Acrobat is a versatile document solution in several different platforms With features that will open and manage a PDF, however, only specific versions of Acrobat will allow you to edit them. Refer to the table comparison below. For best experience and more features, ITS recommends installing the desktop software Acrobat Pro on your PC or Mac.
Available for: Faculty and staff
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Feature
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Acrobat Reader (Free)
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Acrobat
Online
|
Acrobat
Standard
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Acrobat
Pro
|
Acrobat
Mobile Apps
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Platforms
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Windows, Mac, and
iOS, and Android
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Web browser
|
Windows
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Windows, Mac
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iOS, Android
|
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Create, edit, and sign PDFs
|
No
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Convert PDFs to other formats
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Merge and split PDFs
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Add comments and annotations
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Password protection and encryption
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
OCR for scanned documents
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No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Create interactive forms
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Redact sensitive information
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
Accessibility compliance
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
E-signature capabilities
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No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
Integration with cloud services
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Scan documents to PDF
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No
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No
|
No
|
No
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Yes
|
Important Note: We do not have Document Cloud licensing which uses Adobe Sign. If you need to electronically sign a document, and track signatures, we recommend to request access to Dynamic Forms.
Getting Started with Acrobat
Available faculty and staff. Sign in with your SVSU email and password to access Acrobat whether you are using the desktop app or using the web version.
Manage your PDF in Microsoft OneDrive
OneDrive with your SVSU account offers PDF editing features:
- Annotation and markup tools
- Bookmarking pages
- Changing appearance
- Rotating pages
- Jumping to specific pages
- Displaying a table of contents (coming soon to OneDrive for web)
- Extracting pages
- Merging PDFs