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What's new in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2024.002.20687

Apr 12, 2024
  • This update provides new features, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2024.001.20643 (Apr 2, 2024)

  • Latest Release: This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2024.001.20615 (Mar 20, 2024)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.008.20555 (Feb 24, 2024)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.008.20470 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.008.20458 (Jan 4, 2024)

  • This release is a hotfix patch for Acrobat and Acrobat Reader that addresses some important bug fixes.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.008.20421 (Dec 13, 2023)

  • This update provides new features, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.006.20360 (Oct 17, 2023)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.006.20320 (Sep 12, 2023)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Form:
  • 4365790: Incorrect Tab order when hyperlink is present in the form
  • Image Conversion:
  • 4387590: Issues while Exporting to JPG and PNG format
  • Printing:
  • 4414263: Printing quality is not good with PS Normalizer changes
  • Viewer:
  • 4408019: Floating toolbar is shown on top of the document in Reader

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.003.20284 (Aug 23, 2023)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Browser:
  • 4424220: SAP screen goes blank on opening 2nd PDF after few minutes
  • Fill and Sign:
  • 4424879: PDFs saved with 2-byte characters in Acrobat “Fill and Sign” are garbled
  • Forms:
  • 4425780: Acrobat crashing on applying digital signature on a Form-XFA file
  • Printing:
  • 4425404: All layers are printing when only few layers are selected with Save ink/Toner checkbox selected

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.003.20215 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • PDFMaker:
  • Alt Text is deleted with PDFMaker in June Release

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.003.20201 (Jun 6, 2023)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Adobe Express:
  • 4409842: Unable to add Image/logos in Design a new page workflow
  • Installers:
  • 4365511: No entry point to trigger auto upgrade 64-bit Reader to Acrobat for enterprise users
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4345064: MS Word freeze and crash while converting word files to PDF with Acrobat DC and non-default settings
  • 4399202: PDFmaker plugins are not enabling for MS Office
  • Rendering:
  • 4411533: Document flickers when viewed through Output Preview
  • Viewer:
  • 4389286: Some border appears around acrobat window when left idle for sometime

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2023.001.20093 (Mar 22, 2023)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 22.003.20322 (Feb 16, 2023)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2022.003.20314 (Jan 24, 2023)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2022.003.20263 (Oct 23, 2022)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2022.003.20258 (Oct 11, 2022)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Accessibility:
  • Unable to make table accessible using Table Editor
  • Adobe Sign:
  • Overlapping issue occurs in email suggestion in the Adobe Sign dialog
  • Hyperlinks are not getting retained when pdf documents are sent for Signature by using “Send for Signature option” within Acrobat interface
  • Forms:
  • Acrobat Crashes while filling the form
  • JavaScript importTextData function fails to import text files on Windows 32-bit and 64-bit Clients, but works on MacOS
  • Sandbox:
  • Unable to paste content to JavaScript debugger or Document Properties window if the copied content contains RTF format
  • For password protected files,Copy-Paste function does not work if password is copied from outlook email into the password dialogue box
  • Acrobat Pro DC is not creating Bates-numbering log file on Win 11 after August release
  • Viewer:
  • Expand icon on the LHP strip is not clickable in Discover Panel in Modern UI
  • Acrobat is unable to launch in minimized view
  • The popup limit registry is not generating even after generic prompt appeared
  • Acrobat crashes intermittently while closing the PDF Thumbnail from taskbar randomly
  • Ruler guides are invisible on initial drag-out

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2022.002.20191 (Aug 9, 2022)

  • This update provides security mitigations and bug fixes.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2022.001.20169 (Jul 12, 2022)

  • This update provides security mitigations and bug fixes.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2022.001.20142 (Jun 14, 2022)

  • This update provides new features, feature enhancements, and bug fixes:
  • Adobe is rolling out this release incrementally. To experience the new features immediately, update your Acrobat—on the Help menu, click Check for updates and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the update process.
  • The following new features are introduced in this release. Click > to know more about the feature.
  • What's New card in Acrobat
  • Start the Tools onboarding tour
  • Discoverability and awareness of Acrobat web and mobile apps
  • Promote usage of the sign tools while printing
  • New video educating the benefits of using e-signatures
  • Display sign tools in the Recommended Tools list
  • Auto-adjust layout enhancements for PDFs containing tables
  • Large file uploads to Adobe Cloud storage
  • Streamline file operation workflows for files stored in Shared Cloud and Adobe Content Platform
  • Support pagination of file list in shared files
  • Changes to Consent dialogs for shared files
  • User accessibility and document tagging enhancements
  • Acrobat (64-bit) support for virtualization environments
  • Other enhancements
  • Bug fixes:
  • 3D:
  • 4327229: 3D rendering speed is degraded for large 3D drawings with Protected Mode ON
  • 4324133: PM prevents 3D PDF rendering hardware acceleration with NVidia graphics
  • Accessibility:
  • 4311218: Spaces are added in Header Cell IDs when Auto Generate Header Cell ID is used
  • 4354090: Acrobat crashes on opening pdf on 64 bit installer with NVDA enabled
  • Actions:
  • 4362074: Acrobat Crashes while using Action
  • Export PDF:
  • 4295421: Export PDF to XLSX - Scanned searchable PDF table is not detected
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4345055: Link in slides are not working after converting PPT to PDF
  • Viewer:
  • 4355866: Embed File Attachment in PDF(64bit) does not work

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2022.001.20085 (Mar 7, 2022)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Actions:
  • 4349817: Action Wizard not applying Redactions
  • Browser:
  • 4350135: Clicking either the rotate page clockwise or counter-clockwise with right-click menu does not respond in IE
  • Export PDF:
  • 4297995: Whenever table is extended on next page, one or more blank rows are introduced while converting PDF to Excel
  • 4333171: Incorrect formatting of the document when exported from PDF to Excel
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4341626: The underline on Hyperlinks should be tagged as artifacts.
  • 4335003: PDF Tables are not tagged correctly - Extra “P” with Path Path should not appear in tags.
  • 4341625: Borders and background shadings on Text Boxes and paragraphs are being tagged as PathPathPath.
  • 4344298: Conversion of emails from Outlook gets stuck during index creation
  • 4347501: Images marked as decorative in Word are not “marked” correctly as artifacts.
  • 4346294 , 4344952: Text goes missing while converting a word document to PDF using PDFMaker
  • Security-Signatures:
  • 4350040: Importing .cer and .crt files is no longer possible in Jan Release
  • Viewer:
  • 4343398: Links in PDFs do not open in Explorer, but in Edge
  • 4350223: Disable Right Click Menu on External plugins

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2021.011.20039 (Jan 11, 2022)

  • Latest Release: This update provides new features, security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2021.007.20091 (Sep 14, 2021)

  • This update provides new features, security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes:
  • Accessibility:
  • 4337951: Accessibility check passes even though Table headers are missing
  • 4336567: Some empty elements are getting detected which are not getting deleted after running Accessibility Check
  • Browser:
  • 4333092: Getting 10:10 error when viewing PDF documents in IE
  • 4329557: Error 523 is shown while previewing the PDF in a web application
  • Fill and Sign:
  • 4329628: Unable to use signature when Acrobat window is very small
  • Forms:
  • 4324230: Reader crashes with AEM dynamic forms with rich text
  • Installer:
  • 4330650: Error “There was an error opening document” is shown on windows when launching Acrobat using acrobat:// in chrome URL box
  • MIP
  • 4331814: The security label of AIP protected files can be unlocked in Acrobat
  • Performance:
  • 4331131: Acrobat takes long time when a PDF of 1000 pages is opened the third time
  • Portfolio:
  • 4324480: Documents are corrupted, warning message observed while combining images to PDF in a portfolio
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4318608: CreatePDFDaemon crashes and fails to generate PDF file
  • 4296837: Service and local Conversion not happening for Office file name with special characters on Mac
  • Sandbox:
  • 4332995: Format of the JavaScript window is changed when Protected view is ON
  • Search:
  • 4275963: Previous and Next buttons are coming truncated and Find tool is getting flickered upon doc scrolling in Retina machine
  • SDK:
  • 4338937: Adobe Reader DC 2021 x64 bit crashes with DDE command “DocGoToNameDest”
  • 4332619: Multi Tab sample in Acrobat SDK doesn’t work as expected behaviour
  • Sign:
  • 4331392: Hang in Acrobat due to multiple network calls to https://api.echosign.com on launching Acrobat
  • Security-Settings:
  • 4320481: Error “An update for trusted certificates is not available for download” is shown when icheckEvery is set to 0
  • Security-Signatures:
  • 4324928: Create & Edit options are not greyed out for digital signature
  • 4329745: Dialog of Digital signatures in Adobe Acrobat DC is not keyboard or Screen Reader accessible
  • Viewer:
  • 4338021: Encrypt tool in Protect App does not work in Custom Quick Tools
  • 4313844: Multiple Lines renders when Acrobat is maximized from the Task Bar and Window is Rendering
  • 4289199: Touch Machines : Application Hangs after switching out of Read mode after clicking the page view HUD icons
  • 4330503: Click to zoom is not working in minimized state of Acrobat if preference “open documents as new tabs in same window” is unchecked
  • 4320198: Application crashes after printing and closing document for files with type-1 font

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2021.005.20060 Patch (Jul 28, 2021)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2021.001.20149 Patch (Apr 17, 2021)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Browser:
  • 4327498: Unable to open FDF from web app
  • Security-Signatures:
  • 4327765: Acrobat and Reader generates incorrect signature data for Elliptical curve signatures when Elliptical Certificate is stored in Windows Certificate store.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2021.001.20145 Patch (Mar 10, 2021)

  • Annotations:
  • 4325450: Comments missing in shared review if done using Reader DC

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2021.001.20142 Patch (Feb 26, 2021)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Sandbox:
  • Not able to render and switch out from PV in Portfolio files and blank page is rendered.
  • Rendering:
  • Acrobat DC disappears upon opening files with comments.
  • PDF Shell:
  • PDF thumbnails are not getting generated after the latest update in Reader DC.
  • Search:
  • Not able to Find/Search text in PDF documents
  • Acrobat is not able to load BPDX file
  • PDFL:
  • Acrobat is not able to launch if 3rd party tools “PDFLib TET Plugin” is placed
  • JavaScript:
  • app.thermometer produces error when it’s value is updated
  • Security-Signatures:
  • Crash on Opening a particular Signed PDF
  • PDF Optimizer:
  • Win: Acrobat Standard - Reduce File Size option not being displayed under File menu

