To get the most out of this book

This book explores features that are often overlooked by users who likely already work with Acrobat. The best way to use this book is to plan a little and think about what you already do while working with your .pdf documents. Do you comment using Acrobat? Or remediate files for accessibility? Jump to those chapters in the book to learn more detail or consider a different approach to get the best results.

Adobe Acrobat family software

Adobe Acrobat is a large family of applications. Adobe helps to support our multi-device users by offering an app for any device on the market. Users, however, often get lost in the choices available. The following table will guide you to what software version you need based on the device(s) that you use. Some decisions in this area need to be made at a time when a subscription is purchased.

Adobe Acrobat includes desktop products, free mobile apps, and online services available through Adobe Document Cloud. The following table gives an overview of platforms for Acrobat:

Software/hardware covered in the book	Operating system requirements
Adobe Acrobat Pro and Reader	Desktop/laptop Windows or macOS
Adobe Acrobat Standard	Desktop/laptop Windows only
Adobe Acrobat online	Web browser on any operating system
Adobe online services and mobile apps	Mobile devices