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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AAdobe Acrobat DC is the current version of the well-established document / PDF management solution, part of the Adobe Document Cloud (the other part being Adobe's eSign services based on technology acquired with EchoSign in 2011).

    $29.99

    per month per seat

    Foxit PDF Editor

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AFoxit PDF Editor is a solution for creating, editing, organizing, and securing PDF documents. Designed for professionals and businesses of all sizes, features include editing capabilities, OCR, collaboration tools, and security options like redaction and document encryption.

    $10.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Adobe AcrobatFoxit PDF Editor
    Editions & Modules
    Acrobat Pro for Individuals
    $19.99
    per month
    Acrobat Pro for Teams
    $23.99
    per month per user
    Acrobat Studio for Individuals
    $24.99
    per month
    Foxit PDF Editor
    $10.99
    per month per user
    Foxit PDF Editor +
    $13.99
    per month per user
    Foxit PDF Editor
    $129.99
    per year per user
    Foxit PDF Editor+
    $159.99
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe AcrobatFoxit PDF Editor
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Adobe AcrobatFoxit PDF Editor
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat is the gold standard and you pay for it. It is easy to use and works how you expect it to. The alternatives are cheaper, but don't offer as many features, and require retaining everyone to switch applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat stands out because its more powefull and feature rich as compared to these free tools. and it offers more compatibilty, security and many other editing options in a single software. which is much suitable for professional work rather than these cheap alternatives. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I selected Adobe Acrobat because of the following reasons..

