Edit PDFs via chat overview

Last updated on Apr 27, 2026

Learn more about how Acrobat AI Assistant helps you edit PDFs using chat, supported tools, actions, and availability.

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Ask the AI Assistant to perform PDF tasks for you.

In Acrobat, you can perform PDF tasks using AI Assistant by typing what you want in your natural language. The AI Assistant identifies your intent, selects the appropriate tool or tools, and executes them, without you needing to navigate menus or find features manually. 

You can type "Compress this file and share it with my team" or "Add a watermark on pages with pricing information," and Acrobat completes the action for you. AI Assistant also understands your document's content and structure to perform actions, so you can refer to specific sections, topics, or information without needing exact page numbers, such as "move the pricing section before the case studies."

When an action is irreversible, needs more information, or when Acrobat wants to confirm it is acting on the right content or pages, it pauses and asks you before proceeding. For example, if you ask, "Move the pages with the pricing information," the AI Assistant will identify those pages and ask for confirmation before making any changes. You can also undo changes after a supported action is applied. 

Note

Requests to edit PDFs through chat do not currently consume generative credits nor count as part of the limited number of AI Assistant requests.

Supported tools

You can edit PDFs with chat using the following tools in Acrobat:

Tool

Action performed

Available on

Find

Locates a specific word or phrase within the document

Reader, Standard, Pro, Studio

Print

Sends the document to print based on existing settings

Reader, Standard, Pro, Studio

Share

Distributes the document via link or email to another user

Reader, Standard, Pro, Studio

Add Signature

Adds a signature to the document

Reader, Standard, Pro, Studio

Create

Creates a PDF from editable formats like DOCX, XLS, and RTF

Standard, Pro, Studio

Convert

Converts a PDF to editable formats like DOCX, XLS, and RTF

Standard, Pro, Studio

Delete

Removes pages, text, comments, or images from a PDF

Standard, Pro, Studio

Export

Converts PDF files into editable formats like DOCX, XLS, and RTF

Standard, Pro, Studio

Extract

Separates pages, text, comments, or images from a PDF into another format

Standard, Pro, Studio

Find & Replace

Identifies and changes specific words or phrases for one instance or all

Standard, Pro, Studio

Rotate pages

Rotates pages in 90-degree increments, clockwise or counterclockwise

Standard, Pro, Studio

Compress

Reduces the total file size of a PDF

Standard, Pro, Studio

Password protect

Adds a password to restrict viewing or editing access to a PDF

Standard, Pro, Studio

Scan & OCR

Converts text in a scanned image to searchable and readable text

Standard, Pro, Studio

Organize

Rearranges, rotates, or deletes pages in a PDF

Pro, Studio

Header

Adds consistent text such as a title or date to the top of every page

Pro, Studio

Footer

Inserts page numbers or other text at the bottom of pages

Pro, Studio

Watermark

Stamps text or images across pages for branding or security purposes

Pro, Studio

Note

AI Assistant also offers step-by-step guidance for completing tasks with tools that don’t support the chat feature.

Prompt types

AI Assistant supports a range of prompts to perform an action using a single tool, multiple tools, or an action based on document content and structure. Multi-tool and content-aware prompts are available to individual Acrobat Pro and Studio plan users only, and are not yet supported on Teams or Enterprise plans.

Simple prompts

Multi-tool prompts

Content-aware prompts

"Add page numbers to the footer"

"Remove the last two pages and compress the file"

"Reorder pages so pricing appears before case studies"

"Compress this file"

"Compress this file and share it with johndoe@company.com"

"Add a CONFIDENTIAL watermark on pages with pricing information"

"Rotate page 4 clockwise"

"Organize pages and add a header with the document title"

"Replace all product names with 'Product X' throughout the document"

"Add a password to this file"

"Extract pages 1 to 5 and export as a Word document"

"Delete all blank pages from the document"