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2021.001.20140 Patch (Feb 23, 2021)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2021.001.20138 Patch (Feb 16, 2021)

  • Latest Release: This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2021.001.20135 (Feb 9, 2021)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Modernized edit and crop PDF experience:
  • Modernized bounding box: The solid bounding boxes for edit operation are now replaced with dotted gray lines that turn blue upon selection. You can also use the rotation handle at the top to rotate the content.
  • Modernized crop experience: The new circular crop handles improve the crop operation's legibility on high-resolution touch devices and makes it easy to crop content in a PDF. When you crop an image, the focused image is highlighted, and the cropped content is pushed to the background.
  • Acrobat Chrome extension enhancements:
  • Edit and Sign tools in the Chrome extension:
  • In addition to Convert, Compress, and Export tools, the extension now also provides Edit and Sign tools. If you search for a PDF tool or operation in Google and the tool is supported in the extension, the extension prompts you to use the tool from a pop-up shown in the upper-right corner of the browser's window.
  • SharePoint integration in the Chrome Extension (Windows):
  • When you open a PDF hosted on SharePoint in Google Chrome, and click the Open in Acrobat, or Fill & Sign button, the Chrome extension identifies the source location and triggers the file check-out process in Acrobat.
  • Create a blank page PDF from the File menu:
  • You can now create a blank page PDF directly from the File menu. In Acrobat, go to File > Create > Blank Page.
  • Navigate form fields using the Tab key in authoring mode:
  • In Acrobat, you can now navigate the form fields using the Tab key in the authoring mode. When you press the Tab key, the blue highlight shifts to the form field in focus. If you press Enter, the Properties dialog of the selected form field is displayed.
  • Auto-undock of the heads-up display (HUD) as per the window size:
  • When you resize the Acrobat window, the Page Display, Select, and Zoom tools appear on the HUD bar on the page instead of the options (...) menu in the toolbar. This makes room to view the Recently Used Tools and the Quick Tools in the top toolbar.
  • Enhanced crash dialog on Windows:
  • The crash dialog on Windows is now enhanced for efficient log collection and crash reporting. The new dialog is displayed for all crash issues and scenarios where Acrobat force quits.
  • Flash Player preference removed from Acrobat:
  • As Flash Player is no longer supported, the corresponding setting is removed from Acrobat preferences - Edit > 3D & Multimedia > Use Flash Player for playing 3D and multimedia content.
  • Share archived agreements:
  • You can now share an archived agreement as a link or send a copy to the intended recipient.
  • Acrobat Reader DC 64-bit for Windows:
  • Acrobat Reader DC 64-bit for Windows is now available in the following geographies - Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
  • Other enhancements and bug fixes:
  • Accessibility enhancement: Screen readers now announce password strength:
  • When you set a password to a PDF using the Tools > Edit PDF > Restrict Editing password dialog, the screen reader can now read the password strength and announce it.
  • Change comment's color from the floating menu:
  • You can now choose the Color of the selected comment from the floating menu without opening the Comment tool. This feature is available for highlight, strikethrough, underline, and caret annotations only.
  • Improved Export PDF experience:
  • Multiple enhancements are made to the Export PDF tool resulting in improvement in the following areas:
  • Detection of hybrid and borderless tables.
  • Handling of rotated tables.
  • Background and overlapping objects (Z-order) processing in Microsoft PowerPoint.
  • Header and subscript detection in Microsoft Word.
  • Support for long path names on Windows 10:
  • Acrobat and Acrobat Reader can now read, write, and save a PDF file on long path names beyond 260 characters on Windows 10 and later versions.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • 3D:
  • 4310000: 3D measurement tool is not available on opening a PDF attachment in Reader
  • JavaScript:
  • 4302125: Acrobat freezes when using any external javascript editor on MAC
  • Annotations:
  • 4311148: Delay in Launch and Zoom operations on opening PDF files with a large number of Annotations
  • Sendmail:
  • 4317953: SetUIPermission is not working for “Email”
  • Fill and Sign:
  • 4312459: ‘Request Signature’ option is grayed out in Fill and Sign app for digitally signed PDFs
  • Browser:
  • 4318604: Performance: PDF files taking longer than usual to open via SAP
  • Export:
  • 4313535: Converted Word file from PDF leaves unwanted spaces between letters
  • MIP:
  • 4316323: Memory leak on opening AIP protected PDFs in Acrobat in virtual environment
  • Forms:
  • 4320621: Form Responses file doesn’t get open in native view
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4312000: PDFMaker goes to not responding state in Outlook with VPN enabled
  • Installer:
  • 4313333: Time out exceeded during the installation process for windows
  • Portfolios:
  • 4310846: Disable alert to download Flash as part of Flash EOL when opening Portfolios

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2020.013.20074 (Dec 9, 2020)

  • This update provides security mitigations and bug fixes:
  • 4317855: [BigSur]Crash on launching Edit after text selection
  • 4317428: Adobe Reader preferences window doesn’t load the content correctly

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2019.010.20091 Patch (Feb 21, 2019)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Services Integration:
  • 4255771: Acrobat hangs for a few minutes after launch
  • Outlook Send:
  • 4265876: Crash in Outlook if it is open, while Acrobat update is being applied
  • Viewer:
  • 4263043: Acrobat freezes when scrolling through the Attachment Pane

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2019.008.20080 Patch (Nov 13, 2018)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2018.011.20038 Patch (Feb 23, 2018)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Permissions:
  • 4238720: Permissions protected document asks for open doc password.
  • Annotations:
  • 4239247: Acrobat crashes in certain workflows if Quick Tools is hidden.
  • Rendering:
  • 4238710: Issue with opening PDF documents; one of the following errors is encountered:
  • There is insufficient data for an image”,
  • A drawing error occurred”,
  • Unknown error”,
  • No message and page becomes white,
  • No message and page becomes gray.
  • 4238998: “Error 109” dialog appearing on launching few files.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2018.009.20050 Patch (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Print Productions:
  • 4231445: Acrobat crashes while viewing PDF’s with Output PreviewOverprint Print enabled.
  • 4231558: Acrobat crasheshangs on converting the spot colors to CMYK.
  • Viewer:
  • 4231225: Third party tools are not visible in Top toolbar when RHP is closed.
  • Browser:
  • 4226351: Multiple safari keychain alerts after upgrading to High Sierra (macOS 10.13).
  • PDF Maker:
  • 4230329: Some Images present in word file are missing when the file is converted to PDF.
  • Rendering:
  • 4231270: Some PDF being rendered as blank in ReaderAcrobat.
  • 4231592: Garbled characters appear for certain PDFs created having Arial font.
  • Forms:
  • 4231510: Unable to open the PDF created in LiveCycle Designer in Acrobat.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2018.009.20044 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Accessibility:
  • 4217236: Acrobat crashes while selecting multiple cells of any table by pressing shift key.
  • 4053550: Some part of image/text is getting disappeared while using Reading Order tool-Figure/Caption.
  • 4205378: “Read this page only” and “Read to the end of Document” option under Read Out Loud is not working in MAC OS.
  • 4222926: Read Out Loud feature not working for Chinese text.
  • Viewers:
  • 4219850: Acrobat crashes on launch with GFlags enabled.
  • 4212006: Acrobat Reader DC opened in background steals focus while dragging a file from source to destination explorer window.
  • 4221976: Page controls goes missing on clicking link in a PDF.
  • Preflight:
  • 4220486: Issue while converting TIFF to PDF/A and then PDF/A-2B.
  • Browser:
  • 4212507: IE crashes while opening PDF due to Acrobat browser plugin getting unloaded.
  • 4220596 : Unable to open PDFs in Internet Explorer when 64bit enhanced protected mode is enabled.
  • Scan:
  • 4202520: Cannot Select A Document Cloud file from Browse option in Enhance Scan.
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4217300: Images in emails are converted to garbled text in the PDF.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2017.012.20098 (Aug 29, 2017)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Annotations:
  • 4221718: Auto-detect URLs are not redirecting to their respective websites in a PDF.
  • Printing:
  • 4221638: Print output is mirror image when printing a pdf written in Hebrew.
  • Forms-XFA:
  • 4211091: Adobe Reader DC XFA closeDoc Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
  • Accessibility:
  • 4221301: Tag structure changes on fixing remediation of row/column spans of a table.
  • Viewer:
  • 4221968: Cannot delete the first page of some pdfs.
  • 4221827: Third Party Plugins are not showing up in Tools Center when user operates in Acrobat single tab mode.
  • 4221621: Not able to Reorder Multiple Tabs in the Reader window.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2017.012.20095 (Aug 11, 2017)

