What’s new



PDF creation, editing, and searching

Unify a wide range of content into a PDF Portfolio
Combine documents, drawings, email, and spreadsheets into a single, compressed PDF Portfolio. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.

Convert paper documents to PDF
New optical character recognition (OCR) technology and support for a broader range of scanners improves searchability and appearance of the scanned documents. See Scan a paper document to PDF.

Convert web pages to PDF
Improved web capture allows you to convert complete web pages or just the portions you want, including or excluding rich and interactive media. PDF versions of web pages are easy to print, archive, mark up, and share. See Converting web pages to PDF.

Convert documents from new versions of Lotus Notes and AutoCAD
Acrobat now supports Lotus Notes 8.5. Acrobat Pro and Acrobat Pro Extended now support Autodesk AutoCAD 2009.

Search across multiple PDFs
Enhanced functionality enables you to search multiple PDF files in the same folder to help you quickly find the information you need.

Collaboration

Use Acrobat.com for shared reviews
Participants download the file from Acrobat.com, and add comments or data using Acrobat or Adobe Reader. When finished, participants publish comments or submit responses to Acrobat.com. When using Acrobat.com for shared reviews, you can also allow reviewers to open and share the PDF in a live chat session. See Starting a review.

Collaborating in online meetings
Use Adobe ConnectNow, a personal web-conference tool, to conduct real-time meetings on your desktop. Attendees join the meeting by logging into a web-based meeting space from their own computers. In a ConnectNow online meeting, you can share your desktop, use live chat, share online whiteboards, and use many other collaboration features. See Collaborate in online meetings.

Use Acrobat.com to upload and share large documents
From Acrobat or Reader, you can create your own user account on Acrobat.com. Use Acrobat.com to upload and share most document types, and to share PDFs or your desktop in online meetings. See Share documents with others.

Forms

Easily create and edit electronic forms
(Windows) Use the new Forms Wizard to convert Microsoft® Word and Excel documents or scanned paper into PDF forms. Form fields are automatically recognized and converted to fillable fields. Quickly add, edit, and name form fields. Use the Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. See Create a form.

Collect and export form data
Easily collect user data and export the data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting. See Collecting and managing form data.

Track forms
Use the Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. See About Forms Tracker.

Digital signatures

Long-term signature validation enhancements
Embed the certificate chain, revocation status, and timestamp after signature creation. Allow valid, but expired timestamps to be used. See Establish long-term signature validation.

Create ink signatures
Add a simple handwritten signature on a page. See Sign a PDF.