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Why use AI for PDFs?

In today's fast-paced digital world, efficiency is key. Adobe's AI Assistant for Acrobat helps you navigate and understand complex documents quickly. Whether you're drafting reports, preparing presentations, or extracting data from lengthy PDFs, our AI-powered tool transforms how you interact with your documents, enabling you to streamline your workflow and achieve more in less time.

How to use Acrobat to chat with PDFs

Follow these steps to chat with documents using the Acrobat AI Assistant online tool:

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  1. Use the Select a file button above or drag and drop a document into the drop zone.
    You can select up to 10 files, each 600 pages long and no larger than 25MB. Find more on File prerequisites.
  2. Review the suggested questions for fast insights.
    Get inspired and try our sample prompts, or learn how to power up your prompts.
  3. Sign in to ask your document questions and get quick AI chat answers.
    When you try AI Assistant for the first time, it is important to agree to our user guidelines.
  4. Use the PDF AI answers to craft emails, presentations and more.

Whether you’re a professional, a student, or a creative, Acrobat AI Assistant can revolutionise the way you work.

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For professionals

Reports made easy. Summarise key points and extract critical data, saving hours of manual analysis.

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For students

Reading time halved. Generate concise summaries and key takeaways, making study sessions more effective.

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For business

Generating trusted summaries. Get high-quality insights to create exceptional business content, ensuring your messaging is both accurate and impactful.

Try our AI chat tool for free

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Chat with your docs

All you have to do is ask. Simply upload a document, sign in and type a question to get a quick answer. With Acrobat AI Assistant, you can understand key information and analyse data in seconds.

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Get to what matters most

Need quick insights? Start by reviewing the brief AI-powered overview of your document. Then, select a suggested question or type in your own to streamline your document research and analysis.

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Speed up workflows with document AI

Create impactful content in record time with AI Assistant. Use AI chat answers to craft emails, social media posts, presentations, and more.

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Trace answers back to linked sources

AI Assistant answers include numbered attributions, making it easy to verify information. Select a numbered link, and Acrobat will highlight the source content directly in your document.

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Easily analyse complex data

No matter the use case or question, ask away. AI Assistant delivers fast answers by quickly analysing document content, including data in charts and tables.

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PDF AI you can trust

As the inventor of the PDF file format, Adobe delivers document security and AI technology you can trust. So you can use our AI tool to chat with PDFs confidently.

Questions? We have answers.

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