  • Forms-XFA:
  • 4221442: Acrobat and Reader crash on launching some XFA forms.
  • Viewer-UI:
  • 4221441: Acrobat and Reader do not preserve the last window state and always open maximized.
  • Services Integration:
  • 4221522: Edit PDF pop-up is opened repeatedly on opening PDFs via Reader.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2017.012.20093 (Aug 8, 2017)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • Multi-monitor scaling:
  • Acrobat and Reader now provide better support for multiple monitors. When you move Acrobat or Reader between screens — from your laptop to your desktop monitor — and it automatically scales to match the scaling factor and resolution of whatever screen you're working on.
  • Accessibility tool improvements:
  • Acrobat now keeps the tag tree view and navigation intact when you save your PDF. It even auto-adjusts when you add, move, or remove pages, which saves you time.
  • Improved tagging for insert, delete, move, and replace pages:
  • While performing page specific operations, the tags tree is now updated correctly.
  • Insert pages: When inserting pages, tags of the document being inserted were always added at the end of the tag tree irrespective of the location of the insert operation. This has been fixed now and tags are inserted at the correct location.
  • Move pages: In Organize Pages tool and the Pages Panel, when pages were re-arranged, only the content was moved and tags were left as is. We now move the tags at the correct location along with the page content.
  • Replace pages: When a page replace operation was done, tags of the page being replaced used to get deleted from the document, but the tags for the new pages being inserted were not added. This is fixed now.
  • Customer experience improvements:
  • We have made the following experience improvements based on the top customer issues or asks:
  • Pen tool cursor changes to a dot (with default color).
  • Improved text selection experience inside a highlighted area.
  • Last used location becomes the default save location.
  • Support for the Remove Hidden Information tool in Acrobat Standard.
  • A new preference to show rulers.
  • Last used location becomes the default save location:
  • A document's open location becomes the default save location in the Save As dialog box, provided the document is not opened from a temporary folder.
  • Support for the Remove Hidden Information tool in Acrobat Standard:
  • The Remove Hidden Information tool is now available in Acrobat Standard. To access the tool, go to Tools > Protect > Remove Hidden Information.
  • A new preference to show rulers:
  • A new preference­­­—Show rulers when opening documents—is added to enable or disable the rulers in Acrobat and Reader. When the preference is selected, the rulers are displayed for each PDF that you open. By default, the preference is not selected.
  • Set default font for Add Text Box and Text Callout annotations:
  • Helvetica is used as the default font family for a new Add Text Box or Text Callout annotation. Now, you can change the default font family for these two annotations using the Text Properties menu. The changes are saved as the new default font family and applied to the annotations that you add from now onwards.
  • Discard checkout on closing a SharePoint document or quitting application:
  • Currently, if you open a SharePoint document in Acrobat with the Checkout and Open option, and then subsequently close the document or quit Acrobat without making any changes to the document, the document remains checked out in SharePoint. Now, when you close the document or quit Acrobat, you see the prompt, as shown below, asking you to discard the checkout
  • Access Adobe Scan files in the Home view:
  • Now you can view files that you scan using the Adobe Scan mobile app in the File Lists of the Home view of Acrobat and Reader.
  • RSA-PSS signature scheme support:
  • With current DC release, Acrobat begins RSA-PSS signing support. RSA-PSS is a new signature scheme that is based on the RSA cryptosystem and provides increased security assurance. For more details, see Raising the standard for RSA signatures. Support currently includes:
  • Acrobat DC and Acrobat Reader DC
  • Signature validation (Windows and Mac)
  • Signature creation with digital ID files on Windows and Mac (PFX/P12)
  • Signature creation with digital ID imported to Windows Certificate Store and devices, such as smart cards supporting Cryptography API: Next Generation (CNG). CNG is designed to replace the legacy CryptoAPI. In addition to increased security, CNG is extensible and cryptography agnostic. For more detail and a list of features, see CNG features.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Annotations:
  • 4215874: Copy-Paste of a comments generates XML-Code instead of the actual comment.
  • 4194671: For Filtered comment list selecting multiple comments using click and shift key doesn’t work.
  • Collaboration:
  • 4201895: Not able to initiate Shared Review using Webmail.
  • Send Mail:
  • 4166523: [Outlook MAC ]: Error occurs while attaching a PDF from network location if default email client is Outlook.
  • 4212803: Acrobat/Reader crashes if we quit Acrobat/Reader process after sending email using Webmail.
  • 4213751: While attaching a PDF using email icon, a draft mail is created with default subject line which includes a word “Emailing”.
  • Viewer:
  • 4104476: Ruler lines are not visible anymore during dragging [Mac Only]
  • Printing:
  • 4187862: Watermark text are corrupted when you print a protected PDF in Reader DC.
  • 4131953: Unable to print to PDF at a particular size.
  • 4211929: Acrobat DC fails to print in Citrix 7.13 Xendesktop. No print progress dialog is produced.
  • 4110518: Missing text when printing files using Acrobat DC.
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4207571: Text overlaps when creating PDF from attached word file.
  • 4198197: Margins are off when converting Excel sheets to PDF using PDFMaker.
  • Combine:
  • 4163594: Acrobat crashes on combining attached PDF files.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2017.009.20058 (Jul 12, 2017)

  • This release puts in place the infrastructure for simplifying the sign-in process within Acrobat & Reader. This enhancement will be rolled out for Acrobat and Reader users in near future.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2017.009.20044 (Apr 11, 2017)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Browser:
  • 4171525: IE crashing with Reader DC while acessing ACF application.
  • 4183515: Acrobat IE EPM support: User need to sign in again when saving file to Document Cloud.
  • 4204963: Acrobat/Reader takes 15-20 seconds to respond to close.
  • 4205128: IE Crashes when “Run in AppContainer” is checked and a several refresh/ back/ forward operations are done.
  • Scan:
  • 4117013: While scanning Size works in inches only, even if acrobat has different unit selected.
  • OCR:
  • 4161575: Renderable text error is thrown if OCR is run with Searchable Image Exact(SIE) or Searchable Image(SI).
  • 4208627,4202367: Acrobat Crashes on OCR certain files and Pages.
  • Sandbox:
  • 4183095: [PM App Container] Spell Check does not give any suggestion on misspelled words and causes Reader to crash on closing PDF.
  • Annotations:
  • 4148086: Acrobat showing a lag when scrolling from one comment to another.
  • Collaboration:
  • 4201373: Authentication window keeps opening up if review was hosted under a subsite and the participant has no access on the subsite.
  • Send Mail:
  • 4180881: [Outlook 2016 64Bit]: Reader hangs for sometimes after closing the draft mail window.
  • Viewer:
  • 4192958: Reader crashes when trying to overwrite an offline pdf located in redirected folder.
  • 4173755: File remains selected in Recent File List thereby locking it from being edited by other apps
  • Compare:
  • 4191947: Acrobat throws Out of Memory error while comparing.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.023.20070 Patch (Feb 21, 2017)

  • Feature Enhancements:
  • Added a First Time Experience card that educates the user about Reader Chrome extension installation.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Browser:
  • 4204190: Acrobat Reader takes 15-20 seconds to respond to close.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.020.20056 Patch (Jan 19, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Viewer:
  • 4203604: [ Win 10 ] Acrobat Reader crash if Reader is launched with compatibility mode turned on for Win 7.
  • 4203446: Acrobat throws Bad Parameter Error while opening a pdf.
  • 4203439,4203456: Multiple crashes encountered due to NULL Pointer access.
  • Forms:
  • 4203579: The year of selected date is reduced by one in some scenarios.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.023.20053 (Jan 10, 2017)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Browser:
  • 4194017: [WIN 10] Links on CEF UI and new Acrobat UI not working in browser.
  • 4182655: Print option in browser throws up bad parameter error.
  • Forms:
  • 4193314: Selected list items is not displayed as selected.
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4192867: Issue with dotted lines while converting word file to pdf.
  • 4167355: Legend lines appear as straight lines instead of dotted lines.
  • 4142155: Wierd text rotation and reversed image manipulation on converting word file.
  • 4135481: Hidden characters in word file appear as line in output pdf.
  • 4127898: Text disappears when converting word file (consisting of EMF image) to pdf.
  • 4193150: Crash while converting Visio document to pdf via API call.
  • Printing:
  • 4198172: [Win 10 : RS] Black streaks appear on page when pdf is printed.
  • Web Connectors:
  • 3801175: User gets access denied message while configuring sharepoint online account with “Stay signed in” option off.
  • 4196636: Opening sharepoint file from IE throws error if sharepoint is disabled in Acrobat/Reader from registry.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.020.20042 Patch (Nov 3, 2016)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Security:
  • 4196740: Unable to use certificates stored in keychain to Digitally Sign document on MAC 10.11.6
  • Browser:
  • 4196584: A Grey Screen/Page on opening PDFs in IE often from Web applications
  • Printing:
  • 4196738: [Win 10 : RS] Black streaks on document when printed
  • Collaboration:
  • 4196736: Attach to email stopped working after updating Acrobat to October Release
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4196828: Unable to convert email to pdf using PDFMaker in Outlook 2007

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.020.20039 (Oct 11, 2016)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fill and Sign:
  • 4169042: Hebrew text gets reversed when form filling in Fill and Sign app
  • Accessibility:
  • 4130464: User is unable to interact with Home View LHP using VoiceOver Keys
  • 4056281: Unable to bring the Voiceover focus back to the Document
  • Rendering:
  • 4169688: Zoom via option and trackpad swipe is not working properly
  • Viewer:
  • 4157360: Crash repeatedly observed while simply browsing the file using the touchpad
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4135481: Hidden characters in word doc are transformed into line in the output PDF
  • 4142155: Weird text rotation and reversed image manipulation on converting some Word files
  • 4161259: Form fields are not converted as email address link
  • 4173071: In Visio, after saving a file to JPG, closing Visio causes a hang when PDFMaker is installed
  • Scan:
  • 4153268: PDF thumbnail not generated until scanning of all pages is complete and all post processing starts only after completing all scans
  • 4179127: Acrobat crashes while appending to the Compare result file after scan
  • 4153268: PDF thumbnail not generated and no post scan processing starts until scanning of all pages is complete
  • 4164739: From CPDF path, save multiple files option saves pdf with empty names when output settings dialog is not opened before scanning
  • Printing:
  • 4182979: Keyboard shortcut ‘Alt+C’ works for Printer list instead of ‘Copies’
  • Annotation:
  • 4164517: Comments list disappears on closing one PDF when multiple PDF are opened with multi-tab viewing set to “OFF”
  • 4162957: Highlighting is difficult in PDFs where lines are very closer to each other
  • 4155586: Add Text comment’s text properties are not remembered
  • Collaboration:
  • 4119965: Acrobat crashes while submitting form or Sending Comments without closing pdf, in windows 10
  • 4115867: Acrobat crashes while Initiating shared Review and selecting option send pdf as attachment in outlook
  • 4184158: Acrobat crashes while launching Tracker window if Adobe Tracker has active notifications
  • PaperCapture:
  • 4191140: After running OCR (clear scan > 600 DPI English)on a particular document the text of the resulting document is not readable
  • Prepress:
  • 4155519: (MAC Intermittent) Settings changed for the ‘Separations’ tab for color plates in “Output Preview” dialog are not retained after performing pinch zoom
  • JavaScript Engine:
  • 4166357: Empty lines are added to script when using external editor
  • 4159480: Acrobat crashes on MAC on removing the default function that is automatically generated when the Document Javascript is created
  • Preflight:
  • 4056958: Flatten annotations preflight sometimes rotates them
  • 4157238: Validation fails for PDF/A-1A compliant file created from 3height converter shell
  • Combine:
  • 4167619: Combine app is opening for multiple tabs and multiple windows of Acrobat whereas it should open for just one window/tab

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.017.20053 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Commenting:
  • 4172996: Make properties default is not working for the text properties of a Text Box.
  • 4173747: User cannot change text properties outside the Comment App.
  • Highbeam:
  • 4169676: [Intermittent] Error Message - “AcroTray.exe stopped working” error while printing to Adobe PDF.
  • Viewer:
  • 4172453: Some fonts with composite characters (umlauts) not getting displayed properly and giving an error.
  • Javascript:
  • 4174873: Creating a modal dialog using app.execDialog() function works on only one file if multiple instances of such files are open.
  • Installers:
  • 4176808: Random crashes in Reader DC observed when Acrobat DC is the PDF owner.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.017.20050 (Jul 12, 2016)

