Pro and Adobe offers no upgrade path for Creative Suite users so you're looking at an out-an-out purchase at full price and then dealing with what updating it as outlinedĪfter you've dealt with all the above versions and naming conventions you now need to keep your Acrobat software Unfortunately the only option is to upgrade Acrobat Holding out on Adobe Creative Suite CS6 as that came with Acrobat X. This is especially important for the many people who are If you are still using Acrobat Pro X I recommend you take action to stay secure. They gave users a subtleīlog post on 14th September 2015. no more security updates for Acrobat X on 15th November 2015. If you want to download the basic Reader version at it only offers you the DC version! If you want the classic trackĪdobe dropped support i.e. Storage area, Mobile Link and Preferences synchronisation! Youĭidn't buy the Document Cloud version, yet you get a DC box and software that requires you to be signed in and has options all over the place for

If you sign out it deactivates your software. When you install it, you must sign in using your Adobe ID - that's fair enough as this started back with Creative SuiteĬS6 and it registers your software with Adobe but now, you have to stay signed in even if you wanted and bought the 'classic track' non-Document Cloud/subscription version. But when you get this product, it confusingly comes in an AdobeĪcrobat Pro 'DC' box. Subscription) you can buy Acrobat Pro 'classic track' version as a standalone product. Okay, so basically if you don't want to sign up forever to Creative/Document Cloud (and hope Adobe don't ever change/cancel your Version's features highlighted as 'Subscription only'. Adobe outlines the differencesīetween the subscription and non-subscription versions here with the DC At least the Pro version is available to buy separately outside of the extortion racket of their subscription Cloud service. On the Mac each of these track versions are available in a Track' - it would appear that the classic track is the non-Cloud/subscription (2015) versionĪnd DC is the cloud/subscription (DC - Document Connect) version but this is not clear at all. There's a 'classic track' and a 'continuous More versions of Acrobat, even more confusing than before. With the launch of Adobe Document Cloud in 2015, comes Reader' and now 'Adobe Acrobat Reader DC' or 'Adobe Acrobat Reader 2015'. Then there's the naming scheme for the basic (Reader) which has changed over time including 'Acrobat Reader', 'Adobe Acrobat Reader', 'Adobe Mac users used to have a standard version back in the day too, but that option is no more. In fact, on Windows, there are three versions with a The confusing world of Adobe Acrobat by Graham Needham (BH) on 21st June 2016Īdobe has always had a professional (Pro) and basic (Reader) version of their Acrobat software.

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