Adobe Acrobat Pro is Adobe's premium software suite for creating, managing, securing, and directly editing text, layouts, images, or page orders inside Portable Document Format (PDF) files. It also provides advanced features such as optical character recognition (OCR) to convert scanned paper into searchable text, seamless file conversion to and from Microsoft Office formats, and document optimization (split, merge, compress, compare document versions, and validate accessibility standards).
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Adobe Acrobat Pro is installed by default on institutionally-provided computers. A user need only log in using their GCSU Single Sign-on (SSO) credentials by following these steps.
To install Adobe Acrobat Pro on a personal (not institutionally-provided) computer, a user will first need to download, install, and sign into the Adobe Creative Cloud application by following these steps.
Creating accessible PDF documents ensures that everyone—including people who use screen readers or other assistive technologies—can easily read, navigate, and engage with your content. This article will help you get started designing PDFs that meet current accessibility standards.