  • New product features:
  • This release provides various new features for end users described in the New features summary.
  • Enterprise-Centric features:
  • For these features, refer to the Administration Guide.
  • Security bulletin:
  • This release provides mitigations for vulnerabilities described in the corresponding security bulletins of Reader and Acrobat.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Fill and Sign:
  • Unable to save certain extended Unicode characters in PDF via. in Fill and Sign.
  • Services Integration:
  • Blank CEF views are rendered after applying patch for Acrobat/Reader, if CEF resources are in-use or locked.
  • SharePoint Integration:
  • Acrobat DC hanging when trying to access a SharePoint library with large number of files.
  • Viewer:
  • When clicking on the fields in a pdf form, to set the expressions for the calculations, after repeating the process for 3-4 times, acrobat goes to a non-responding state.
  • Performance:
  • Slow performance in case of huge PDF files having multiple layers.
  • Scan:
  • Acrobat hangs after scanning number of pages from ADF.
  • Unable to scan using WIA from custom scan setting page when scanning is once done using preset options.
  • ‘Show scanner user interface’ check box can’t be checked from CPDF if we scan from
  • Nothing happens while selecting output as ‘save multiple files’ from Scan settings page.
  • Pages:
  • Inserting a .ai file into pdf via ‘Insert from File...’ is no longer supported.
  • FTE:
  • SMS fte card is static when acrobat is launched on fresh install for the first time.
  • SMS FTE Card is not appearing on Update.
  • SMS Feature: SMS fte card is static when acrobat is launched after installation for the first time.
  • PDF Shell:
  • PDF Thumbnails are not visible when Reader is installed via Command line/RDC.
  • Win8/Win10: With Preview pane ON, local files cannot be deleted from explorer.
  • PDFMaker:
  • When Word is converted into PDF, it gives a black patch.
  • Web Capture:
  • [Unicode]:Create PDF from Web Page ignores Unicode characters.
  • [Unicode]:Firefox: Convert Web Page to PDF with Firefox Web Browser Acrobat widget.
  • Critical vulnerabilities in web capture in third-party library.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.016.20045 Patch (Jun 2, 2016)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • Collaboration:
  • 4156193: ‘Unable to create a Shared Folder’ error comes up while initiating sending for shared commenting from a Network Folder.
  • Services Integration:
  • 4146719: While creating Personalized Invitations in Send & Track, a user can’t use Space and Enter keystrokes while typing in the subject and message fields.
  • 4154742: Application crashes if the api call to fetch Box filelist returns value of total_count field greater than the size of the array of entries.
  • Digital Certificates:
  • 4156038: Smart Card Signing using CSP drivers that do not support SHA2 is broken.
  • Viewer:
  • 4155309: Second pinch zoom operation on a different page reverts to the page on which the first zoom operation was done.
  • 4153854: [Mac] Scrolling in single page mode doesn’t scroll to the bottom of the page instead flips to the next page using double finger touchpad gesture.
  • Annotations:
  • 4154248: Add Text preference is not getting saved when we change multiple text property.
  • 4156697: When multi-tab viewing is “OFF” Comments list disappears on closing one PDF when multiple PDF are opened.
  • Catalog:
  • 4157231: Acrobat DC Index paths do not adjust the folder path depth.
  • Distiller:
  • 4156417: [Non English Languages] Distiller is getting crashed while trying to access preferences and few other settings.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.016.20039 (May 10, 2016)

  • This update provides new features, security mitigations, feature enhancements, and bug fixes:
  • Accessibility:
  • 3948284: Reader crashed when changing a screen magnification if MAGIC is turned on.
  • 3962798: JAWS/MAGIC : Reader hangs when switching back and forth between applications with Alt Tab or by clicking.
  • 3997841: JAWS reads Tools Read obly on pressing Shift+Tab to bring last item in focus when the last item is not in view.
  • PDFMaker:
  • 4041064: PDFMaker creates wrong hierarchy of bookmarks.
  • 4076247: Improper and Inconsistent PDF from PDFMaker for PowerPoint for Linked Monochrome Images.
  • 4043864: Mac : PDF generated from a PPTX file generates a PDF file with no metadata indicating it was created with Adobe Tools.
  • 4098952: Acrobat plug-in is not present in Visio 2016(32 bit).
  • Printing:
  • 4028057: Some of the contents from PDF are missing when printing to physical printer.
  • 3912641: Missing characters while printing PDF from Adobe PDF.
  • 3825272: If printer name contains Unicode characters, Acrobat/Reader doesn’t recognize it as a PDF Passthrough capable printer and print using non Passthrough mode only.
  • Viewer:
  • 3992648: 3rd party plug-ins are not accessible when Reader runs in Internet Explorer.
  • 4080858: Reader beccomes unresponsive while switching PDFs through thumbnails in the taskbar.
  • 4105460: Failure of APIs to set Tool Icons.
  • 4028349: When selecting text across pages, weird text selection artifacts appear (text goes black, white boxes appear, ...) as soon as selection spans multiple pages.
  • 4088015: MAC: Acrobat continuously crashes when opening a new file on the customer’s machine.
  • Rendering:
  • 4090572: White stripes emanating from the edges while scrolling the “replace document colors” option in Esit>Preferences>Accessibility.
  • 4055859: Thin dotted lines appear thick and solid.
  • 4028496: Acroabt is crashing while rendering GPU enabled AVViews.
  • Sandbox:
  • 4093698: Reader open and save PDF from DFS with long path names fails.
  • 4117724: Protected View doesn’t Privileged Locations and Whitelist into account for printing.
  • Sendmail:
  • 4088258: Crash while sending mail via Outlook 2016.
  • Browser:
  • 4062581: Acrobat not able to open PDF file in IE Browser in particular scenario.
  • 4081669: IE shows error 523:523 when navigating “Back” from PDF document.
  • 3992648: 3rd party plugins are not accessible when Reader runs in Internet Explorer.
  • Collaboration:
  • 4075897: User with only read permission on review server gets success message on Publish Comments.
  • 4033270: Shared-Review on Linux server gives Authorization error.
  • Annotations:
  • 4003835: Javascript ExportAsFDF method fails to export comments made unless a document is Reader Extended.
  • 3780077: First letter of the comment goes missing while using Text correction mark up tool.
  • Web Capture:
  • 3921745: The alignment/text direction is NOT the same as Source Website when create a PDF via web browser.
  • Javascript:
  • 4109794: Spawning of Page Templates broken in 3M2.
  • Security:
  • 3790194: Request to accept apostrophes in email addresses while creating digital signature for any user.
  • 4068442: Security Policy Encrypt with Password creates a mask in the Permissions Password Box when edited.
  • 4099393: Whenever the attached PDF is opened, it tries to download the Certificate Revocation List.
  • 4131373: Unable to open RM protected PDF after 5 days in offline mode, in Acrobat DC.
  • 4062577: SAML timeout after 2 hours leads to error message for opening new documents.
  • 4106980: Disable Privacy Notice with Extended Usage Tracking enabled.
  • 4135664: Acrobat signs PDF with SHA1 instead of SHA256 using Entrust certificate and CSP drivers that do not support CNG on windows 7 and windows vista both 32 and 64 bit.
  • Paper Capture:
  • 4118534: While OCR with clear scan from multiple file route percentage shown is multiplied by 100.
  • 4076677: For some Vector files, OCR is not recognizing text properly.
  • Fill and Sign:
  • 4102133: Signing a multi-page form on page other than where form fields were placed leads to rendering issues in FSS mode.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.010.20059 (Mar 8, 2016)

  • This patch fixes specific functionality issues.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC 2015.010.20056 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • TABBED INTERFACE ENHANCEMENTS:
  • Confirmation before closing application when multiple tabs are open:
  • When you close Acrobat DC with multiple tabs or documents open, a confirmation prompt is displayed so that you don't accidentally close documents that you may want to keep open.
  • Also, a new preference is introduced to reset the confirmation prompt – Edit > Preferences > General > Prompt before closing multiple tabs. By default, it’s ON.
  • Tile tabs vertically or horizontally:
  • When you have multiple documents opened, you can now compare them side-by-side by tilling tabs vertically or horizontally using the Window option (Window > Tile > Horizontally/Vertically). It snaps out the tabs as separate windows and tile them accordingly.
  • SHARED REVIEW ENHANCEMENTS:
  • Host shared review on SharePoint/Office 365 sites (Windows):
  • Now you can host shared reviews on SharePoint/Office 365 sites.
  • ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS:
  • Windows Threshold 2 Support:
  • Acrobat/Reader DC and XI are now supported on Windows Threshold 2.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 2015.007.20033 (Apr 7, 2015)

  • Security and improved functionality. Updates safeguard your system against malicious attacks through PDF files

