Supported file formats in Acrobat and Reader

These tables include the file formats that Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader support for various functions. 

For more information on settings and options when importing and converting files, see Acrobat Help.

Most Windows applications that have a Print command can convert files to PDF using the Adobe PDF printer in the application's print dialog box. The current Acrobat Distiller preference settings and Adobe PDF settings are used to convert the file. For more information on settings and limitations of this method of PDF creation, see Adobe PDF conversion settings. 

PDFMaker conversion formats

Use the Adobe PDF menu or Acrobat menu in various third-party applications to convert files to PDF. For a complete list of PDFMaker applications Acrobat supports, see Compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications, which also lists the web browsers that support viewing PDF files within the browser, and converting web pages to PDF.

Direct file conversion formats (Acrobat) 

Use File > Create PDF > From File to convert these file formats to Adobe PDF. You can also convert clipboard data, web pages, and scanned documents to PDF. For more information about these conversion methods, see Create PDFs with Acrobat in Acrobat Help.  

Saving/exporting formats (Acrobat) 

The following is a list of supported file formats you can export from a PDF file. Go to File > Save as. Then, select the save location in the window that appears and select the appropriate file format from the list. Then, save the file.

Video formats (Acrobat Pro)

You can place these file formats in Acrobat Pro PDFs for playback in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader.

Audio formats (Acrobat)

You can place these audio file formats for direct playback in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader.