Adobe Acrobat

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Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat DC Icon.png
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC main window in Windows 8.1u1.png
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC running on Windows 8. Other editions of Acrobat DC (Standard and Reader) feature a similar interface.
Developer(s) Adobe Systems
Stable release <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
  • Windows: Continuous track
    15.016.20041 (May 19, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-05-19)) [±][1][2]
  • Windows: Classic track
    15.006.30173 (May 19, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-05-19)) [±][1][3]
  • Mac OS X: Continuous track
    15.016.20039 (May 10, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-05-10)) [±][1][4]
  • Mac OS X: Classic track
    15.006.30121 (March 8, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-08)) [±][1][5]
  • Android
    16.1 (May 4, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-05-04)) [±][6]
  • iOS
    16.05.18 (May 6, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-05-06)) [±][7]
  • Windows (Metro-style)
    3.1 (September 29, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-09-29)) [±][8][9]
  • Windows Phone, 10 Mobile
    16.0.137027 (February 3, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-02-03)) [±][10]
  • Linux
    9.5.5 (May 14, 2013; 10 years ago (2013-05-14)) [±][11][12]
Preview release None [±]
Written in C++[13]
Operating system Windows, OS X, Linux,[14] Android, iOS, BlackBerry Tablet OS, BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone
Size
  • Reader: 71.24 MB[15]
  • Acrobat Pro: 501 MB[16]
Type Desktop publishing
License Proprietary
Website

Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format (PDF).[17]

The family comprises Acrobat Reader (formerly Adobe Reader), Acrobat (formerly Acrobat Exchange) and Acrobat.com. The freeware Acrobat Reader, available for several desktop and mobile platforms, can view, print and annotate PDF files.[18] The commercial proprietary Acrobat, available for Microsoft Windows and OS X only, can also create, edit, convert, digitally sign, encrypt, export and publish PDF files. Acrobat.com complements the family with a variety of enterprise content management and file hosting services.

History

Since the early 1990s the Acrobat product has had several competitors, some of which used their own document formats, such as:

Adobe also allows third parties to develop Acrobat plug-ins, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program.

Product names

Adobe has changed the names of the products of the Acrobat set several times, also dividing, merging, or discontinuing products. Initially, the name "Acrobat" was used as the parent name of a set of products which included Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Exchange and Acrobat Distiller. Over time Acrobat Reader became Reader; and the name Acrobat Exchange was simplified to Acrobat. Between version 3 and 5, Standard and Professional versions were one product known simply as Acrobat.

As of April 2015, the main members of the Acrobat family include:[19]

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Acrobat XI
Reader XI
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Distiller XI
Logos of Acrobat desktop applications

Desktop applications:

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (for Windows 7 and above. Reader X is the last supported version for Windows Vista).[20]
  • Adobe Acrobat Standard DC
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

Mobile applications with the Document Cloud (DC) launch:

  • Adobe Acrobat DC (mobile app on iOS and Android)
  • Fill n Sign app
  • e-Sign manager
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Storage
Adobe CreatePDF icon.png
CreatePDF
Adobe ExportPDF icon.png
ExportPDF
Adobe EchoSign icon (2012).png
EchoSign
Adobe FormsCentral icon.png
FormsCentral
Adobe SendNow icon.png
SendNow
Logos of Acrobat online services

Acrobat.com (Online services):

  • CreatePDF
  • ExportPDF
  • EchoSign
  • FormsCentral
  • Personal Storage
  • Send
  • Workspaces

Unlike most other Adobe products, such as members of Adobe Creative Suite family, the Acrobat products do not have icons that display two letters on a colored rectangle.

Version history

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Main article: Adobe Acrobat version history

Note: Beginning with Adobe Acrobat 15 version numbers differ among the new continuous and classic tracks.[21] Prior to the 2015 release there was only one version (now represented by the classic track).[22]

Internationalization and localization

Language availability

Adobe Acrobat is available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. Arabic and Hebrew versions are available from WinSoft International,[23] Adobe Systems' internationalization and localization partner.

Specific features for Arabic and Hebrew languages

The Arabic and Hebrew versions are developed specifically for these languages, which are normally written right-to-left. These versions include special TouchUp properties to manage digits, ligatures option and paragraph direction in right-to-left Middle Eastern scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian, as well as standard left-to-right Indian scripts such as Devanagari and Gujarati. The Web Capture feature can convert single web pages or entire web sites into PDF files, while preserving the content's original text encoding. Acrobat can also copy Arabic and Hebrew text to the system clipboard in its original encoding; if the target application is also compatible with the text encoding, then the text will appear in the correct script.

Security

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The latest security bulletins from Adobe are published on their Security bulletins and advisories page.[24] There have been security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat on January 10, April 10 and August 14, 2012, and January 8, 2013.[25]

From Version 3.02 onwards, Acrobat Reader has included support for JavaScript. This functionality allows a PDF document creator to include code which executes when the document is read. Malicious PDF files that attempt to attack security vulnerabilities can be attached to links on web pages or distributed as email attachments. While JavaScript is designed without direct access to the file system to make it "safe", vulnerabilities have been reported for abuses such as distributing malicious code by Acrobat programs.[26] Adobe applications had already become the most popular client-software targets for attackers during the last quarter of 2009.[27] McAfee predicted that Adobe software, especially Reader and Flash, would be the primary target for software attacks during 2010.[28]

September 2006 warning

On September 13, 2006, David Kierznowski provided sample PDF files illustrating JavaScript vulnerabilities. Since at least version 6, JavaScript can be disabled using the preferences menu and embedded URLs that are launched are intercepted by a security warning dialog box to either allow or block the website from activating.[29]

February 2009 warning

On February 19, 2009, Adobe released a Security Bulletin announcing JavaScript vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9 and earlier.[30] As a workaround for this issue, US-CERT recommended disabling JavaScript in the affected Adobe products, canceling integration with Windows shell and web browsers (while carrying out an extended version of de-integration for Internet Explorer), deactivating Adobe indexing service and avoiding all PDF files from external sources.[31]

See also

References

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