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Open your PDF document in Adobe Acrobat (ensure you are signed in and have an active AI Assistant subscription if using AI features).
If you want to extract highlights you made manually, use the Highlight tool or markup tools to mark the key points throughout your document.
To use the AI Assistant, look for the AI Assistant option (usually accessible from the right sidebar or Tools menu) and open it.
Best practiceIf you do not see the AI Assistant, check Preferences for a Generative AI section and ensure it is enabled.
In the AI Assistant panel, type a prompt such as "Summarize the key points from this document" or "List the highlights from this PDF."
Best practiceYou can ask the AI Assistant to focus on specific sections or topics by mentioning them in your prompt.
Review the AI-generated summary or list of highlights that appears in the panel.
NoteThe AI Assistant processes the visible document and generates a summary based on its content.
To save or export the summary, use the copy function in the AI Assistant panel, then paste the content into a new document or note as needed.
Best practiceFor sensitive documents, review Adobe's privacy and security settings to ensure compliance with your organization's policies.
Alternatively, to extract only manually highlighted text, open the Comments pane, select the options menu (three dots or similar), and choose to export or copy highlighted text/comments.
Best practiceExporting highlights is a reliable manual method if you want only your marked key points, not an AI-generated summary.
You can use either the AI Assistant for automatic summaries or export your manual highlights from the Comments pane for a custom list.
This runs in the Acrobat app - there is no separate API for this task.
The main benefit of AI Assistant is that it saves you time by quickly finding and summarizing important information in your documents. It also provides source citations, so you can easily check the original text and trust the answers it gives you, making your review process much faster and more reliable.
Yes, AI Assistant can help you compare information across many documents using a feature called PDF Spaces. With PDF Spaces, you can upload up to 100 different files, including PDFs, Office documents, notes, and web links. Then, you can ask questions and get insights that combine information from all these sources at once, making it very powerful for cross-document analysis.
It is important for AI Assistant to provide source citations because it allows you to verify the information it gives you. This means you can click a link and see the exact part of the document where the answer came from. This makes the AI's answers more trustworthy and helps you avoid making mistakes, especially with important or complex documents.
| Feature | Purpose | Output |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a document | To get a quick overview of the entire document's main points. | An outline, key insights, and clickable source links. |
| Ask questions about a PDF | To find specific answers to your own questions within the document. | Direct answers to your questions with source citations and suggested follow-up questions. |