What's new in Acrobat

What's new in Acrobat

Work smarter with PDF Spaces

PDF Spaces in Adobe Acrobat transforms information overload into actionable ideas, helping you unlock insights, generate content, and move from idea to execution in one AI-powered knowledge hub. It supports chat with a prebuilt or personalized AI Assistant, provides source-linked citations, and allows collaboration. 

Use PDF Spaces to quickly craft sales pitches, shape marketing stories, or collaborate on projects using PDF Spaces. It’s ideal for sales teams, marketers, students, educators, and anyone who needs to turn complex information into clear insights.

Use AI Assistant to perform tool-based actions

The AI Assistant in Acrobat can now complete PDF tasks for you and help you finish your tool-based actions faster. Ask the AI Assistant in natural language to perform tasks powered by Acrobat tools, and it automatically completes the requested action. You can ask the AI Assistant to directly complete the key tasks in your document, like Rotate page left, Rotate page right, Delete pages, Extract pages, Convert to PDF, Scan & OCR, Print pages, Protect a PDF, Compress a PDF, Create a PDF, Fill & Sign, and Share.

 

The AI-powered help panel is open. The panel displays query asked by the user and the automatic action performed by Acrobat to complete the task.
A. Command related to Acrobat tool B. Instruction regarding the task in progress by Acrobat C. Save as dialog box to the updated file.

For other tools, you get step-by-step guidance with quick-access buttons, making your work smoother and more efficient.

The AI-powered help panel is open. The panel displays query asked by the user with easy instructions, quick-access links and suggested questions to complete the task.
A. Query related to the Acrobat tool B. Actionable steps with quick-access link C. Quick-access button D. Suggested questions

Get image ideas from Adobe Stock

You can now explore Adobe Stock image suggestions directly within Acrobat. When working with a PDF, select the content and then select Image ideas from the context menu. 

Text selected in a pdf and the image ideas option slected form the context menu.
Explore image ideas in Acrobat to find Adobe Stock visuals powered by Adobe Express.

Acrobat shows image recommendations based on your content from Adobe Stock, powered by Adobe Express. The contextual image ideas help you find relevant visuals quickly while designing, presenting, or enhancing your document.

Find relevant Adobe Stock visuals based on your PDF content to enhance your documents.

Discover help easily in Acrobat

The Acrobat search bar now displays the text Find tools, topics, or help. The updated text improves help discoverability by showing that you can search for help articles easily. You can start typing your question or keyword, and get the support you need, without leaving your document.

Use the updated search bar to quickly find tools and help articles, without leaving your document.

Hear text read aloud with natural voices

The Read out loud feature in Acrobat now supports premium online voices that sound more natural than the default system options. Select Read out loud  from the global bar, then choose an online voice, and start listening. It's an easy way to review content and stay focused without reading it yourself.

Listen to your PDF while preparing for a pitch or reviewing content hands-free with natural-sounding voices.

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