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.10 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • BUG FIXES:
  • PDF creation:
  • 3817760: Not able to convert specific google search pages to PDF using any browser.
  • 3814919: Wrong conversion of Word file with check box content control, black dots and no labels
  • 3735998: Lotus Notes crashes when PDFMaker is converting Email with Hyperlinked HTML image
  • 3694142: Some Graphs are not converting successfully from Word To PDF.
  • Shared reviews:
  • This release fixes the issues introduced with 11.0.09 and described in this article.
  • 3829650/3840402: Not able to view comments published from previous versions of Acrobat Pro/Reader.
  • 3840400/3827994: Acrobat Pro plugin stability issues when a shared review PDF is opened in browser.
  • 3816793: Macintosh: Spinner in Document Message Bar spins indefinitely while Synchronizer tries to sync comments automatically after 10 minutes of last comment syncing.
  • Services integration:
  • 3827709: The registry preference bEnableAcrobatHS does not disable the Mobile Link UI, sign in dialog, and Acrobat.com UI under Recent files.
  • 3821661: The registry preference bEnableAcrobatHS does not remove the “View All” button from the Gateway.
  • 3833443: Don’t prompt the user to send the document to EchoSign when he saves it post placing a signature in the PDF file.
  • 3840714: File upload to Acrobat.com fails in browser when Acrobat is the default handler impacting EchoSign/Fill&Sign in browser.
  • 3851416: Fixed issues related to Mobile Link with files with non-ASCII names.
  • LiveCycle:
  • This release fixes the issues introduced with 11.0.09 and described in this article.
  • 3844791: Adobe Reader doesn’t display Extended authentication Login Screen.
  • Accessibility:
  • 3833045: Jaws not reading dynamic toolTip
  • 3792269: LiveCycle Forms / Output does not generate a complete 508 accessible form according to Acrobat’s accessibility checker.
  • Security:
  • 3804468: Fixed issues with adding and removing privileged locations.
  • Display resolution:
  • 3815392: On HiDPI machines, the visual appearance of the Stay Signed In check box is poor when highlighted by the keyboard.
  • 3833898: MAC retina displays: Recent Files View appears distorted on scaled resolutions.
  • Performance:
  • 3819211: Acrobat stability issues on moving textbox after rotating page view.
  • 3857477: Adobe Reader/ Acrobat Pro XI stability issues when working with form fields in two or more PDFs at the same time.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • 3845191: With the registry preference bIgnoreDataSchema enabled, a warning dialog appears after pagebreaks.
  • 3842576: The Digital Signature Appearance preference when certifying with an invisible signature is “Standard Text” and that preference sticks on the next attempt to sign a document with “Sign with Certificate.”
  • 3841512: Contents are not showing up when saving a PDF file in Acrobat. It gives error message ‘insufficient data for an image’ for some files.
  • 3825769: Cursor Text selection does not function as expected on a signed XFA based PDF with a Table.
  • 3730756: With Protected Mode off, the print dialog is hidden behind IE (with the Reader plugin)
  • 3858276: ClearScan throws an error message - “Acrobat could not replace the current page”.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.13 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Bug fixes:
  • 3817622: LiveCycle Forms / Output does not generate a complete 508 accessible form according to Acrobat’s accessibility checker
  • 3539197: With bIgnoreDataSchema regkey is enabled, a warning dialog appears after pagebreaks
  • 3816057: Contents are not showing up when saving a PDF file in Acrobat. It gives error message ‘insufficient data for an image’ for some files
  • 3785904: Wrong conversion of a Word file with check box content control, black dots and no labels
  • 3655908: Performance Issue when editing text in large textbox

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.9 (Sep 17, 2014)

  • WHAT’S NEW:
  • Fill and Sign:
  • The Sign Pane was renamed to Fill & Sign and the three related panels were unified in this single view. Form fill-in and signing workflows are made more usable since the forms tools now appear along with the signing tools.
  • In Reader, the Fill & Sign Pane automatically opens when form fields are present.
  • The tool logic is enhanced so that form fill-in is always possible even if another tool is selected. Starting a typing action simply deselects other tools.
  • Enterprise configuration via registry and plist preferences
  • Services integration:
  • Acrobat.com integration with Reader and Acrobat is now extended to all supported languages.
  • Acrobat.com files are now cached locally. A new lockable preference bEnableBHCache allows admins to disable the feature.
  • Adobe Send received several workflow improvements.
  • See also Recent Files.
  • See also Bug fixes for Webmail integration, Services integration, and others.
  • Recent files:
  • The startup screen displays a short list of recent files list and provides a View All link which opens the full list.
  • Choosing Open on the top menu opens a full recent file’s list that can access any file on the machine or on Acrobat.com.
  • Hove over the Menu icon to change how you view and sort your recent files list.
  • The recent files list now contains up to 100 files. The default of 100 can be configured via the iMaxMRUCntToBeStored. A link to the full list also appears on the product’s startup Welcome screen.
  • Hi DPI and Retina support:
  • The Tools, Fill & Sign, and Comment panes are compatible with Hi DPI systems.
  • See also Bug fixes.
  • PDF Creation:
  • Added Support PDF creation for AutoCAD 2013 64-bit PDFMaker & Import Comments.
  • Fonts:
  • The Hindi Devanagari font is added to the 11.x font bundle. This change results in 11.0.09 showing a dialog when the opening a PDF containing extended language fonts which asks if latest font pack for Windows or Mac should be installed.
  • BUG FIXES:
  • Performance:
  • Launch times and feature performance have been improved across the product
  • 3777286: Scrolling page doesn’t work in “Fit one full page to window” view
  • 3579064: PDF scrolling problem in Mac
  • Services integration:
  • See also Webmail integration.
  • 3758320: Disabling services via bEnableAcrobatHS does not remove Adobe Send (online) link from File > Send Email
  • 3371664: bEnableAcrobatHS master HS switch does not disable EchoSign integration in Acrobat/Reader
  • 3753555: Clicking on View All Sent Files link takes to Acrobat.com tab on the cloud.acrobat.com site although Sent files tab is working and it is visible below the Acrobat.com files tab
  • 3702370: Not able to upload a file through Reader having a name which already exists in files.acrobat.com
  • Webmail integration:
  • 3732843: Outlook does not recognize some addresses from Global Addressbook in Shared Review Workflow
  • 3654167: Outlook 2013 not able to send mail (Office 365)
  • Share reviews:
  • 3763566: Dynamic and custom stamps disappear in Shared Review workflows.
  • Accessibility:
  • 3800454: Toolbar items do not have valid accessibility names and are not accessible to screen readers
  • 3680229/3707974: Improved stability while either Serotek System Access or NVDA is running
  • 3736180: Scrollbars are too thin to be accessible on touch devices
  • 3735349: Accessibility problem with radio button in dynamic PDF form
  • PDF creation:
  • 3804902: [64 BIT only] The functionality of “Export to Autocad” from Acrobat should be removed or appropriate message should be displayed in case of failure
  • 3707690: Unable to compile AutoCAD Ribbons components when running as a Standard User
  • 3791247: Embedded CorelDraw CDR image objects in a MS-Word document are not rendered in the resulting PDF
  • 3766317: IFF-File cannot be displayed in PDF
  • 3784654: Create PDF from Web Page fails for almost every website
  • 3773518: Boundary of the table is not created properly when word doc containing table is converted to PDF
  • 3729011: PDF conversion of word file results in one of the images having black horizontal lines on it
  • 3723668: Labels at Y axis are not aligned properly from Word to PDF conversion
  • 3764415: Cannot produce plain PDF files if PDFA/1A Support is turned on in PDFMaker in word
  • 3784788: Converting word document with PDF/A-1a settings changes the background color of image/logo
  • 3791233: Picture of format EMF has incorrect colours in PDF
  • Printing:
  • 3634768: Issue while printing PDF on legal size pages using Adobe Reader XI on Win 7 and MAC 10.8.4
  • 3757566: Valid PDF File Fails to Spool for PostScript Printing under MacOS
  • Hi-dpi and Retina support:
  • 3770888: Size of UI is not consistent with system settings, which is problematic on certain tablet
  • Application Security:
  • 3345677: Protected View yellow bar should be accessible to Screen Readers and on pressing F6 the focus should shift to the ‘Enable All Features’ button in the yellow bar
  • 3778541: Unable to open Acrobat.com file after toggling Protected View without restarting Reader
  • Digital signatures:
  • 3647309: MS Lync certificate appears in the sign dialog box
  • 3736411: Reader does not populate/create the appearances.acrodata file in the Security folder or the preference for using the appearance file on a system that has had Reader previously installed
  • 3786051: Change Default Sig Verification to Doc-Specific, Else Default
  • 3795323: Cannot add additional signature to a signed PDF in a Portfolio
  • 3739716: Digital Signature gets marked as invalid for the first time
  • 3774949: Not able to save exported Digital ID file in p7c or cer format
  • 3812403: Signature DMB/Certificate DMB for a file containing form fields does not look good – The sentence “This file includes fillable……fields” should start from the next line, and Acrobatcom has gone too far right side of the DMB
  • Content security:
  • 3779673: Adobe users not able to open the rights protected document intermittently
  • 3793071: Win/Mac: Trust Setting Icons are Missing
  • 3746409: Permission validity period not displayed in Adobe Reader
  • 3573238: Massively slow response using certificate authentication of LiveCycle form with Reader
  • Macintosh:
  • 3770786: 10.8:Plist entries are not created in current user account when multiple user account is present on machine
  • 3516107: Preview of files is not appearing in Reader Web UI
  • 3735688: 10.9 or later only: Energy Impact data can’t be reduced to 1.3 after we run “Open Recent File” function
  • 3809019: Browser: None of the options launching a URL is working in Right Hand Tools Pane and Fill&Sign Pane
  • 3787282: Cannot change colour using CMYK Sliders
  • 3804885: Scrolling Direction should be reverse when using multi-finger swipe via trackpad
  • Creative Cloud for Teams:
  • 3770703: Registry entries does not create when Acrobat is deployed on user machine using SCCM deployment method via local system account
  • 3767491: Registry entries for second user are not getting created when we run mst in one user
  • 3770478: Registry entries for std user are not getting created when acrobat is installed by std user.Registries gets created when Std user login again after installation
  • SharePoint:
  • 3717664: Error pops up while saving a PDF documents on a SharePoint 2010
  • 3801912: SharePoint 2013: Multiple authentication requests thrown to user when accessing files over SharePoint
  • 3759176: No entry point to access SharePoint/Office365 files through Open dialog invoked via My Computer tab in My Files view
  • 3769110: If file is opened from SharePoint or Office 365, then a corresponding entry is added in Recent Locations in My Computer tab
  • 3557397: Error pops up while opening a PDF from SharePoint location
  • Enterprise deployment:
  • 3742728: App-V: 11.0.07 App-V MSI should upgrade 11.0.01 MSI if it is installed on the client system
  • 3793336: The SCUP Catalogs for 11.0.08 contains article ID of previous release APSB14-15 and title for MUI Reader is wrong
  • Miscellaneous:
  • 3769420: After FeatureLockDown Setting is made in the “com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.plist” file, the “Digital Editions” menu still exists in the Help menu
  • 3799430: When uploading a file from a slow network, a 0KB file is left at the inprogress folder of Reader
  • 3750557: When using search for the first time in a renderer and user is in thumbnail view then no thumbnails are shown for the search results, if any.
  • 3774256: Not able to save exported comments in xfdf format
  • 3799193: Page 0: When ‘Save As’ is done on a Page 0 document, the newly created document is not opened automatically
  • 3744611: Icons not visible in Shared Reviews initiation wizard
  • 3757837: Changing default PDF viewer to Reader via Edit->Preferences menu of Reader requires system restart
  • 3740533: Dynamic Subform with WSDL connection issues when executing the WSDL multiple times
  • 3720564: When using Output Preview Tool in Acrobat on CMYK color profile, the value appears different between “Separations- Preview” And “Object Inspector-Preview
  • 3690569: Text spacing operators (Tw, Tc) not properly honored for some text strings during PostScript printing
  • 3802487: At 100% scaling and high resolutions like 2560x1600 the width of RHP is not sufficient to show the strings correctly

