Working with PDFs on Acrobat Reader iOS: New Experience

Last updated on Jul 18, 2023

Welcome to the Acrobat Reader app's new experience! We are excited to introduce our reimagined user interface which is designed to give you a modern, unified, and intuitive experience in working with PDFs.

Acrobat Reader iOS new user interface — Adobe Acrobat Reader for iOS user interface.

A. Top menu B. Back button C. Liquid mode D. Comments list E. Share F. Search G. Overflow menu H. More tools menu I. Quick actions toolbar

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From an open file view, tap> Provide feedback on Acrobat.
On the page that opens, tap on a star to give your rating. The selected stars reflect your rating.
In the text box under it, enter your comment and then tap Submit.

Viewing PDFs

To locate a specific topic or term in your PDF:

From the top bar, tap
In the Search field, type the search term and then select search from the keypad.
The search text is highlighted and displayed on the screen. You can use the < and > arrows in the top bar to see all occurrences of the search term.

When you tap on the PDF, it hides the toolbars and displays the document in full-screen view. To exit the full-screen view and access the toolbars, tap again on the PDF.

To enter or exit the full-screen view, ensure that you do not tap any interactive element, such as comments, form fields, buttons, or similar.

You can view your PDF in the following different modes: Continuous, Single page, or Reading Mode. You can also enable the Keep screen on mode.

To view your PDF in different modes:

From the top menu of the PDF, tap > View settings.
In the View settings menu, select one of the following viewing modes as desired:
- Continuous – It allows you to continuously scroll through the pages in your PDF.
- Single page – It allows you to view your document page-by-page. To change pages, swipe left or right, or tap the right or left edge of the document.
- Reading Mode – It gives you a continuous view of the pages with enlarged text for better readability. Not all PDFs are not compatible with Reading mode. For enhanced readability, we suggest that you view your PDFs in Liquid Mode.
To view the PDF in night mode, tap Night mode.

It enables the night mode that displays the text in light color against a dark screen. To switch back to the default view, tap > View settings and then tap Night mode.
To prevent the screen from turning off while reading a document, you can enable Keep screen on.

You can create bookmarks to quickly access the pages of a PDF.

To access bookmarked pages:

Select > Bookmarks.
From the dialog, select a bookmark for the page that you want to access.

It takes you to the selected page.

To make your PDF easily readable and flowable, tap from the top menu.

It opens your file in Liquid Mode, which enhances the layout of your PDF to help you easily read documents on your phone or tablet device.

You can further enhance the readability in liquid mode by adjusting the text size, character spacing, and line spacing. To do so:

When in Liquid Mode, tap > Aa Text settings.
In the settings dialog, adjust the text settings as required.
Once done, tap on the document to apply the settings.
To discard the settings, tap Reset all.
To exit the Liquid Mode, tap again.

Enjoying Liquid Mode? Or have a concern! Share your feedback here:

In liquid mode, tap > Provide Feedback on Liquid Mode.
On the page that opens, tap on a star to give your rating. The selected stars reflect your rating.
Tap the Category drop-down and select a category for your concern, if needed.
In the text box under it, enter your comment.
To share your file with Adobe, tap Share my document with Adobe checkbox.
Tap Submit.

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Modifying PDFs

From the bottom toolbar, tap Text.

It opens the document in ‘Add text’ mode, where the bottom toolbar displays tools for selecting text color and text size.
To select the text color:
1. Tap to activate the color palette and text size bar.
2. Tap and then tap on any color from the palette.
To change the text size:
1. Tap to open the Text size bar.
2. Drag the size bar to the desired text size.
Tap on the document where you want to add text.
In the text box that appears, enter the text and then tap
To resize the text box, drag the corner handles as required.
To move the text box to a different location, drag the text box.
To add more text, tap on the document again and then follow the steps above.
Once done, tap Done from the top-left corner to exit the ‘Add text’ mode.

To quickly add text to a blank space:

Press and hold on a blank space where you want to add text.
From the menu that appears, tap Text.
In the text box, enter your text and then tap

To modify or delete the added text:

Tap the text.
In the dialog that appears, take one or more of the following actions as required:
- To delete the text, tap
- To change the text color, tap and then select another color.
- To change the text size, tap Aa and then drag the slider to the desired size.
- To edit the text, tap> Edit Note. Then, edit the text and tap to enter the new text.
- To add a reply to the added text, tap and add a reply. Tap to enter the reply.
- To navigate through all the texts and comments added to the document, use < and > arrows and view or modify them as required.

See how to edit the text that you add on a PDF using Adobe Acrobat iOS app.

You can edit a PDF only if you have a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Premium or Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Tap > Edit PDF.

