Compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications

Last updated on Mar 14, 2022 01:51:33 PM GMT | Also Applies to Adobe Acrobat 2017, Adobe Acrobat 2020, Adobe Acrobat DC

Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader products support various third-party applications. PDF-capable web browsers support viewing PDF files within the context of the web browser. PDFMaker-compatible applications support the creation of PDF files by letting you click a button in the application's toolbar.

This document lists Acrobat PDF-capable web browsers and PDFMaker-compatible applications for all localized versions of the following Acrobat products:

Acrobat DC, Acrobat 2017, and Acrobat 2020

In the tables below, a check mark (√) indicates that the application is supported, and a cross mark (X) indicates that the application is not supported.

Note:

If you have Acrobat XI or earlier, see Compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications | Older versions of Acrobat and Reader.

Acrobat PDF-capable web browsers

See the Release Notes in the Enterprise Toolkit for Acrobat Products for a list of web browsers that can display Adobe PDF files using Acrobat products.

PDFMaker-compatible applications

Adobe supports PDFMaker in the applications listed below.

Note:

Versions marked with parentheses and a version number require the installation of the correct Acrobat update to work with PDFMaker.

MS Office (Word/Excel/PPT) on Windows

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2010 or earlier	X	X	X
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√

MS Office (Word/Excel/PPT) on macOS

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2011 or earlier	x	x	x
Office 2016	√ (PDFMaker for Word)^†	√ (PDFMaker for Word)^†	√ (PDFMaker for Word)^†
Office 2019	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡
Office 365	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡

^†PDFMaker for Word 2016 (32-bit, version 15.22 or later)

^‡PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel Office 2019 and Office 365 (64-bit, version 16.35 or later).

Word_Import Comments

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2010 or earlier	X	X	X
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√

MS Outlook

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Outlook 2010 or earlier	X	X	X
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√

Mail Merge

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2010 or earlier	X	X	X
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√

Attach As PDF, Attach As Secured PDF

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Outlook 2010 or earlier	X	X	X
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√

MS Visio (Acrobat Pro)

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Outlook 2010 or earlier	X	X	X
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit	√	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (May 2016)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√

MS Project (Acrobat Pro)

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Outlook 2010 or earlier	X	X	X
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit	√	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√

MS Access and MS Publisher

Not Supported

Browsers

Internet explorer

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
10 or earlier	X	X	X
11	√	√	√

Google Chrome

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Google Chrome	√	√	√

Mozilla Firefox

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
10 or earlier	X	X	X
ESR	√	√	√

AutoCAD

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
2018 64 bit	√	X	X
2019 64 bit	√	X	√

AutoCAD Import Comments

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
2018 64 bit	√	X	X
2019 64 bit	√	X	X

Lotus/HCL Notes

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat DC (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
8.5.x or earlier	X	X	X
9.x	√	√	√
11.x^¡̐	√	X	X

^¡̐Support for Lotus/HCL Notes 11 is rolled out incrementally with the March 2022 release of Acrobat, and may not be immediately available to all users.