Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe Inc. to view, create, manipulate, print and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files.
Adobe Acrobat Pro running on Windows 11. Other editions of Acrobat (Standard and Reader) feature a similar interface. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer(s) | Adobe Inc. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Initial release | 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operating system | Windows, macOS Android | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Type | Desktop publishing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| License | Proprietary | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | adobe | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Reader), Acrobat (formerly Exchange) and Acrobat.com. The basic Acrobat Reader, available for several desktop and mobile platforms, is freeware; it supports viewing, printing, scaling or resizing and annotating of PDF files. Additional, "Premium", services are available on paid subscription. The commercial proprietary Acrobat, available for Microsoft Windows and macOS only, can also create, edit, convert, digitally sign, encrypt, export and publish PDF files. Acrobat.com complements the family with a variety of enterprise content management and file hosting services.