    1. It provides the Ai powered features and straight forward cloud integration which is not available with other providers. 2.Adobe Acrobat has global certifications of market standards for security and compliance areas.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Both of the alternatives Nitro and Foxit, lacks some functionalities. Eg: Foxit doesn't have a very user friendly UI, thats' the same issue Nitro as well. Also, Nitro's licensing is a bit complex. Adobe Acrobat is a plug and play product. The UI is friendly, one can learn it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Foxit PDF Editor was one of the alternatives we were considering while going for Adobe Acrobat. However, it was not a good choice for data import/ export and secure data storage for our organisation. Also, the interface of Adobe Acrobat is simple & more user friendly as …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat is great at assembling separate documents into a single document, replacing pages, and optimizing file sizes for web presentation. We can easily import our signatures on documents through Adobe Acrobat. It is essential for our everyday business use, in particular …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    They are equivalent - Adobe Acrobat might have a slight advantage in some areas, though the recent updates may make me go back to Foxit.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I found this software to be very difficult to navigate. I really wanted to love it because it is less expensive compared to Adobe and is easier for our institution to license. Unfortunately, the learning curve was too steep to implement within our organization. I am usually …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    I found Adobe to be richer in features than Foxit or Soda, more intuitive to learn and more reliable when in use. Both alternatives were more prone to crashes or had needed features missing, which is how i made my decision to go with Adobe
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe is more user friendly and having more features and part of bigger ecosystem which makes it preferred brand over competitors.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Acrobat is very popular in the world and secure software, so it is easy for the client to open confidential documents in Acrobat and design the document. Acrobat has a modern view, which is very easy to use. Acrobat takes less time to execute different operations in comparison …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Foxit editor is cheaper and handles very large documents better
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Adobe Acrobat allows licenses to stretch across one account rather than just one device, and works across both Mac and Windows, as opposed to some of the other options.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    They have a superior product that works better and more reliably when it comes to working with PDF files. Adobes' Achilles heel is the restrictions and requirements imposed on the user and software by their administrative and legal teams that drag down what otherwise is a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    In my experience, Adobe Acrobat offers more advanced features and security safeguards than competitors. It may come at a price, but you feel that you can trust in the brand and the abilities of the platform when compared to competitors. With that in mind, some users may find …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Acrobat is overall, the superior PDF creator, editor and compiler. However, DocuSign is easier and more reliable as a document signing program. This tool is Acrobat is much harder to use and has caused some errors in documents in the past. It also does not work well with a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Foxit PDF is a strong competitor to Adobe Acrobat. However, users coming from older editions of Adobe don't like too much change and will want to stay with Adobe instead of changing to a new competing product. We did evaluate Foxit, but end users couldn't or didn't have the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    We find Adobe Acrobat very easy to use, and the software performs that it has to do with no bad surprises or format problems.
    Helps so much to create forms, edit documents, sign documents, other important feature is sharing documents to peers, you can have the control and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    Overall, Adobe has a better reputation than Foxit PDF Editor; while many of my colleagues prefer the features of Foxit (over Adobe), Adobe remains more secure and provides our organization with a higher level of comfort. DocuSign is a great tool for requesting signatures on …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Acrobat
    We actually use adobe alongside Bluebeam to supliment some of the layer features when looking at plans and layouts. We still use Adobe for ease of use for documents or contracts.
    Incentivized
    Foxit Software
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Foxit PDF Editor meets all of our business needs in terms of a PDF editor software. The price for Adobe Acrobat Pro was cost-prohibitive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) is cheaper and easier to purchase and renew. It's layout is easier to navigate. They have used the same type of layout as Microsoft Office products so it is easier for Team Members to find what they need. It also has a few more features than Ad…
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    FoxitPhantom PDF is a no-brainer when compared to Adobe Acrobat. It is extremely cheaper for virtually the same product. It has all of the features that I loved about Adobe Acrobat, but for a fraction of the price. I would say FoxitPhantom PDF isn't just competitive - it's the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    We were looking at ways to help reduce our license costs, and that is what made us look into alternatives to Adobe Acrobat. The license costs about half of what we were spending for Adobe, so it was a straightforward choice for us to make. Aside from a learning curve associated …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    FoxitPhantom PDF is a cheaper alternative to Adobe Acrobat. It can get the job done with basic PDF needs, but the user experience is not a slick as the Adobe products with the recent updates. Foxit was ultimately selected to reduce the costs for a basic PDF reader and editing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    FoxitPhantom PDF has all the same basic features that Adobe Acrobat carries, except I have personally found the editing and annotating features to be superior with FoxitPhantom. Not to mention it feels like Adobe Acrobat comes with more bloated software, whereas FoxitPhantom …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Acrobat doesn't get close. It feels like the kid version of what a PDF viewer/editor should be. Features are mangled, they're not intuitive, and things are unnecessarily locked down. FoxIt gets rid of the BS and gives you the tools you need to edit your docs like a pro, for a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    In my experience, Foxit Phantom PDF offers the exact same functions and abilities that Adobe Acrobat does. Our company chose Foxit because it was significantly less expensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    I would say that when you want to get a bigger share of the market and take business from long time consolidated applications like Acrobat, you really need to try harder and give something more to the user to be able to change their mind and switch to Foxit.
