Adobe® Acrobat® Product comparison
Acrobat 9 Standard |
Acrobat 9 Pro |
Acrobat 9 Pro Extended |
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| View, print, and search PDF files, including PDF Portfolios and PDF maps | • |
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| Author, store, and share documents, and share your screen, using Acrobat.com services | • |
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| Experience richer content and greater interactivity with native support for Adobe® Flash® technology | • |
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| Create PDF documents from any application that prints | • |
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| Convert Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Access files to PDF with one-button ease* | • |
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| Capture web pages as rich, dynamic PDF files for review and archiving | • |
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| Archive e-mail or e-mail folders from Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes* | • |
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| Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR) | • |
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| Save PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content | • |
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| Help protect PDF documents with 256-bit encryption | • |
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| Apply restrictions on printing, copying, and altering PDF documents | • |
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| Examine documents for hidden information and delete as needed | • |
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| Merge files from multiple applications into a single PDF document | • |
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| Assemble a wide range of content types in a polished, organized PDF Portfolio | • |
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| Review documents using familiar commenting tools such as sticky notes, highlighting, lines, shapes, and stamps | • |
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| Manage shared document reviews that allow review participants to see one another's comments | • |
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| Enable real-time collaboration with synchronized document views and chat | • |
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| Digitally sign PDF documents | • |
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| Certify PDF documents using digital IDs | • |
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| Easily create fillable PDF forms from paper or existing files using the Form Wizard | • |
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| Distribute PDF forms to collect information and track their status† | • |
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| Enable users of Adobe Reader® (version 8 or later) to fill in and save PDF forms locally | • |
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| Convert documents to PDF/A for archiving with easy search and retrieval | • |
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| Validate documents for conformance to ISO standards PDF/A, PDF/E, and PDF/X | • |
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| Personalize a PDF Portfolio with customizable templates for navigation and branding | • |
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| Permanently delete sensitive information, including specific text or illustrations, with redaction tools | • |
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| Convert Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project files to PDF with one-button ease, preserving document layers in Visio and AutoCAD and object data in Visio* | • |
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| Enable users of Adobe Reader (version 8 or later) to digitally sign PDF documents | • |
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| Compare and highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document | • |
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| Create dynamic XML forms with Adobe LiveCycle® Designer ES (included)* | • |
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| Preview, preflight, correct, and prepare PDF files for high-end print production and digital publishing | • |
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| Create and validate accessible PDF documents | • |
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| Insert FLV or H.264 video for direct playback in Adobe Acrobat® and Adobe Reader | • |
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| Easily add audio, video, and quizzes to your PowerPoint slides and create rich, interactive presentations with Adobe Presenter (included) | • |
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| Convert a variety of video formats to FLV for playback in PDF | • |
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| Embed video in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and convert to FLV in PDF | • |
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| Convert 3D content to PDF for cross-platform sharing and collaboration | • |
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| Combine multiple CAD formats in one assembly and save as PDF with Adobe 3D Reviewer (included) | • |
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| Convert 2D and 3D designs from major CAD applications to PDF for use by extended teams without expensive CAD or viewer software | • |
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| Create PDF maps by importing geospatial files that retain metadata and coordinates | • |
* Windows® only.
† For ad hoc forms distribution and data collection for up to 500 people.