It opens the PDF in edit mode.
Tap the text that you want to edit. Move the handles of the selection box to adjust the selection as required.
From the menu that appears, tap Edit text.
In the edit pane, edit the text as required and then tap Done.
To discard the edits, tap Cancel from the top bar.

You can delete a text from your PDF only if you have a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Premium or Adobe Acrobat Pro.

To delete text on your PDF:

Tap > Edit PDF.

It opens the PDF in edit mode.
Tap the text that you want to delete. Move the handles of the selection box to adjust the selection as required.
From the menu that appears, tap Delete.

It deletes the selected text. You can restore the deleted text, by tapping from the top menu.

The current version of the Acrobat Reader app allows you to crop the images to a desired size, rotate the images, or delete them from a PDF.

To crop, rotate, or delete an image on a PDF:

Open a PDF and then select More tools > Edit PDF.
In Edit mode, tap on the image that you want to crop.

It displays the menu and crop handles around the image.
To change the size of the image, you can simply drag the crop handles in or out as required.
To rotate the image, tap on the roate clockwise or rotate anticlockwise icon at the bottom.
To crop the image, tap Crop and then use the crop handles to change the image dimensions as required.

Tapping on an image in Edit mode displays the Crop tool.
To delete the image, tap Delete.

You can add images to a PDF only if you have a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Premium or Adobe Acrobat Pro.

To add a new image to a PDF:

Tap > Edit PDF.

It opens the PDF in edit mode.
From the bottom toolbar, tap Add image. Then, tap on a blank space on the document where you want to add an image.
From the add image panel, take one of the following two actions:
- Tap Add from photos: If prompted, allow access to photos. It opens the recent image gallery. You may tap an image to select from there. To select images from other apps, tap on one of any of the app icons that appear on the top panel, and select any image.
- Tap Add from camera: If prompted to allow access to the camera, select a consent option, as desired. Next, focus the camera on the image and tap the capture icon. Once satisfied, select Ok.

To modify the added image:

Tap the image and take one or more of the following actions, as required:

To move the image, drag it to the desired location.
To resize the image, drag the blue corner handles as required.
To delete the image, tap Delete.
To rotate the image, tap or from the bottom menu.

Modify added image on PDF in Acrobat ios

To make drawings:

From the bottom toolbar, tap
It opens the file in ‘Add image’ mode, where the bottom toolbar displays tools for selecting Image color and Image line width.

For quick access to the 'Add image' mode, tap on a blank space on the document, and then from the menu that appears, tap Draw.
To change the drawing color:
1. Tap to activate the color palette.
2. Tap and then tap on any color from the palette.
To change the image line width:
1. Tap to open the line width picker.
2. Tap on the desired width bar.
Once you select the image line color and width, tap on the document and then draw an image.
To erase a part of the drawing, tap and then drag on the section that you want to erase.
To undo a step, tap from the top menu.
Tap Done.

To modify or delete a drawing:

Tap the image.
From the dialog that appears, take the following actions as required:
- To change the image color, tap
- To change the image line width, tap
- To delete the image, tap
- To add a comment to the image, tap Add a comment field and write your message. Once done, tap > from the top-right corner.
- To add a reply to an image, tap and then add a reply.

From the bottom toolbar, tap Highlight.

It opens the PDF in Highlight mode, which displays tools for highlighting, underlining, strikethrough, and color picker.
From the bottom toolbar, tap one of the following tools as required:
- to highlight text.
- to underline text.
- to strikethrough text.
Check the colorpicker icon to verify the display color. To change the color, tap and then from the color palette, tap a color to select it.
Drag over the text that you want to highlight/underline/strikethrough.

You can use the text-magnifier tool that appears to verify your selection.

It marks the text with selected annotation in the chosen color.

To quickly highlight/underline/strikethrough few lines:

Tap on the text that you want to mark and then drag the handles to select the lines.
In the menu that appears, tap any tool to take the desired action as required. You can copy, highlight, underline, strikethrough, translate, read aloud, or spell the selected text.

To modify a highlight/underline/strikethrough or add comments:

Tap the marked text.
In the dialog that appears, take one or more of the following actions as required:
- To change the color of the highlight, underline, or strikethrough, tap and tap on a color to select.
- To reply to the annotation, tap > Reply and enter your response.
- To add a comment to the annotation, tap on ‘Add a comment’ field and enter your comment.
- To delete the annotation, tap

To view the list of comments on your PDF:

From the top bar, tap

It opens the list of all the comments on the PDF.