    In our case …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    FoxitPhantom PDF is better Adobe Acrobat DC. I just like that is cheaper and easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    In our case Cost was the deciding factor. We don't have a need for any advanced tools or features. Our use cases involve merging or splitting up documents, e-signatures and simple markups.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Foxit PDF Editor had the most tools that I frequently use and it had them right where I expected them. All of the others that I demoed either lacked tools I use often or were not nearly as intuitive to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Foxit PDF Editor is much more intuitive than Adobe and Apple Preview and some other PDF editors. The interface and UI are easier to manage and collaborate with, and export cleanly. It is also a good tool for more simple design projects. It's easier to merge multiple PDFs and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Foxit comes with an offline solution that can be deployed across the company. The price is good, compared with Adobe but a bit less competitive than Kofax. The interface compared to other mentioned tools is easy to deal with and seems to be intuitive for the users who uses …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    I have used Adobe is the past, and it worked just fine. However, I felt that in order to complete the tasks I needed to, I was having to take 4-5 steps just to do one thing. With Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom), most of the issues I ran into with Adobe were one simple click …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Better value with the same functionality, often exceeding in many ways.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    FoxitPhantom contains all the functionalities that you want from Adobe such as creating PDFs, editing PDFs, sharing PDFs, encrypting PDFs, and being a cheaper alternative. The user interface is very intuitive and matches up well with other common software like Microsoft Word …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Foxit has its own use. Compared to Bluebeam, Foxit is a way more affordable option. Foxit is a great and affordable solution for most users. The program doesn’t quite stack up against Bluebeam as far as features go. But that’s also why Bluebeam costs $350 and Foxit only costs …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    FoxitPhantom PDF does everything Adobe does and much quicker from the program opening to saving files.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Can't beat the cost and quality when compared to the more well known competitor software suites. Also much better than the random, not so well made and supported similar software out there. FoxitPhantom PDF is a solid tool to have on your computer, you will not be disappointed.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Simpler to use, just as functional if not more so. Better, smoother integration. We went with it because of its wide functionality and client support. Overall, for the money, it is better and more reliable software.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    Same functionality for less cost. Not as pretty as Adobe, but gets the job done all the same.
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    FoxitPhantom PDF works just as well for a fraction of the price, and I feel more secure not using an adobe product on my computer. While the feature sets are very similar Foxit is both easier to use personally and easier to teach to new employees. We used Adobe for several …
    Incentivized
    Chose Foxit PDF Editor
    All the features we need without being forced to overpay for Adobe. Lightweight on system resources.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    341 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Adobe AcrobatFoxit PDF Editor
    PDF Editors
    Comparison of PDF Editors features of Adobe Acrobat and Foxit PDF Editor
    Feature
    Adobe Acrobat
    -
    Ratings
    Foxit PDF Editor
    8.8
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Edit Text and Images00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Merge or Split PDFs00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
    Add Annotations00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Text Recognition (OCR)00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Page Management00 Ratings8.23 Ratings
    Form Creation and Editing00 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Secure PDFs00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Convert to Different Formats00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Comment and Review Tools00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Undo and Redo Actions00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Tungsten Capture
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe AcrobatFoxit PDF Editor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (481 ratings)
    8.5
    (33 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.7
    (26 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (237 ratings)
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (56 ratings)
    8.9
    (11 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.6
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    4.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    5.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe AcrobatFoxit PDF Editor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    The 12 primary users represent our core Human Resources, Payroll, and Finance operations teams. Within this group, HR managers use the platform to oversee employee lifecycle events, handle benefits administration, and process new-hire onboarding. The payroll specialists and finance staff manage bi-weekly payroll runs, direct deposits, tax compliance, and general ledger reporting. Additionally, a couple of operational team leads use administrative access to approve timesheets, track attendance, and monitor departmental PTO accruals.
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    Foxit Software
    Great for marking up depositions or pleadings with highlights, comments, and notes during case review.
    Supports Bates stamping, password protection, and other features often required for electronic filing.

