Getting Started¶
Downloads¶
To get started, review the EULA and choose your download. Refer to the Release Notes for a list of changes as well as download details.
Support and contacts¶
The Acrobat Developer Support team supports software development with the Acrobat SDK’s core APIs. Developers can purchase support via the Adobe Creative Cloud Exchange Developer Support program. Supported SDK development activities include those for which the product is designed, tested, and licensed. Acrobat Developer Support does not support use cases that do not involve the Acrobat core API.
Only the last two major SDK versions with interim updates are eligible for support.
Note
For non-programmatic issues, such as questions about installing, using, customizing, or deploying Acrobat, contact Acrobat Technical Support.
Community forum¶
To participate in the developer community, see Adobe’s Acrobat SDK forum.
Feature comparison across SDKs¶
Feature |
DC |
PDFL |
Acrobat |
|---|---|---|---|
Cloud-based API |
Yes |
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On-premise only |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Microsoft Power Automate integration |
Yes |
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Embed PDF manipulation within your application without Acrobat |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create server-based applications |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create, manipulate, and assemble PDF documents |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Convert static and dynamic HTML to PDF |
Yes |
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Convert PDF to MS Office and other formats |
Yes |
Yes |
|
High volume and variable data printing |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Embed and subset fonts |
Yes |
Yes |
|
View PDF |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Render PDF |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Add comments to displayed PDF |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Adobe Analytics integration for displayed PDFs |
Yes |
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Linearize and optimize PDF for the Web |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Compress documents |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Provide password security |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Make text searchable (OCR) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Extract structured content from any PDF |
Yes |
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Extract ordered content from structured PDF |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Create and manipulate forms |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Selective content viewing via layers and grouping |
No |
Yes |
|
Provide searching |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Encrypt documents |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Add comments to documents |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Access Acrobat plugins |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Apply digital signatures |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Accessibility support (e.g. screen readers, etc.) |
Yes |
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Access third party plug ins |
Yes |
Enterprise configuration and deployment¶
Note
If you need to configure and deploy a desktop or mobile product, go to https://www.adobe.com/go/acrobatetk.