New features summary | January 2023 release of Acrobat

Last updated on Jan 10, 2023

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Acrobat desktop app

January 2023 release

The following new features are introduced in this release. Click > to learn more about the feature.

The Acrobat modern viewer now includes the All-Tools panel in the left pane instead of the Discover panel. The All-Tool panel provides a seamless experience that facilitates the easy discovery of Acrobat tools without users having to switch contexts.

Note:

Currently, the new experience is being rolled out as an experiment and available for Acrobat (64-bit) English locale only with no third-party plug-ins installed. The feature may not be available to all users.

Acrobat's Share files tools are now redesigned to be consistent with the Acrobat web interface. To share a file, select the respective icon at the top right corner of Acrobat to Share document, Get Link, or Send by email.

Once you've shared the file, select the share tool to get more options like Copy link, and Unshare file.

Acrobat now allows you to send a shared file via email.

Acrobat now prompts you to Share a file if you use any of the following tools and save the file:

Edit a PDF
Organize pages
Combine files
Redact a PDF
Add comments

Note:

This feature is rolled out as an experiment and is not available to all users.

Variant 1

Share file prompt when you add an annotation

Variant 2

Share file prompt when you Organize pages

Earlier, when you select the sticky note annotation and click anywhere in the document, a sticky note is added instantly, even if you haven't entered any text. Multiple clicks result in multiple sticky notes being added to the document. In this release, Acrobat detects a blank sticky note added and removes it.

Note:

Acrobat deletes the empty sticky note in the current session and will not delete any empty sticky notes that were added earlier.

Acrobat prompts you to provide feedback if you discard the changes after using the auto-adjust layout mode in the Edit tool. Your feedback helps us to understand the intended workflow. To provide feedback, select Share Feedback and then fill out the feedback form.

Adobe Acrobat (Pro or Standard) and Acrobat Reader desktop apps now support consistent viewing of PDFs protected by Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) for Microsoft Sovereign Cloud tenants (like GCC-High, DoD, and more). In addition, such tenant users can apply and edit Information Protection sensitivity labels and policies to their PDFs within the desktop version of Acrobat (Pro or Standard).

The Acrobat plugin in MS Outlook now provides you option to edit a PDF in Acrobat. You will see one of the following options.

Note:

This feature is rolled out as an experiment and is not available to all users.

Variant 1: Edit a PDF option from the PDF attachment dropdown

When you receive a PDF in your Outlook mail, select the PDF dropdown, and then select Edit in Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF in editing mode in the Acrobat desktop application.

Variant 2: Edit a PDF option from Acrobat menu

From the Selected Messages dropdown list in MS Outlook, select Edit Selected PDF. The PDF opens in the Acrobat desktop application with editing mode.

Variant 3: Edit a PDF option from the pop-out email view

When you pop-out an email in Outlook, select Edit Selected PDF, and then choose the PDF to open it in the editing mode of the Acrobat desktop application.

When you select text or image in a scanned PDF, Acrobat displays a second row in the contextual menu with an option to Edit text & images, or Edit scanned content.

Note:

This feature is rolled out as an experiment and is not available to all users.

Variant 1

Variant 2

When you select text or image while editing a PDF, Acrobat now provides a contextual toolbar with the commonly used tasks. Similarly, Acrobat provides additional actions when you right-click the selected text or image.

Note:

This feature is rolled out as an experiment and is not available to all users.

Contextual toolbar when selecting text.

A. Font Decrease B. Font Increase C. Bold D. Underline E. Copy With Formatting F. Highlight Text G. Export Selected Text

Contextual toolbar when selecting image.

A. Crop B. Rotate Clockwise C. Replace Image D. Delete Image E. Export Selected Image F. Redact Image

Right-click options when you select text or text-box.

When you right-click the selected text or the text-box, the options Copy With Formatting, Highlight, Export Selected Text, and Redact Text options are available in the context menu.

Context menu options for text-box selection

Right-click options for image selection.

Context menu options for image selection — Redact image

Acrobat now supports stickiness and seamless reading experiences across devices. You can now resume reading a PDF document on the Acrobat mobile app from where you have stopped reading in the Acrobat desktop app by simply scanning a QR code. You can find the option in the waffle menu in the upper right corner of Acrobat.

Upon scanning the QR code, if you don't have the Acrobat mobile app installed, you'll be directed to the Play Store or Appstore to install the app. If you've already installed the Acrobat mobile app, you can seamlessly view the document.

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New features summary | January 2023 release of Acrobat

Acrobat desktop app

January 2023 release

Access all tools on the left-hand panel

Sharing files enhancements

Send a shared file via email

Share files - discoverability experiment

Disable creation of empty sticky notes

Feedback prompt when discarding edits in auto-adjust layout

Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP) support in Acrobat/Reader available for Microsoft Sovereign Cloud tenants

Restore unsaved document when application hangs

Edit a PDF in MS Outlook

Contextual toolbar enhancements for a scanned PDF

Contextual toolbar enhancements while editing a PDF

Resume reading a PDF from Acrobat desktop to Acrobat mobile app

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