Acrobat
Adobe's PDF viewer, with free and paid subscription variants.
Enhanced features for legal & financial documents
Feature | Acrobat (free) | Acrobat (paid) | Macro | Description |
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Automatic hyperlinks | Sections, clauses, chapters, exhibits, annexes, schedules, and more are automatically hyperlinked; open in a new tab or in a picture-in-picture window for enhanced productivity and reduced scrolling. | |||
Automatic error detection | Automatically detects and flags ‘missing’, ‘duplicate’, and ‘never-used’, terms, clauses, sections, and other references. | |||
Automatic table of contents | Automatically bookmarks all demarcated sections, annexes, exhibits, etc., in the document for instant navigation. | |||
Automatic defined term popups | Click on any reference to a defined term for a popup showing the definition(s) and all uses of the term in the document. | |||
Advanced search | In addition to classic ctrl-F, search results for key sections, clauses, and more, in the document, eliminating wasted time searching. | |||
Pins | Pin key terms, clauses, comments, and text in the document to create notes, abstracts, or issues lists. | |||
Annotation export | Export pins, highlights, and comments to a separate Word file (Excel export coming soon) for sharing and storage. | |||
Multiple tabs | Navigate PDF and DOCX files with multiple tabs and a back and forward button, just like a web browser. | |||
DOCX Comparison | Compare two DOCX files and to generate a third redlined document showing the differences between the two documents. |
General document productivity features
Feature | Acrobat (free) | Acrobat (paid) | Macro | Description |
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PDF viewing | View PDF and PDF/A files in any language. | |||
DOCX viewing | View DOCX files. | |||
PDF annotation | Annotate PDFs with comments and highlights. | |||
Combine files | Combine multiple PDFs into one larger PDF. Reorganize the order of PDFs within a bundle. | |||
Organize pages | Export, move, delete, copy, and paste PDF pages within and across documents. | |||
Watermark/stamp | Add a text or image watermark to a PDF. | |||
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) | Recognize text from scanned or imaged documents to enable search and and text selection. In Macro, all enhanced features are also enabled for scanned documents. | |||
Redaction | Redact text, images, and other sensitive content from PDFs. | |||
Printing | Print PDF and DOCX files to paper. | |||
Header & footer | Add header and footer text or image to PDF documents. | |||
PDF bookmarks | Manipulate PDF bookmarks. | |||
Page numbering | Add page numbers to PDF documents. | |||
Add text & images | Add text and images to PDF documents. | |||
PDF to DOCX convert | Convert PDF files to DOCX for editing. | |||
PDF protect and unlock | Add and remove password protection from PDF files. | |||
PDF comparison | Compare two PDFs. Note, in Acrobat this produces a side-by-side compare report that does not compare across pages and cannot be exported. In Macro, a redlined document is produced (in DOCX or PDF form) that can be shared and stored. | |||
Convert to PDF | Convert DOCX files to PDF. | |||
Fill & sign | Add text to and electronically sign PDFs. | |||
Form filling | Fill in fillable PDF form fields such as text, checkboxes, radio buttons, and more. | |||
PDF metadata redaction | Coming soon! | Redact key-value metadata from PDFs. | ||
eSign integration | AdobeSign | AdobeSign, HelloSign, DocuSign, and more upon request | Online cloud signature and related sharing features. | |
Edit PDF text | non-reflowable | via internal conversion to reflowable format | Ability to edit the existing text inside of PDFs. |
Integrations
Feature | Acrobat (free) | Acrobat (paid) | Macro | Description | Test |
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iManage (DMS) | Open, save, version, and compare documents from iManage. Note: Acrobat’s integration only supports basic operations and does not come with the latest iManage Work 10 UI integration. | true |