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Open your PDF document in Adobe Acrobat (desktop, web, or mobile).
Ensure you are signed in with an Adobe account that has an active AI Assistant subscription.
If using Acrobat desktop and the AI Assistant is not visible, open the Edit menu, select Preferences, and check for a Generative AI section to enable the feature if available.
Best practiceIf you do not see the AI Assistant, updating Acrobat or enabling it in Preferences may be required.
Locate and select the AI Assistant feature (look for a button or panel labeled AI Assistant in the Acrobat interface).
Type your question about the PDF content into the message field provided by the AI Assistant.
Select the Send button or press Enter to send your question.
Review the AI Assistant's answer, and if needed, continue the conversation by asking follow-up questions or requesting clarifications.
Best practiceFor sensitive documents, avoid submitting confidential information, as AI-powered features may process data outside your local device.
You can interact with the AI Assistant panel to quickly extract key information or clarify details from your PDF without reading the entire document.
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 information in your PDF. It also provides direct links to the source in the document, which means you can easily check the facts yourself. This makes it a reliable tool for quickly understanding and verifying content.
Yes, if you have many documents, you can use the 'PDF Spaces' feature within AI Assistant. This allows you to ask questions and get insights from up to 100 PDFs, Office files, notes, transcripts, or web links at once. This is very useful for checking facts that might be spread across several different sources, helping you get a complete picture without opening each document separately.
AI Assistant is different because it understands the meaning of your questions, not just keywords. While a simple search finds exact words, AI Assistant can summarize documents, answer complex questions, and even suggest follow-up questions. It also provides direct citations, which a keyword search does not. This means you get more meaningful answers and can verify information more effectively.
It is important to check the source citations because even though AI Assistant is powerful, it is an artificial intelligence and not a human expert. For critical decisions, especially in legal or technical fields, human judgment is still necessary. Checking the sources ensures that the information is accurate and that you fully understand the context, preventing potential mistakes or misunderstandings.