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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 its ability to quickly understand and summarize complex documents, providing answers with source citations. This means you can get insights and find specific information much faster than reading through everything yourself, and you can always check where the AI got its facts from, making it reliable for initial research or quick checks.
Yes, AI Assistant can help with this using a feature called PDF Spaces. You can add up to 100 documents, including PDFs, Office files, or web links, to a PDF Space. Then, you can ask questions across all these documents at once. This lets you get insights and compare information from many sources without opening each one individually.
You should always check the source citations because AI Assistant is a tool to help you, not to make final decisions. While it summarizes and finds information, complex legal or technical choices still need human judgment. Checking the sources ensures the information is accurate and fully understood in its original context, preventing misunderstandings.
| Feature | Purpose | Number of Documents |
|---|---|---|
| AI Assistant (single PDF) | Ask questions and get answers from one document. | One PDF at a time |
| PDF Spaces | Ask questions and get insights across many documents. | Up to 100 PDFs/Office files/web links |