    Built-in tools allow for quick and secure redaction of privileged or confidential information before sharing or filing. Less appropriate if you needed to work on real time collaboration or building complex form templates from scratch.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • For the business account, the Adobe Acrobat rep assigned to your account will actively look for ways to save you money.
    • We have found that our rep from Adobe Acrobat Business Account reviews our usage and related apps and has offered helpful tips on better ways to complete tasks we historically undertake with their software. They have saved us a great deal of time and money. They make us efficient.
    • The apps they offer that combine with the primary program are relevant to the tasks our business performs, and they function at a high level and never fail. It's really quite remarkable.
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    Foxit Software
    • FoxitPhantom carries superior editing tools over Adobe Acrobat and similar products. It allows you to modify text, images, & objects in a more robust fashion
    • Integrates well with Microsoft Office products such as Word, PPT, & Excel
    • Allows you to work in a nearly paperless environment
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • Fonts can default (but not always) if the designer doesn't perform due diligence before generating PDFs.
    • The one area Adobe Acrobat is not good at: generating PDFs straight from a website. The results are touch-and-go.
    • The basic nav controls take a little getting used to. What I initially expected to be in one spot could only be found elsewhere.
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    Foxit Software
    • I have a dual monitor setup at work and there are times when I wish that I could view pdf documents on both monitors at the same time. I have not yet figured out how to do that with FoxitPhantom as it appears to limit the user to displaying multiple pdf documents as separate tabs on the same screen. If dual screen is an option in the software, it needs to be more apparent.
    • I can't think of any other desired improvements. This software really does everything that I need it to do.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    Option 1: Cross-Departmental MixThe 12 Adobe Acrobat users in our organization represent several key business functions across operations:Legal & Compliance (3 users): Redact confidential information, review terms, and handle legally binding e-signatures for contracts.Finance (3 users): Consolidate financial statements, convert spreadsheets into secure PDFs, and process vendor invoices.Human Resources (2 users): Manage fillable onboarding paperwork, store confidential employee records, and distribute company policies.Sales (2 users): Send out client proposals, track service agreements, and capture executive signatures.Marketing (2 users): Review collateral proofs, combine media packages, and optimize PDF sizes for web distribution.
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    Foxit Software
    Because very few editors are so easy to use and deploy backed by speed and performance. Foxit PDF is known for its speed and performance, allowing users to open and work with PDF files quickly and efficiently
    Foxit's user-friendly interface is easy to navigate and use, making it a popular choice for users who are new to PDF software.
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    Usability
    Adobe
    The features on the desktop version are all toolbar based, which makes it a little more cumbersome on a smaller device (and much simpler on a large screen). The web forms adjust well to different screen size so work well on mobile, tablet and computer
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    Foxit Software
    Foxit PDF Editor works the way my brain works, so everything is where I expect it intuitively and that makes me hugely efficient. I love how all of the various features are laid out logically in tabs such as Fill & Sign, Organize, Form, etc. with the tools I expect to find where I expect to find them.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    We have not had availability issues with Adobe Acrobat, or at least none that I am personally aware of. Some may encounter crashes of the software during outages of electricity in their city or neighborhood, which no one can plan for, but with generators in our organization, we have been lucky not to have outages
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    Foxit Software
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Adobe
    One of the best features of Adobe Acrobat is its speed and stability. When dealing with massive multi-page files, having to reload a crashed program over and over again would slow down progress unnecessarily. And expanding on that, having the table of contents generated allows me to skip to different pages with ease, a necessary feature with exceptionally long files. word searches are even more helpful with text recognition.
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    Foxit Software
    FoxitPhantom PDF integrates very well with the Microsoft Office products, which is where I found I use this the most. It performs about as well as can be expected, without any out of place latency. Whether it be merging, deleting, editing or rearranging pages, its performance holds up even with larger documents.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    For a while, Acrobat DC crashed pretty frequently. I contacted Adobe Acrobat support about the problem. At first support was unable to provide a solution. After about a month Adobe's software engineers provided a fix. I just wish it had taken less than a month to solve the problem.
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    Foxit Software
    I haven't personally had interaction with the customer support from FoxitPhantom, however based on conversations I have had with members in the organization, I was given positive feedback. Their website has a lot of information and tutorials. If you need to contact them, they are quick to respond. User manuals are readily available.
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    Easy to follow and understand
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    Foxit Software
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    I was not involved with the implementation process, so I cannot answer this question. However, when it was installed on my computer system, they did so virtually. I just sat there while they took control of my computer over the network and watch them install it, lickety split
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    Foxit Software
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    In my opinion, both complement each other. Microsoft clearly has with Copilot the AI Edge. However, the visual dynamics of Adobe Creative are Outstanding and provide a balanced approach to creativity, utilizing both Excellent, user-friendly Tools.
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    Foxit Software
    I would say that when you want to get a bigger share of the market and take business from long time consolidated applications like Acrobat, you really need to try harder and give something more to the user to be able to change their mind and switch to Foxit. In our case licensing was an important factor and at the beginning we had a small learning curve with users asking how to open PDF files and what was that orange icon. The truth is that we as users accepted the new software happily because simply said: it does the job. After using Foxit I would not go back to Acrobat, I like better the connectivity, the simplicity and the way it manages the tabs.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Adobe
    The only thing I can think of that may be helpful would be a more flexible tiered pricing options based on usage or document volume.
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    Foxit Software
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Adobe
    I find that many users aren't aware of many features of the software they use, nor may they be comfortable with learning multiple-step processes. For the simplest of PDF purposes (scanning, downloading, exporting), it gets a thumbs-up. For anything involving electronic signatures, meh--causes eyes to glaze over, or forgetting what all is involved.
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    Foxit Software
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • Automation of contract offer generation enabled the HR team to reduce the time to process contracts by 97%.
    • The automated workflow is more accurate and decreased document errors by up to 90 percent.
    • The signature collecting process was cut from a minimum of 30 minutes to only 2 minutes.
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    Foxit Software
    • We have cut our mailed AR by over 60% by exporting to foxit and emailing.
    • We have cleared an entire room to be used as additional office space by scanning in old documents.
    • The feature that allows you to directly type onto PDFs has increased our quality control by allowing us to highlight or add notes to important info.
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    ScreenShots

    Adobe Acrobat Screenshots

    Screenshot of where to create, edit, convert, and share PDF files all from within Microsoft Teams – as part of Acrobat integrations with Microsoft 365 apps.Screenshot of Liquid Mode in Adobe Acrobat Reader mobile app, where users can read PDFs on phones and tablets without having to pinch and zoom. Navigate lengthy documents with intelligent outline and search tools, while maximizing readability and comfort with font size and line spacing that are adjustable.Screenshot of where to fill and sign PDF forms from anywhere and on any device. Here, users can collect signatures, digitally track progress, and automatically archive the signed document.Screenshot of the Adobe Scan mobile app, used to capture and convert documents into high-quality, interactive PDF documents that can be filled out, signed, and shared. This eliminates the hassle of finding a printer, filling a form by hand, and scanning it again.