Talk:Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat#See also lists "Creative Cloud Controversy"

I'm unsure why this is listed and why it links only to the Creative Cloud article. Details of actual controversy and criticism are here Adobe Systems#Source code and customer data breach and here Adobe Systems#Criticism of Creative Cloud. Would it not be better to link directly to one or both?

Department of Redundancy Department

"Adobe Acrobat is [software] developed by Adobe Inc. ..." is redundant. What y'all think of my deleting the first "Adobe"? —Quantling (talk | contribs) 14:07, 9 April 2025 (UTC)

'Adobe Acrobat', not just 'Acrobat', is the common name by which people refer to the product, so no, 'Adobe' is not redundant and should not be removed. DiscreetParrot (talk) 16:59, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

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"Adobe ID"?

This page has three references to "Adobe ID". That was precisely what I came to it wanting to learn about. It gives no information that would help me, but the first of those references links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Inc. , so I followed it. But that page, despite being linked to the phrase "Adobe ID", has no occurrences of that phrase. ~2025-41294-19 (talk) 00:59, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

You're right, that link was pointless and misleading. Removed! DiscreetParrot (talk) 16:56, 26 August 2026 (UTC)

Providing secondary source for launch date claim

Hello there! I'm an Adobe employee operating on the company's behalf. I know that makes me a conflict of interest editor, so I'm using the edit request process to propose changes to Adobe articles rather than directly editing them myself.

My first request is pretty simple. I noted that the History section mentions that Adobe Acrobat launched in 1993. This claim has no citation. And the citation for the launch date in the article's infobox links to the Adobe website. I've created a new citation that I think can be used for one, if not both, instances of this claim:

That citation, which links to a New York Times piece about Acrobat "just reaching retail stores" in July 1993, is at the end of this sentence.

References

The cited article doesn't provide a precise day and month, so perhaps it's not suitable for the infobox claim, but I wanted to provide a secondary source because this article has a banner at the top that says it uses too many primary ones. That's a problem I'm going to try to solve more extensively in the future, but for now, I thought it would be best to start small.

If independent editors have any thoughts, just drop me a message below. Thanks! Eric at Adobe (talk) 19:56, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

What's the other source you were going to provide? In this case the wiki relies on the publish date as that's all we have to go on. Lucas "nicatronTg" Nicodemus (talk) Lucas "nicatronTg" Nicodemus (talk) 19:58, 20 August 2026 (UTC)

User:NicatronTg: Thanks for taking a look at this request. To clarify, the New York Times article is the only source I'm providing here. It's the best secondary one I could find. As I said above, I think it can be used to substantiate the claim in the History that Acrobat launched in 1993. It may or may not be a fit for the infobox launch claim, since that's a specific day and date. Eric at Adobe (talk) 17:12, 25 August 2026 (UTC)

I think this request has proven more confusing than helpful, so I've closed it. Other editors are welcome to review it, obviously, but given that the request queue is overflowing, I figured it might be a good idea to take this one off the community's plate. Eric at Adobe (talk) 19:17, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

Adding Acrobat Studio to Current services section

Hello, I'm back with what I hope is a pretty straightforward request. I noticed that the Current services section doesn't include Acrobat Studio, which is a recent addition to the Acrobat suite. I've put together a brief description of Studio:

• Acrobat Studio is part of the Acrobat family. It allows users to create, edit, and organize PDFs using generative AI. It is available for Windows, MacOS, and on web browsers.

References

Would it be possible to add this item to the list under Current services? I was thinking it would slot in just below Sign, but I'll leave placement up to more experienced editors. Thanks! Eric at Adobe (talk) 19:22, 4 September 2026 (UTC)

@Eric at Adobe:  Done

Adding passage about zero-day patch to Security section

Hey again! Thanks to User:FlaneurDesSources for reviewing my previous request. In this new one, I'd like to ask editors to consider adding a brief paragraph to the end of the Security section, which doesn't seem to have been updated in quite a while.

In 2026, Adobe released a patch for a problematic zero-day vulnerability. This is my suggested description of that event:

In April 2026, Adobe Inc. released an emergency patch for a zero-day vulnerability in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, tracked as CVE-2026-34621, which had been actively exploited prior to disclosure. The vulnerability, a prototype pollution flaw enabling arbitrary code execution, was discovered by independent researcher Haifei Li and addressed in version 26.001.21411.

References

Thank you in advance to whoever reviews this request! Eric at Adobe (talk) 16:54, 10 September 2026 (UTC)

 Done ~Kvng (talk) 16:43, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, User:Kvng! Eric at Adobe (talk) 22:34, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Strengthening Document Cloud subsection

Hey again, I'd like to propose a few improvements to the first paragraph of the Document Cloud subsection. I'm doing this because the passage is somewhat difficult to follow and the last sentence lacks a citation.

Here is what the passage looks like now:

Passage

In April 2015, Adobe introduced the "Document Cloud" branding (alongside its Creative Cloud) to signify its adoption of the cloud storage and the software as a service model. Programs under this branding received a "DC" suffix. In addition, "Reader" was renamed back to "Acrobat Reader". Following the introduction of Document Cloud, Acrobat.com was discontinued as their features were integrated into the desktop programs and mobile apps.

References

I am suggesting it be changed to this:

Revised passage

In April 2015, Adobe introduced the "Document Cloud" branding to signify its adoption of the cloud storage and the software as a service model for enterprise companies. This release included a new version of Acrobat called "Acrobat DC." Following the introduction of Document Cloud, Acrobat.com, which served a similar function, was discontinued.

References

I think these changes are fairly straightforward and make the section a bit more readable, but I'll defer to the judgment of more experienced editors. Thanks in advance to whoever takes on this request! Eric at Adobe (talk) 22:41, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Diff could be helpful. Doesn't show what's happening with the refs, though. ~Kvng (talk) 22:49, 22 September 2026 (UTC)

Ah, that is helpful. Thanks, User:Kvng! Eric at Adobe (talk) 16:24, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

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In April 2015, Adobe introduced the "[[Adobe Document Cloud|Document Cloud]]" branding (alongside its [[Adobe Creative Cloud|Creative Cloud]]) to signify its adoption of the [[cloud storage]] and the [[software as a service]] model. Programs under this branding received a "DC" suffix. In addition, "Reader" was renamed back to "Acrobat Reader". Following the introduction of Document Cloud, Acrobat.com was discontinued as their features were integrated into the desktop programs and mobile apps.

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In April 2015, Adobe introduced the "[[Adobe Document Cloud|Document Cloud]]" branding to signify its adoption of the [[cloud storage]] and the [[software as a service]] model for enterprise companies. This release included a new version of Acrobat called "Acrobat DC." Following the introduction of Document Cloud, Acrobat.com, which served a similar function, was discontinued.

 Done ~Kvng (talk) 14:37, 12 October 2026 (UTC)