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.8 (Aug 12, 2014)

  • This patch fixes specific security issues:
  • Adobe has released security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI (11.0.07) and earlier versions for Windows. These updates address a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to circumvent sandbox protection on the Windows platform. Adobe Reader and Acrobat for Apple's OS X are not affected.
  • Adobe is aware of evidence that indicates an exploit in the wild is being used in limited, isolated attacks targeting Adobe Reader users on Windows.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.7 (May 13, 2014)

  • Security:
  • Updated blacklisted extensions at HKLM’s FeatureLockDown area at cDefaultLaunchURLPerms\tSchemePerms.
  • Create 64 bit plugin so the product can run IE 11 with Enhanced Protected Mode on in Win 7.
  • 3675383: Dashes in passwords are coded differently on Mac & Windows.
  • 3727486: Use HTTPS Yahoo Mail APIs instead of HTTP.
  • 3734124: 11.0.06 can’t print on some secure printers. For a work around, see http://www.canon-is.co.jp/support/product/nh/asd1-0014.html
  • Performance:
  • Improved scrolling speed in PDFs.
  • Increased the speed of page drawing/rendering.
  • Decreased energy consumption.
  • 3662374: Mac only: Energy Impact data is 7.5 and can’t be reduced when Preferences dialog is invoked.
  • Hi-DPI support:
  • Acrobat and Reader now take advantage of Hi-DPI monitors and can scale the user interface to 200%. This is automatically enabled using system settings and can be customized by choosing Preferences > General > Scale for screen resolution. The value is set to Auto by default and can be forced to 100% or 200%. Other items such as the font size, menu items, and drop down lists are controlled by the user’s system control panel rather than application’s preferences.
  • Fixed issues:
  • 3591274: “CANCEL” & “OK” buttons on Menu Item Dialog of Bookmarks & Weblinks appear off screen.
  • 3578985: PDF Content will re-draw when I scroll the page.
  • 3727650: Scale doesn’t adjust when switching between English and non-English UI.
  • 3732538: The small “X” to close a PDF is too small.
  • 3744386: Convert Colors dialog is way too big.
  • 3719808: Font too small in Encrypt and More Protection sub menu items.
  • 3727734: Icons too small in the Certificate Viewer.
  • 3733668: In IE, the page content redraws half and leaves the half bottom blank each time the mouse hovers over the HUD.
  • 3741533: Scaling Problem in Preview on the Signature Appearance Dialog.
  • 3731205: Sub-Menus under Common Tools Rearrange and Renumber Pages are not Hi-DPI enabled.
  • 3747990: IMS Dialog appears very small.
  • 3740632: The “Preview” label, Text field name, and “All Properties” link are too small, and the items in the pop up do not scale properly.
  • 3591268: Icons & Text on Tool & Sign Panel need updates.
  • 3593129: Images in combined files are not Hi-DPI.
  • Signatures:
  • Reader users can sign documents even without the document being rights enabled. This means that signing is possible by any user and no action is required by the document author to enable this feature.
  • A streamlined workflow means that it is now possible to delete multiple certificates with minimum clicks.
  • Added trusted anchor certificates SAFE BioPharma from the US and Digi-Sign from Hong Kong to the Adobe Acrobat Trust List. We now have 45 members: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/approved-trust-list1.html.
  • 3686370: Signatures and Stamps should be stored in secured manner on a users machine.
  • 3630257: Unable to export multiple Trusted Certificates.
  • Services integration:
  • Acrobat.com-based shared reviews and forms data collection are end of lifed. Other forms of shared reviews and forms data collection are unaffected by this change.
  • The Send Files pane is now integrated with the new Adobe Send service. It’s now even easier to send documents to others, store them on Acrobat.com, and access them from all your devices.
  • The EchoSign web view is now integrated into the Sign Pane.
  • EPDF, CPDF - Add “View Recently Converted Files” link to RH.
  • 3737743: Services Description content doesn’t show in EPDF and CPDF accordion if paid user has signed in.
  • 3737137: Default accordion becomes CPDF.
  • Services integration: EPDF:
  • EPDF - Enabled EPDF panel for Tier 2 languages.
  • 2846356: JPN: Overlapping (mostly English) vertical text.
  • 3056928: DOCX - Ghostscript created PDF conversion time is too long.
  • 3215861: Table not being recognized due to a path elementgraphic overlapping with table border.
  • 3493058: Columns for the table are being put in a single cell in the exported Excel file.
  • 3225902: PPTX: The data lost in the exported Word document or PPTX file if exporting the bug file.
  • 3201805: PPTX: Z Order has to be correct but the remaining part is to combine text , border and fill into the same textbox.
  • 3533049: PPTX: Font information for the body text not being retained in slide master.
  • 3695610: PPTX: Exported slides lose formatting when copying them.
  • 3530275: Graphics in PDF file was corrupted after exported to docx.
  • 3574127: Performance degradation for some files when exported.
  • 3592633: Image is missing from the exported output.
  • 3592626: Text headings of sections in PDF form is missing from the exported output.
  • 3534151: Inline graphic exported as Background graphic.
  • 3534152: Anchoring.Background graphic exported as Inline graphic.
  • 3534149: Anchoring.Horizontal lines/autoshapes are not inline with text.
  • PDF creation/printing:
  • Support HTML page-break tags in WebCapture.
  • Prompt user if PDF Creation plugin is disabled in Firefox.
  • 3650497: Wrong conversion of Word document with image, math equation.
  • 3655054: Convert PDF with PDFMaker, unexpected [ZWAdobeF] font will insert.
  • 3690696: Not converting word styles to PDF bookmarks correctly when doc secures access with password.
  • 3728461: Distiller issues when distilling PostScript files which reference new OpenType fonts by CID.
  • 3596609: PDFMaker: Unable to convert the custom radio link in the Visio image.
  • 3714682: Page number in the footer of word document is incorrect in PDF created from Acrobat.
  • 3650207: WMF image fails to convert to PDF using PDFMaker.
  • 3696282: Graphics not getting rendered properly in the word files.
  • 3676517: Labels on the Y-axis of the graph disappears on converting emf present in word to PDF.
  • 3728987: PDF Conversion from PPT Issue with EMF image.
  • 3723669: Smooth edge not displayed for chart line at edges with Acrobat 10 and 11.
  • 3662311: Printing PDF Files Consisting of Multiple Page Sizes to PostScript Printers May Yield Content Placement, Scaling, and/or Page Size Selection Errors.
  • 3632714: Conversion via PDFMaker results in truncated image.
  • 3738752: Word document containing cropped image issue.
  • 3682252: Bookmarks conversion issue.
  • 3604701: Word stability issues while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • 3520585: The user cannot specify page size as “A0, A1, A2” in PDF printer after installing AXI standard.
  • Accessibility:
  • 3735349: Accessibility problem with radio button in dynamic PDF form.
  • 3697033: WCAG Compliance Issue- set the Initial View/Windows Option settings to display the document’s language property.
  • 3697036: WCAG Compliance Issue- set the Initial View/Windows Option settings to display the document’s title.
  • 3704174: JAWS does not recognized table in dynamic interactive PDF.
  • 3707974: Stability improvements when NVDA is running.
  • 3659413: Acrobat does not handle text selection correctly when caret position is changed in dynamic XFA text input fields.
  • 3585547: Stability improvements with ZoomText running.
  • Scanning:
  • This version simplifies the scanning experience in Acrobat on Mac using ICA scanners by making it easier to switch between ICA and TWAIN drivers via a single scanner listing. In addition to the single listing in the starting dialog, some options will be disabled when the user selects an ICA scanner.
  • 3691368: ICA dialog opens along with Scan dialog in same Acrobat instance when scan is invoked for the second time
  • 3696853: Acrobat issues while trying to invoke scanning with TWAIN driver
  • Annotations and reviews:
  • Acrobat.com-based shared reviews and forms data collection are end of lifed. Other forms of shared reviews and forms data collection are unaffected by this change.
  • 3686186: Comments are not added to a Shared Review when the author’s identity includes an ampersand or double-quotes.
  • 3699183: Font color in text box annotations get updated in a Shared Review for existing annots not authored by review initiator.
  • 3675774: Dynamic Watermark disappears upon zooming of policy protected PDF after print.
  • 3731895: Annotations information content is not displayed after opening a PDF.
  • AcroForms and LiveCycle:
  • 3719107: Copying data from PDF form with the data fields filled and pasting to PDF document with fields blank causes doesn’t work.
  • 3687733: Saved Data is not retained in Reader 10 and higher.
  • 3665642: Incorrect output Japanese barcode in dynamic forms.
  • 3702017: Exporting merged XFA PDF forms data to CSV hangs Acrobat or corrupts non-Roman characters.
  • 3695567: Adobe Reader raises an error message when filling up a form.
  • 3749798: Forms Distribution via a non Acrobat.com server fails.
  • Interoperability:
  • Prompt user if PDF Creation plugin is disabled in Firefox.
  • 64 bit IE plugin - required to run IE 11 with Enhanced Protected Mode on in Win 7.
  • IE 11 - Fix bugs in new app container model introduced in January update.
  • Safari - Make Reader a trusted plugin (see KB doc about current blocked plugin experience).
  • 3703376: Chrome only: PDF fails to display when opening in new tab - a gray page is displayed.
  • 3371388: Reader XI help gives internet connection error behind authenticating proxy.
  • 3598239: PDF Form causes IE9 issues when opened in multiple tabs.
  • 3726262: Chrome Webcapture add-on: Moving to Chrome app-store.
  • 3685546: Using Save as Adobe PDF from Outlook 2010 converts the wrong email.
  • 3654167: Not able to send mail with Outlook 2013(Office 365).
  • 3712641: Stability issues when scrolling in the PDF when opening PDF in IE9 via Acrobat/Reader XI (11.0.4).
  • 3720595: Not able to check-in the files from Adobe Acrobat to SharePoint server.
  • 3727486: Use HTTPS Yahoo Mail APIs instead of HTTP.
  • Firefox: Non-intrusive prompting for disabled WebCapture plug-in
  • Touch support:
  • Support touch zooming and panning gestures when using a trackpad on Mac.
  • Smooth document navigation using Touch & Trackpad on Windows.
  • 3698696: Soft Keyboard pops-up upon editing a PDF on a touch enabled device with a physical keyboard attached.
  • Biometric support:
  • Enable Capturing and Validation of Biometric FingerPrint data using XFA Forms.
  • Japanese support:
  • 3743681: When typing 2 byte characters with default IME-J (Kotoeri), 2 byte character is indicated at outline input field and roman character is indicated at the search field.
  • 3520585: The user cannot specify page size as “A0, A1, A2” in PDF printer after installing AXI standard.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • 3710549: Acrobat issues when saving a PDF opened using “Edit with Adobe Acrobat” and then rotated.
  • 3633250: Postal barcodes are not being displayed when saved as Static-Interactive PDF.
  • 3701759: Text redaction does not redact text in attached file after Acrobat applies it.
  • 3726665: Disable Privacy Notice with Extended Usage Tracking enabled.
  • 3701385: Printing Multipage Watermarks Does Not Honor Opacity Values.
  • 3721991: Any change in Preferences setting for documents in view should be reflected in no. of entries shown in File menu in the same session.
  • 3704934: Find does not find any words that are actually in the document. Chrome does not have this problem.
  • 3754043: Font size appears very tiny in JS Debugger console and in JS editor.
  • 3696931: In Reader, painting the tools pane background takes too much time because of mismatch in icon width and tools pane width.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.10 (May 13, 2014)

