Adobe Acrobat – The definite PDF viewer

Adobe Acrobat is the most used software for viewing, printing and management of portable document files
(PDF). Adobe Acrobat is used in various fields like Education, Administrative services, banking and IT Sectors.
Important analysis, Surveys, brochures, is now mostly in E-formats. The most common version of E-format is
PDF. It helps to view any document exactly the same in electronic mode. Acrobat is the software which can
convert a .Jpg, .Jpeg, .Png into a PDF file. The Pdf file can then be easily printed in the format which you
wanted. For example, you need to submit a registration form which is in .JPG format and it you need to fill
details in it. For that Acrobat can convert that .JPG file into a PDF which can be edited and details can be
easily filled. Acorobat works as an universal software where any type of document containing photos,
brochures, MS word files can all be changed into a PDF type file.

Features of Adobe Acrobat

1. Converting

For changing any MS word file, PowerPoint or Excel sheet Adobe Acrobat is used. When you have to
save a word file in pdf format in MS word, then by clicking the “Create pdf” in the Acrobat ribbon, a
pdf file can be created. The Adobe Acrobat symbol automatically pops up in the MS office software
after installation which makes it easier to convert the format of the file to pdf. If you don’t want
anyone to make a change in the pdf, then you even restrict the edit of the pdf. The software
remembers every change made and the file can revert easily. The pdf remembers all the formatting
process, and it can be turned back to an MS word file easily. A pdf file in acrobat can be protected
with a password.

A whole webpage can be converted into a pdf with the help of Acrobat. The adobe PDF toolbar lets
you to convert an entire webpage into a pdf file. The converted PDF file acts just like the web page
with the original links, layout and formatting. A multiple set of Webpages can be stored as a single
PDF file.

2. Scanning

With the help of adobe acrobat a .JPG ,.TTF or other image file can be scanned and converted into
a pdf. The Enhance Scans tool in the right pane helps in scanning image file. By clicking the
Recognize text, the software then recognizes the layer of words. It then lets you to copy the layer of
text and then paste it in a new document. With the Correct suspects tool, acrobat identifies
suspected text errors and it also displays the text and word side by side. Mobile phones with the
help of the Adobe scan app, scans the document and directly converts it into a PDF. The acrobat
edit tool recognizes the font in the document, so that you can fully edit your document.

3. Splitting a PDF

Adobe acrobat lets you spilt your pdf into more than one. It lets you organize the pages in your pdf
like adding, removing and rotating pages. By clicking on Split in Organize Pages you can choose how
you want to split your pdf. Pages of a pdf can be used in another pdf and every link, fields and
comments of that pdf can be used elsewhere. If you need to combine pages of MS file and MS excel
it can be done through Adobe Acrobat. First, you need to make a pdf of both the formats and then
merge them. Splitting of pdf also helps in decreasing the size of the pdf. If you need to send only a
single page of the pdf to someone then splitting that one page from the whole file is very easy.