Use comments panel to view, edit, or reply to comments.
Take any of the following actions as required:
- To reply to a comment, tap Reply and then add your response.
- To edit a comment, tap for the comment and then select Edit comment.
- To delete the comment, tap for the comment and then select Delete.

To Add comments on your PDF:

From the bottom toolbar, tap and then tap on the document where you want to add a comment.
Alternatively, tap on a blank space, and then from the menu that appears, tap Comment.
In the comment field that appears, type your message and then tap to post the comment.

The comment is posted on the doc in the form of .

To Add a comment on selected text:

Tap on the text and then drag the handles to select the text that you want to add a comment for.
In the menu that appears, tap Add comment.
In the ‘Add a comment’ field, type your comment and then tap
It highlights the selected text and adds a comment to it.

You can organize the pages of a PDF only if you have a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Premium or Adobe Acrobat Pro.

To organize pages:

Tap More tools > Organize pages.
Tap on one or more pages to select them and then take any of the following actions as required:
- To rotate pages: Tap or
- To reorder pages: Long press a page and then drag it to a new location.
- To delete pages: Tap and then confirm the action.
- To insert pages: Tap and then choose whether to insert another file or a blank page. Next, choose before or after. The app automatically saves the file.
- To extract pages: Tap . The extracted pages are automatically saved to your device as “Pages from <file name>”.

You can crop the pages of a PDF only if you have a subscription to Adobe Acrobat Premium or Adobe Acrobat Pro.

To crop a page:

Tap More tools > Crop pages.
Drag the selection handles to set the crop frame as desired.
- To apply the settings on the current page, tap Done.
- To apply the crop settings on all pages of the PDF, tap All pages toggle to enable it and then select Done.
- To reset the crop settings, tap Reset.

Filling forms

To fill and sign a form:

Open the form that you want to fill out and sign.
From the bottom toolbar, tap

It opens the form in ‘Fill & Sign’ mode where the bottom toolbar displays form editing tools.
Fill in the respective fields as per the following instructions.

To fill text fields:

Tap and then tap on the field where you want to add text.
It displays a text field along with a tool bar, as shown below.
Tap the text field again and enter your text.
To reposition the text box to align it with the text field, long-press the textbox. Once you see the magnifying symbol, move the textbox to the desired position.
To edit the text, tap the text box. Once you see the cursor and keypad, edit the text and then tap elsewhere to enter.
To change the text size, tap A or A as required.
To change the text color, tap the and then tap on any color from the color palette.
To delete the text field, tap
To change the text style from normal to combed, from the textbox menu, tap >

It changes the text style from normal to combed.

Note: Combed Text is a text style where each letter of the text is equally spaced out with the help of a sequence of boxes.
Once done, tap on the next field space, and then in the text box that appears, enter your text.
Once done, tap on the next field space, and then in the text box that appears, enter your text.

To fill radio option fields:

Tap on the field with the radio option.

It is automatically marked with one of the selected symbols: crossicon, checkicon, or bulleticon.
To change the symbol, tap the field again, and then from the menu, tap and then select another symbol.

It marks the field with the selected symbol.

To add signature and initials:

Create your signature and initials if not already done. To do so:
1. From the bottom toolbar or from textbox menu, tap signicon.
2. From the options at the bottom, tap Add signature. In the dialog that appears, draw you signature and then tap Done.
3. Tap signicon > Add initials. In the dialog that appears, draw your initials and then tap Done.
Note: You may also add an image as your signature or initials. To add an existing image, tap the image icon from the top menu. To take a new picture to be added as your signature, tap the camera icon and follow through with the workflow.
To add a signature:
1. Tap on the field where you want to add a signature.
2. From the textbox menu options, tap
  Else, from the bottom toolbar, tap
3. Your signature appears in the field.
  Note: Once you add a signature or initial to a form and save it, you cannot edit it again.
4. To adjust the placement of your signature, long-press your signature and then move it.
5. To adjust the size of your signature, tap your signature and then hold and drag the resize tool as desired.
Caution:

Once you add a signature or an initial to a form and save it, you cannot edit it again. So, when adding a signature or an initial, you see the following warning message.
To add your initials:
1. Tap on the field where you want to add your initials.
2. From the textbox menu, tap initialicon.
  Your initials appear in the field.
3. To adjust the placement of your signature, long-press your initials and then move it.
4. To adjust the size of your initials, tap it and then hold and drag the resize tool as desired.

You can modify the existing fields in a form using the Edit PDF feature, as described above. However, you cannot modify or delete the fields in a form after it's signed and saved.

Form fields cannot be automatically filled in. Acrobat Reader app supports auto-detection that helps you identify the form fields. For text fields, Acrobat may show suggestions based on the data you filled in earlier.

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