Once open, the window displays the document along with a typical Windows-style tool bar on the top of the screen.
As with most PDF software, if you double-click on a PDF document, Acrobat will open it. Once installed, Acrobat XI Pro has a very clean and simple-looking launch and menu system. Otherwise you will be unable to reinstall the software on to another system. Unless a multiuser license has been purchased, Acrobat XI Pro can only be installed on one computer, and if you need to move it to a different system, Acrobat must be uninstalled in a way that lets Adobe know the software has been removed from the machine to which it is registered.
Before the actual install took place, I had to specify whether I had a serial number (which I did), or did not have this and was installing the application on a free 30-day trial.Īdobe also warns you that your product serial number and other information will be sent via Internet to Adobe to complete the product activation process. As with all o f the software I test, I chose the Complete install, which was remarkably fast. Typical installs those features most users commonly install, Complete installs everything, and Custom, as with many Windows applications, lets you specify which components to install, and whether you want all of the features of a particular component installed on the hard drive or whether you want to install that part of the software the first time it’s used. (For expanded views of the screenshots at right, please click on the images.) The install program gives you the usual options such as specifying whether you want a Typical, Complete, or Custom install. Since many users of Acrobat will be using the application on laptops with Windows 7 or earlier Windows versions, I operated Acrobat from the desktop, rather through the Start Screen.ĭownloading the application from Adobe’s web site took less than a minute. I tested the application on an Acer Aspire V5 laptop running Windows 8. Many of those who purchase the product will elect to receive the application in the same way, as it provides immediate access. My review copy of Acrobat XI Pro was provided as a download. The version I te sted, Acrobat XI Pro, is priced at $499 or $299 as an upgrade. The Standard edition of Acrobat XI is priced at $199, or $139 if you upgrade from a previous version. Acrobat as a product, however, is still something that Adobe charges for, (except for Acrobat Reader XI, the current version of the reader, which is separately available free of charge), The paid Adobe Acrobat XI system allows you to not only read PDF files but to create them from various file formats, and to perform other operations such as editing a PDF document or turning a PDF into another format like Word or PowerPoint.