Create and share professional work with virtually anyone, anywhere. Unify the widest range of content--including documents, spreadsheets, e-mail, images, video, 3D, and maps--in a single compressed and organized PDF Portfolio. Collaborate through shared document reviews. Create interactive forms and collect data easily. Help protect and control sensitive information. Extend Acrobat functionality to users of Adobe Reader software. And take advantage of the complete PDF feature set.  Communicate and collaborate more easily and securely with Adobe PDF. For a more in-depth comparison, download a feature comparison (PDF format). |
Share dynamic work in a dynamic way
Use Adobe Presenter, included with Acrobat 9 Pro Extended software, to liven up your Microsoft PowerPoint slides. Add video, voice-over, demos, and interactive quizzes to keep your audience engaged and improve knowledge retention. Save your presentation as a PDF file so people can view it wherever they are, whenever it's convenient.
Unify the Widest Range of Content
Assemble documents, drawings, e-mail, spreadsheets, and rich media--including video, audio, 3D, and maps--in a single compressed PDF Portfolio. Choose one of many professional templates to quickly integrate content, define navigation, incorporate branding, and add polish to your PDF Portfolio.
 Choose one of many professional templates--or create your own--to quickly integrate content, define navigation, and add polish to your PDF Portfolios. |
 Acrobat lets you combine files from multiple applications into a single Adobe PDF document. |
 With a scanner and Acrobat's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, you can turn stacks of paper documents into easily searchable electronic PDF archives. |
 Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source. |
Easily share video in PDF files
Native support for Flash technology can enable reliable, cross-platform sharing of video, animations, and applications in Acrobat and Adobe Reader. Convert a variety of video formats to FLV for playback in PDF files without needing a special media player.
Create and Manage Electronic Forms
Convert Microsoft Word and Excel documents or scanned paper to PDF forms with automatic recognition of fillable fields. Use Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES software, a professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, to create, customize, and automate dynamic XML forms. Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. Easily export data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting or into a database.
Help Protect Sensitive Information
Control access to and use of PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity. Set document permissions to define whether a file can be printed or changed. Apply passwords to help restrict document access. Use redaction tools to permanently remove sensitive information. Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source. Create and reuse document security policies that can be easily applied to new PDF files.
Top reasons to upgrade to Acrobat 9 Pro Extended
Explore new dimensions
Use new Adobe 3D Reviewer to combine CAD formats in one assembly; compare a revised design to an earlier version; measure and section on precise geometry; and create exploded views, animations, and ballons. Export your work to 2D vector or raster files, or save as a PDF file and share using Adobe Presenter software.
Include Adobe Reader users
Enable users of free Adobe Reader software to digitally sign documents, participate in shared document reviews, and save forms locally. By extending Acrobat functionality to Reader users, virtually anyone can participate in the workflows you initiate.
Help protect your documents
Use passwords to help control access to PDF documents. Use permissions to restrict printing, copying, or altering. Save passwords and permissions as security policies that can be easily applied to new PDF files.
Permanently remove sensitive information
Use redaction tools to black out any text, illustrations, or confidential data--permanently deleting the content from your PDF document. You can also inspect files for metadata, hidden layers, and concealed information.
Manage and track document reviews
Gain the input you need through interactive document reviews that enable participants to see and build on each other's comments, which can be sorted by author, date, or page. Use the Form Tracker to monitor progress and participation.
Save time with PDF forms
Send out electronic forms with complete confidence. Anyone with free Adobe Reader software (version 8 or later) can fill out, save, digitally sign, and return your PDF forms. It's fast, easy, and always legible.
Synchronize document views
Ensure colleagues, clients, and partners are on the same page at the same time with the ability to co-navigate documents. To provide clarity and enhance discussion, e-mail a document and walk recipients through it in real time by controlling the exact page view they see.
Find lost files fast
Keep your documents organized easily. Simply convert and archive all your e-mails and attachments into searchable PDF files--directly from Microsoft Outlook and Lotus notes. The next time you need to find something, it's only a keyword away.
Compare PDF documents
Automatically highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document, including text and images, so you can quickly and easily identify what has changed.
View and interact with PDF maps
Search, measure, and mark up geospatially enabled PDF maps. Discover the longitude and latitude by placing your cursor over a location.
