hypertext Markup Language]]
|HTM, HTML
|-
|iTunes Video File
|M4V
|-
|Plain Text File
|TXT
|-
|PostScript File
|PS
|-
|PostScript Image Data File
|PSID
|-
|Product Representation Compact

File
|PRC
|-
|Shockwave Flash Movie
|SWF
|-
|Universal 3D File
|U3D
|-
|XML Data Package
|XDP
|-
|[[Open XML Paper Specification|XML Paper Specification File]]
|XPS
|}