How can AI Assistant help me summarize a board narrative quickly?

Open your board narrative PDF in Acrobat. Click the 'AI Assistant' button. Select 'Generate AI summaries'. This gives you an outline and key insights with links to the original text. This saves time by highlighting the most important parts for your board narrative.

What is the main purpose of AI Assistant in Adobe Acrobat?

The main purpose of AI Assistant is to help you understand and get information from your PDF documents faster. It can answer questions, summarize content, and find insights, making it easier to work with long or complex files.

If I have multiple documents for a board meeting, can AI Assistant help me get insights from all of them at once?

Yes, AI Assistant can help with this using 'PDF Spaces'. You can upload up to 100 PDFs, Office files, notes, transcripts, or web links into a Space. Then, you can ask questions and get insights that cover all these documents together, which is very useful for preparing for a board meeting with many sources.

Why is it important that AI Assistant provides source citations for its answers?

Source citations are very important because they let you check where the AI Assistant got its information. This means you can trust the answers more, as you can click the link and see the exact part of the document. It helps you confirm facts and makes sure the AI isn't just guessing, especially for important board narratives.

How does AI Assistant compare to just reading a PDF by myself for understanding a document?

Feature AI Assistant Reading Manually. Speed Very fast for summaries and answers. Can be slow, especially for long documents. Key Insights Generates outlines and main ideas quickly. Requires careful reading and note-taking to find them. Information Check Provides source links to verify answers. You find and check information yourself. Question Answering Answers specific questions directly from the document. You must read and find answers yourself. Judgment Surfaces and summarizes, but human judgment is needed. Full human judgment applied throughout.

Access AI Assistant features via API for custom applications in Adobe Acrobat — How-to & AI prompts

AI prompts

3 ways to ask · copy any one

AExecute — “help me do it”Show me how to send a PDF to the API and...…+

Show me how to send a PDF to the Adobe PDF Services API and get back the [desired output, like extracted text or a signed document], using [my programming language].

when the reply comes backWould you like sample code in your favorite language?

BImprove — “do it better”Review my API call code and suggest improvements for...…+

Review my API call code for Adobe PDF Services and suggest improvements for [security, speed, or reliability].

when the reply comes backNeed help setting up authentication for the API?

CDecide — “help me choose”Help me choose which Adobe PDF API endpoint to use for...…+

Help me choose which Adobe PDF Services API endpoint is best for [my use case, like merging files or sending for signature].

when the reply comes backWant to see how to handle errors in your API calls?

How to do it

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Open your PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Pro (desktop app).
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Look for the AI Assistant panel or button, typically located in the right-hand toolbar or as a floating button.
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If you do not see the AI Assistant, go to the Edit menu and select Preferences.
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In Preferences, look for AI settings; if present, enable the checkbox to turn on the AI Assistant.
Best practiceIf the AI Assistant is not visible after subscribing, restarting Acrobat may be required for the feature to appear.
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Return to your PDF and click the AI Assistant button to activate it.
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Type your question or prompt about the PDF content into the AI Assistant input box and press Enter.
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Review the AI Assistant's response, and use the provided options to ask follow-up questions or copy the answer.
CautionSensitive documents may be processed by Adobe servers when using AI features; review your organization's data policies before enabling.

In the appWith the API

You can use the AI Assistant to quickly summarize, search, or ask questions about the content of your open PDF without leaving Acrobat.

This runs in the Acrobat app - there is no separate API for this task.

Glossary

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APIA way for different software to talk to each other automatically.ExampleAn online store uses an API to automatically send shipping details to a delivery service.

EndpointA web address your code sends requests to for a specific job.ExampleThe app sends your payment details to a secure endpoint on the server to process the transaction.

AuthenticationHow you prove who you are when using an online service.ExampleEntering your password and a code from your phone provides authentication to access your bank account.

The real tasks

the one, listed here

I have 48 hours to prep a clean narrative for the board and I want the right causal story, not a scattershot list.

FAQ

about this task

To use the API, you need to create credentials in your Adobe developer account. Then, your app sends these credentials with each request to prove it has permission. This usually involves a client ID and secret, or an access token.

An endpoint is a specific web address you send your request to, depending on what you want to do, like convert, extract, or sign PDFs. Each action has its own endpoint.

Yes, you can use the Acrobat Sign API to send documents for e-signature directly from your app. This lets you automate the process without manual uploads.

Using the API lets you add PDF features directly into your own apps or websites, so tasks can happen automatically in the background, instead of clicking through menus in the desktop app.

A developer uses the API to add PDF features like creating, editing, or signing documents to their own software, making things faster and more automatic for users.

Access AI Assistant features via API for custom applications

When to use it

AI prompts

How to do it

Glossary

The real tasks

Who does this

FAQ

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