Acrobat technical requirements
These are the Windows system requirements:
- Processor: Intel® or AMD processor – a 1.5GHz or faster processor
- Operating system: Windows 11 (64-bit), Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) version 1809 or later, Windows 8 or 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit and 64-bit), or Windows Server – 2008 R2 (64-bit), 2012 (64-bit), 2012 R2 (64-bit), 2016 (64-bit), or 2019 (64-bit)
- RAM: 2 GB of RAM
- Hard disk space: 4.5 GB of available hard-disk space
- Monitor resolution: 1024x768 screen resolution
- Graphics card: Video hardware acceleration is optional
Here are the macOS system requirements:
- Processor: Intel processor – M1 Apple Silicon processor
- Operating system: macOS v10.15, macOS v11, or macOS v12
- RAM: 2 GB of RAM
- Hard disk space: 2.75 GB of available hard-disk space
- Monitor resolution: 1024x768 screen resolution
To follow the step-by-step instructions in the book, you will need desktop versions of Adobe Acrobat Pro and MS Office installed. For chapters covering online services, you will need internet access and an Adobe account to sign in.
The Acrobat tab in MS Office applications needs to be available to access PDFMaker. If you don’t see it, visit this link with instructions on how to fix it: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/get-the-adobe-acrobat-tab-to-appear-b83cbba3-7bc1-4c75-b8dc-511e07a283f0.
Additionally, review the Changing the default application to open PDF section in Chapter 1, Understanding Different Adobe Acrobat Versions and Services, to see if you need to change any operating system preferences to open .pdf files in Adobe Acrobat Pro by double-clicking in a file browser. The default may be set to launch Adobe Reader.
Chapter 6 and Chapter 8 may require a friend to swap .pdf files with while testing reviewing and signature functions. You will have more fun too.
Chapter 10, Integration with Adobe InDesign, requires Adobe InDesign and Bridge installed.
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