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Acrobat DC October 2016 release
All-new Compare Files tool
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
With the all-new Compare Files tool, you can now quickly and accurately detect differences between two versions of a PDF file.
- Compare two versions of a document to detect all text and image changes.
- View an easy-to-scan results summary that provides an overview of file differences.
- Easily move through the document to review each difference using a side-by-side or single-page view.
- Filter the changes to quickly see all text, image, annotation, formatting, header/footer, or background differences.
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Choose Tools > Compare Files.
Note: This tool was previously named Compare Documents.
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Click Select File at left to choose the older file version you want to compare. Click Select File at right to choose the newer file version you want to compare.
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Click Compare.
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Acrobat displays the results in a new document that provides an easy-to-scan summary of all file differences.
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Click the Go to First Change button to begin reviewing each file difference in detail.
For more information, see Compare two versions of a PDF file.
Enhanced Certificates tool
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
The all-new Certificates tool makes it easier than ever to digitally sign, certify, and verify documents with a digital ID.
- Get set up easily. Find your existing digital IDs from files, smart cards, or USB token devices and configure them easily for signing.
- Customize your signature appearance. Add valuable information to your signatures, such as a logo, date, location, or signing reason.
- Use your signature image. Draw your signature or upload a scanned image to add it to your digital identity.
New digital ID configuration workflows
You can use existing digital IDs or create new ones. Based on whether a digital ID is available on your machine or not, you will see one of the two workflows described below.
When no digital ID is available:
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When you create or click a signature field and no digital ID is available, you see the following prompt.
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Click Configure Digital ID. The Configure a Digital ID for signing dialog is displayed.
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Select the type of digital ID desired, click Continue, and then follow the wizard to create the ID.
If you select Create a new Digital ID, the next set of options are displayed based on your Operating System.
On Windows On Windows On Mac OS, you see a new option – Save to Apple Keychain On Mac OS, you see a new option – Save to Apple Keychain
When one or more digital IDs are found:
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When you create or click a signature field and one or more valid digital IDs are available for signing, you see the following dialog box to choose your preferred digital ID.
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Select the desired ID and continue with the signing.
For more information, see Digital IDs.
If you want to maintain the old user experience when applying a digital signature, you can use the following new preference that allows switching between the new experience and the old one.
Edit > Preferences > Signatures > Digital Signatures > More > Creation: Use modern user interface for signing and Digital ID configuration.
New DirectInk support
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
Acrobat now supports Microsoft’s new DirectInk technology. Write and draw more smoothly and accurately right in your PDF with the improved Pen tool that leverages the DirectInk technology. For even better DirectInk results, use a hardware pen on Windows 10 devices like Microsoft Surface Pros.
Undo and redo support in tags editor
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
The undo and redo operations are now supported in the Tags editor (View > Show/Hide > Navigation Panes > Tags).
- New tag creation: The undo action removes the last tag created, and the redo action restores the same tag.
- Tag deletion: The undo action restores a deleted tag, and the redo action deletes the tag.
- Tag edit: The undo action undoes the last edit done on the tag, and the redo action restores the state before the last undo.
- Cut and paste tags: The undo action cancels the cut-and-paste operation, and the redo action restores the state.
- Multiple tags created from the selection: The undo action removes all tags created from the selection, and the redo action restores all of them.
Enhanced Save As PDF dialog
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
If you have opened a file from cloud (Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, DropBox, OneDrive, etc.), the Save As PDF dialog now defaults to the file’s source location instead of My Computer.


PDFMaker support for 64-bit Office 2016 on Mac OS
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
Thanks to new PDFMaker add-in support, now you can create high-quality Adobe PDFs from inside the 64-bit version of Microsoft Word 2016 and PowerPoint 2016 for Mac using the Acrobat ribbon (Acrobat > Create PDF).
Two-side scanning with ICA on Mac
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
Two-side scanning is now enabled with ICA on Mac OS. You can scan both sides even if the scanner is not duplex.
New OCR library
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous
Acrobat DC now has a new version of the OCR library (iDRS 15.2.2.1819).
Deprecated QuickTime support on Windows
Available in: Acrobat DC Continuous and Classic
Apple will no longer provide security updates for its legacy QuickTime for Windows software, leaving this software vulnerable to exploitation. To safeguard Acrobat and Reader, Adobe has also deprecated support for QuickTime on Windows. Acrobat DC and Reader DC now use the built-in Windows video player to play legacy QuickTime videos - the videos embedded in PDFs created in Acrobat 9 and earlier.
For more information, see Deprecated QuickTime support on Windows.