In addition to new AI-powered features that turn PDFs into podcasts and presentations, Adobe’s latest Acrobat update introduces a handy conversation editing tool. Similar to the document editing features Anthropic added to its Claude chatbot last year, Acrobat’s AI assistant now lets users perform important PDF tasks using natural language prompts.
Adobe says chat-based AI in Acrobat now offers a smarter, faster way to edit PDFs. Users can remove pages, text, comments and images, add electronic signatures and passwords, and complete other tasks simply by chatting with the AI. Instead of wading through menus or remembering where certain tools are, users can simply type in what they want to do and let the AI do the editing.
The feature aims to address one of the most common complaints about PDFs. While the format remains widely used for contracts, reports, and official documents, editing PDFs has always felt unintuitive, especially for casual users. By allowing users to make changes with natural language prompts, Adobe has significantly lowered the barrier to making quick changes.
PDF editing made easy
This feature allows users to easily instruct the AI Assistant to delete a specific page, remove comments, add password protection, or insert an electronic signature with a quick prompt instead of going through multiple confusing steps, making routine PDF edits faster and more intuitive.
In addition to the new AI tools in Acrobat, Adobe has introduced similar features in Premiere. The company recently launched an object mask tool that leverages on-device AI to help users create a mask by simply hovering over a subject and clicking on it.
