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Last updated on
Aug 20, 2026
Use Analyzer in Acrobat to extract structured, auditable insights from large document sets and help teams find, analyze, and share information.
Analyzer uses generative AI to help enterprise teams locate, organize, extract, and analyze information across document collections. Users can work with document content without coding or specialized prompt engineering.
Get started
Open Analyzer, which opens on the Home page.
From the Home tab, you can access tools to upload and organize files, create attributes, search and filter documents, analyze content with AI Assistant, and share results.
Upload your documents
Use All files in the main navigation to access and manage the documents available to you.
Analyzer supports these file types:
- PDF (.pdf)
- Word (.doc, .docx)
- Excel (.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm), up to 5 MB
- Comma-separated values (.csv), up to 5 MB
To upload files:
Select Upload files.
Choose the files to upload.
After selecting up to 100 files, select Add to begin the upload.
Analyzer processes uploaded documents in the background. When processing completes, the notification changes to Processing complete.
Refresh the page to make the extracted data available for search, filtering, and AI Assistant.
Organize documents with collections
A collection groups related documents so you can organize, analyze, and collaborate on files that share a common purpose. For example, you might create a collection for contracts containing a particular clause, agreements associated with a project, or documents that require review.
A document can belong to up to 40 collections.
Create custom attributes
Attributes define the information you want Analyzer to extract from your documents. Give each attribute a clear name and description that identifies the value to extract.
To create a custom attribute:
Open Home.
Select + New.
Select New Attribute.
Enter the attribute name, type, group, mode, and definition.
Test your attribute
Test a new attribute against sample documents before using it more broadly. Review the extracted results and refine the definition until it consistently identifies the information you need.
Analyzer also provides eight predefined attributes that you can use without creating your own.
Review and analyze documents
View extracted attributes
When you select a document, Analyzer displays its extracted attributes in the right-hand context panel.
Extracted values include numbered citations that link to the source content so you can review the surrounding context and validate the result.
Find documents
Use All files or an individual Collection to search and filter the documents available to you.
Search
Search file names and document content for a term, phrase, or value.
Filter
Use attribute values and other criteria to narrow the documents displayed in All files. Filters can include dates, parties, contract values, clauses, product names, and other extracted values.
You can apply multiple filters. Analyzer combines applied filters using AND logic.
Analyze documents with AI Assistant
Use AI Assistant to ask questions about multiple documents at the same time.
Open All files.
Select up to 150 documents.
Select AI Assistant.
Ask questions about the selected documents.
Responses include citations or attribution links to the source content so you can review and validate the answer.
Share data and analysis
Export attribute values
From All files, select one or more documents, select Export Attributes, and choose the attribute values to include in the CSV file.
You can use the exported values for additional analysis, reporting, or sharing.
Share a collection
Share a collection to give other users access to its documents and extracted information.
Open the Collections tab, select the ellipsis menu, and select Share.