  • Security:
  • Updated blacklisted extensions at HKLM’s FeatureLockDown area at cDefaultLaunchURLPerms\tSchemePerms.
  • Support for Enhanced Protected Mode in Internet Explorer.
  • Signatures:
  • Admins can now configure the product so that it imports certificates silently from the previous version viewer (iImportAddressBook). For configuration details, see the Preference Reference.
  • Added trusted anchor certificates SAFE BioPharma from the US and Digi-Sign from Hong Kong to the Adobe Acrobat Trust List. We now have 45 members: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/approved-trust-list1.html.
  • Services integration:
  • Acrobat.com-based shared reviews and forms data collection are end of lifed. Other forms of shared reviews and forms data collection are unaffected by this change.
  • The Send Files pane is now integrated with the new Adobe Send service. It’s now even easier to send documents to others, store them on Acrobat.com, and access them from all your devices.
  • Enabled the ExportPDF panel for Tier 2 languages.
  • 3733261: Adobe Send: Address Book link is not activated if I reopen Reader after stay signing in using a paid account.
  • 3739694: Disabled Export PDF service in Czech and Polish languages.
  • 3741269: EPDF in Tier 2 : Toolbar icon for export PDF doesn’t launches the accordion.
  • 3742258: “View All Sent Files” links does not appear.
  • 3709731: Signing in with another user account should not allow the files of previous user to download.
  • 3748513: Once selecting pptx format and signing out, user can not use Export PDF service in same session of Reader if clicks Convert button.
  • 3737999: Reader 11.0.7 uses access token of Acrobat 11.0.6 when stay signed in is selected in Acrobat.
  • 3746303: PDFMaker stability issues on converting Presentation
  • 3738747: Word document containing cropped image is not converted correctly to PDF.
  • Shared reviews:
  • 3731556: Synchronizer database not updated when Shared Review PDF using a.com is deadlined by Acrobat Pro/Reader.
  • 3686190: Comments are not added to Shared Review when author’s identity includes ampersand or double-quotes.
  • 3699185: Font color in text box annotations gets updated in Shared Review PDF for existing annots not authored by review initiator.
  • PDF Creation / PDF Save:
  • Enhanced Page 0 support.
  • 3746311: Wrong conversion with Word document with image, math equation.
  • 3699881: Convert PDF with PDFMaker, unexpected [ZWAdobeF] font will insert.
  • 3699879: Not converting word styles to PDF bookmarks correctly when doc secures access with password.
  • 3681975: Labels on the Y-axis of the graph disappears on converting emf present in Word to PDF.
  • 3660744: PDF Conversion from PPT Issue: onversion problem with EMF image.
  • 3702768: Smooth edge not displayed for chart line at edges with Acrobat 10 and 11.
  • 3658536: Conversion via PDFMaker results in truncated image.
  • 3746307: Graphics not getting rendered properly in the Word files.
  • 3701389: Printing Multipage Watermarks Does Not Honor Opacity Values.
  • Interoperability:
  • 3639876: An error occurred when opening PDF in IE9 via Acrobat/Reader X (10.1.8).
  • 3560353: There are several errors when opening PDF in IE9 via Acrobat/Reader X (10.1.8).
  • 3639865: Performance issues when scrolling in the PDF when opening PDF in IE9 via Acrobat/Reader X (10.1.8).
  • Accessibility:
  • 3704877: Accessibility Checker “Hints for Repair” shows info for A9 menus.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • 3704669: Text redaction does not redact text in attached file after Acrobat applies it.
  • 3725620: Adobecollabsync service is not working properly.
  • 3703266: Mac: Acrobat Synchronizer should use CA-Bundle present on system.
  • 3693268: Reader does not load the downloaded plug-ins when updater preferences are changed from semi-auto to fully auto.
  • 3698659: Tools Pane: Two heading and icons are there in Create PDF Files Accordion.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.5 (Oct 9, 2013)

  • This update address a regression that occurred in version 11.0.04 affecting Javascript security controls.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.8 (Sep 10, 2013)

  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Security:
  • With every release, the product is further hardened with improvements to Protected View, Protected Mode, and other features.
  • 3223986 When browsing to a form which contacts a web service, the client certificate is not available when protected mode is ON.
  • 3325804 Protected Mode and DFS (managed share locations/UNC/mount points/redirected folders) not working properly when opening files from MS-DFS.
  • Save as PDF:
  • 3229217 Template content incorrectly converted to PDF from Powerpoint.
  • 3514594 The default “Save As” location is the temporary Internet folder on email attachments.
  • 3581460 Acrobat 9, 10 & 11: very large TIFFs may not convert to PDF.
  • Updates:
  • 3608821 Unable to update Acrobat or Reader simultaneously.
  • 3597193 Minor version of Acrobat and Reader is not incrementing.
  • Tools pane:
  • 3610924 Select File dialog appears on opening Tools pane if Reader was closed while CPDF service was in progress.
  • 3612385 Tools pane does not render in null doc condition.
  • EchoSign integration:
  • 3615615 The auto-detect signature field feature is disabled.
  • Windows 8 support:
  • 3591126 High CPU Usage with Acrobat 10.1.7 due to compatibility issue with Microsoft’s Win 8 “Program Compatibility Assistant”.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • 3606164 PDF fields’ content displayed on screen after somExpression error, but not exported to XML file or saved to PDF file.
  • 3365978 Spool size printing from Reader X is significantly higher than from Reader 9.
  • 3488892 Autofill Behaviour in Acrobat Reader X changed from Reader 9.
  • 3564794 Need new logic to not apply policy restriction to ICA.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.4 (Sep 10, 2013)

  • IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Security:
  • With every release, the product is further hardened with improvements to Protected View, Protected Mode, and other features.
  • Product now shows the document’s certification status in the Protected View document message bar for PKCS7 detached signatures. See bEnablePVCertificateBasedTrust below.
  • 3547492/3581824 Protected Mode and DFS (managed share locations/UNC/mount points/redirected folders) not working properly when opening files from MS-DFS.
  • 3431555 When browsing to a form which contacts a web service, the client certificate is not available when Protected Mode is ON.
  • There is a new HKLM preference which specifies a whitelist to of attachment filetypes that can be searched ( tSearchAttachmentsWhiteList). See the Preference Reference.
  • Services Integration:
  • Additional font option while creating signature in Reader/Acrobat.
  • Various options for creating signatures in “Place signature workflow” to be displayed more prominently.
  • Enhancements to experience when a user clicks on a service access point but Tools pane is already open.
  • Enhanced Gateway for better Acrobat.com integration.
  • Acrobat.com integration: Display a download progress bar on opening a document.
  • Display Acrobat.com dialog only on first use.
  • The “save to Acrobat.com” tool initiates upload in a single-click now instead of taking the user to the right hand pane and requiring two clicks.
  • 3557492 Create PDF service fails if Reader file is opened from Acrobat.com and file for CPDF is also selected from Acrobat.com.
  • 3554061 Fixed Layout issues with chat pod when opening files from Acrobat.com.
  • 3556488 File thumbnail and file name are out of sync in the web UI.
  • 3611357 Not able to save signed PDF to Acrobat.com.
  • 3578400 Services subscription does not get Activated when user selects “Stay Signed In” Checkbox on Acrobat.com authentication screen.
  • 3540595 Convert button in Create PDF accordion remains disabled on file selection for ExportPDF/SendNow signed-in users (prevents them from purchasing CreatePDF service).
  • 3586614 Expose Acrobat.com option in the saveAs dialog of newly created unsaved file.
  • EchoSign integration:
  • 3615613 The auto-detect signature field feature is disabled by default.
  • Acrobat Webcapture:
  • Save HTML to PDF:
  • Rendering improvements:
  • Several HTML page layout improvements.
  • Improved scaling of HTML content.
  • Improved handling of HTML 5 tags - nav, article, section and others.
  • Improved handling of CSS-3 attributes: Border, radius, Transform, Columns elements.
  • Improved performance.
  • The Create PDF add-ons support Internet Explorer’s Enhanced Protected Mode on Windows 32 bit and 64 bit.
  • Support IE 10 64-bit.
  • 3358519 Web Capture never completes the conversion if the form redirects to some other html page.
  • PDF export:
  • Improved Export PDF for forms as follows:
  • Support for XFA/Acroforms
  • Editability: Unnecessary Line Breaks eliminated from following:
  • Extra Line breaks between paragraphs
  • Line breaks within a paragraph
  • Line Breaks between flowing content inside table cells
  • Line breaks between multiline list items
  • Font Recognition:
  • Better recognition of more fonts
  • Better Recognition of font attributes – Bold, italics, underline etc. for many more fonts
  • Improved Fidelity of charts.
  • Improved Table export – Unnecessary merging of cells eliminated.
  • Improved detection of complex tables.
  • Improved layout of the content inside textboxes for export to PPTX.
  • 3530263 All data in multiple columns goes to one column after exporting PDF file to Excel.
  • 3530270 All data in multiple rows goes to one row after exporting PDF file to Excel.
  • 3551360 Non-Standard-Encoding text export.
  • 3534157 Text Clipping for some layouts.
  • 3534162 Font changes within continuous text.
  • Digital signatures:
  • Updated the European Union Trust List.
  • 3596804 More stabiity for certified form with Reader Extensions upon opening form with set amount of signatures filled out.
  • 3351037 Slow response using certificate authentication of LiveCycle form with Reader.
  • 3493240 Signed files with animated 3D exhibit causes product to exit.
  • The product can now show the document’s certification status in the Protected View document message bar for PKCS7 detached signatures. The feature is disabled by default. To enable it, set HKLM’s bEnablePVCertificateBasedTrust to 1. See the Preference Reference.
  • 3610822 Browser window freezes till the time certificate is verified for large linearized PDFs.
  • Save as PDF:
  • 3596599 Template content incorrectly converted to PDF from Powerpoint.
  • 3530263 All data in multiple columns goes to one column after exporting PDF file to Excel.
  • 3542059 Need better performance when trying to convert EMF file.
  • 3514597 Windows-only: Default “Save As” location is the temporary Internet folder on email attachments.
  • 3584885 Preflight needs compatibility with running Concert to PDFA1b.
  • Scanning:
  • Enabled ICA support on Mac 10.7 or higher.
  • Improved performance and stability when scanning certain files.
  • 3597465 Mac: 10.7.4-only: Hide Details button is not available in Adobe Acrobat ICA scan window.
  • 3572875 Mac: Clicking on the ‘Recognize Text In’ radio button of OCR Settings causes the language list to be duplicated.
  • 3551354 OCR Interface: Inverted Images.
  • 3604901: “The Selected Color Format is not supported” error.
  • 3176407: “The scanner is in use by application Adobe Acrobat Pro” error.
  • 3168978: Resolved the Acrobat crash issue that occurs when the resolution is increased .
  • 3604860: Append to existing file or portfolio’ setting is not selected when a pdf is already opened in Acrobat.
  • 3603287: MAC 10.7: Acrobat creates bad PDF file while the scanner is disconnected during scanning.
  • 3597465: MAC 10.7.4 only > ICA: The Hide Details button is not available in Adobe Acrobat ICA scan window.
  • 3356448: ICA issue of scrambled/garbled text is resolved on Mac OS 10.8 or higher.
  • 3177197: ICA: Multiple scan area selection on the same overview does not give multiple pages.
  • 3360242: ICA: The last used scan settings are not retained.
  • 3178292: ICA: Mac OSX 10.8: Some options in the ICA dialog box are not accessible since no scroll bar is available and the dialog is not resizable.
  • 3176397: ICA: Format appearing in the ICA dialog box on Mac OSX 10.8.
  • 3295224: ICA: Canon imageClass MF5870: For Insert Pages route, ICA intermittently fails to process the pages after scan completes with settings - Color mode and “OCR and optimization turned OFF”.
  • 3319461: Canon imageClass MF 5870 > ICA > Intermittent: Scanning a page at 600 dpi Color mode with Optimization and OCR turned OFF results in scan getting hanged.
  • 3326945: Kodak Hero 9.1 > ICA: Scan fails to create a document for small custom sized selection of some specific dimensions.
  • 3503817: Mac > A10 > HP Officejet8500: Erroneous error message appears while scanning via the Actions route.
  • Tools pane:
  • 3620859 Reader Win only: Tools Pane can go into an infinite loop.
  • 3608157 Tools pane may become unresponsive if launched by Gateway/FileMenu/Toolbar icon.
  • Preflight:
  • 3603097 PDF/VT validation fails on attached PDF.
  • 3584885 Certain files cuase Preflight to hang when running Concert to PDFA1b.
  • 3575786 Replace .notdef with space moves text width is not properly respected.
  • 3570636 If a valid PDF/A-3 file is reconverted to PDF/A-3 a hit regarding an invalid XMP extension schema shows up.
  • 3570633 Goto action not found by GWG profiles PDF/X-4
  • 3512595 bookmarks do not appear after PDF/A-3 conversion anymore.
  • 3436715 Preflight needs to check XMP structure validity in Pages, XObjects, & Fonts.
  • 3372993 The file that can pass Acrobat 9 PDF/X-3 validation is failing in AX and AXI, says “File Specification Present”.
  • Windows 8-only:
  • Touch improvement–Preserve Edit Mode in Touch.
  • Hi-DPI on Windows–Make Application DPI aware.
  • 3366563 Acrobat inhibits Windows 8 x64 pdf indexing capabilities.
  • System requirements:
  • Windows 8.1 and Mac OSX 10.9 support.
  • IE Blue support.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • 3586448 Download of text/plain after PDF submit should Alert.
  • 3551897 Saved Data not retaining in Reader 10 and higher.
  • 3475912 Action Wizard requires a keyboard accessible way to advance through steps in an action.
  • 3571598 Stability improvements for Dynamic Stamps.
  • 3534124 Edit-text: Better line break support within a list item and paragraphs.
  • 3595392 Preflight feature–several fixes.
  • 3605433 In some cases,bookmarks in PDF created using Combine is not working properly.
  • 3557959 Can’t make a blank space when text is right aligned.
  • 3170049 A proper warning message should appear when editing an image using ‘Edit Using...’ tool for the files whose security permission doesn’t allow content copying.
  • 3524932 Touch Scrolling is not smooth and artifacts gets stuck on the screen when Protected View in on.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.3 (May 14, 2013)

  • Added support for Windows Server 2012
  • Security:
  • Numerous enhancements to security features such as Protected View, Protected Mode, and others are part of this release.
  • Japanese support:
  • Automatic signature detection is supported.
  • Added support for the Japanese Postal Code barcode.
  • EchoSign integration:
  • Acrobat and Reader now intelligently detect if a document may need to be signed. On successful detection, a document message bar appears with a button “Open Sign Pane” which on clicking opens the right-hand Sign Pane.
  • Signature appearances can now be imported through the user’s webcam. Reader saves the signature for future use in signing workflows.
  • Save a Copy: Allows the user to save the file locally or in cloud. The file will be renamed based on whether user signs the document or not.
  • Send via Email: Allows users to upload the document to the EchoSign server where they can fill-in details and send the signed document.
  • Send via Fax: Same as the Send via Email option.
  • Get Others to Sign: Enables users to send documents that need signing to others through the EchoSign service.
  • The dialog which asks the user if they want to save the signed document is removed, thereby streamlining the signing process.
  • Digital signatures:
  • The product now supports allowing administrators to control trust for JavaScript execution for specific certificates through the use of cTrustCertifiedDocumentsByOIDs in HKCU and/or HKLM. If the values in this registry preference match an OID in a certificate’s Extended Key Usage field, then that certificate is trusted.
  • Tools Pane:
  • Tools pane performance is improved.
  • The Tools Pane is open by default and the user’s selected state is saved across sessions.
  • Services integration:
  • When using Export PDF, Create PDF and Send Now services, the user can now choose Open from online account > Acrobat.com.
  • 3487462 In the Create PDF panel, the “Convert” button is now a “Select Files” button. After a file is selected the button changes to “Convert”.
  • 3474631 When you open a document from Acrobat.com that you were reading earlier on another device, the document opens to the page where you left off.
  • 3501525 The ExportPDF panel is now available in the Japanese version of Reader.
  • Win 8-only fixes:
  • 3491449 Pinch zoom behavior is not smooth.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • 3388860 PDFMaker plug-in not opening PPT file after conversion from FileSite server.
  • 2964432 Unable to use tabs to put focus on HTML field following embedded PDF.
  • 3434635 Acrobat browser plug-in does not calculate decimal numbers in an AcroForm correctly when system locale is set to French.
  • 3360244 Page being incorrectly identified as scanned in the PDF invokes OCR unnecessarily.
  • 3363487 Print button off screen on low resolution devices in Reader/Acrobat XI.
  • 3514776 The IE AcroIEHelper browser helper object is removed. Needed functionality is moved to a plugin.
  • 3337344 Cannot save PDF from Firefox when multiple windows are used.
  • 3299733 In Reader, doing an overwrite with content type enabled results in a “bad parameters” error.
  • 3430173 Error while entering the value for Managed Metadata field.
  • Added support for the Turkish Currency symbol.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.2 (Feb 21, 2013)

  • Resolves a memory corruption vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2013-0640).
  • Resolves a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2013-0641).

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.1 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • Improvements:
  • Updates (and Security):
  • A fully automatic update mode is introduced for Acrobat on Windows. After installation and on first launch, users are prompted to opt in to Fully Automatic Updates for Acrobat. Opting in means that updates will be automatically and silently installed when they are available. For related Registry/Plist information, see bDeclined in the Preference Reference.
  • Security:
  • Security is further enhanced as a result of improvements and bug fixes.
  • The Vista-style Open and Save dialogs work on sandboxed Windows Reader.
  • PDFMaker:
  • Support for Office 2013 is introduced for Acrobat PDFMakers.
  • Scanning:
  • OCR support is enhanced.
  • LiveCycle:
  • LCRM protected PDFs hosted on a document hosting server as well as LCRM server managed via an Apache proxy no longer requires a user to authenticate twice.
  • Misc:
  • Logging and error reporting improvements
  • The Acrobat color picker is replaced by the OS color picker which provide RGB Sliders, CMYK Sliders, and HSB Sliders in the Color Sliders section.
  • The build date and branch details are added to the menu Help > About.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Security:
  • 3205729 - Adding the “Sign with certificate” option to quick tools invokes the digital signatures functionality instead of adding to quick tools.
  • 3313746 - Strings of trusted certificates displayed as garbage in Digital ID and Certificate Settings dialog.
  • 3319047 - Improved stability of Manage Attribute Cerficiate feature.
  • 3312284 - iShowDocumentWarnings default is 0, but it should be 1.
  • 3319939 - JavaScript signing ignores the appearance parameter.
  • Username/password dialog does not appear when Reader in protected mode is running inside a browser and UAC is turned OFF.
  • Accessibility:
  • 3308206 - Skipped actions are not keyboard accessible.
  • 3292773 - JAWS says “Blank, read only” when focus is on “divider” button in “Create New Tool Set” dialog.
  • 3308203 - Action steps status information not accessible to screen reader.
  • 3224349 - Selected/focused tool/panel is not scrolling into the view.
  • UI customization:
  • 3292700: The visual experience is enhanced in several ways.
  • 3303816: Scrolling of RHP is not possible in authoring mode if the list of command is long.
  • Added Content Edit commands to the list of items that can be added to UI Customization.
  • Actions:
  • 3227733 - Added icons for “Go To” panel in Actions authoring UI.
  • 3308203 - Action steps status information not accessible to screen reader.
  • 3308206 - Skipped actions are not keyboard accessible.
  • 3313964 - Add final postflighting of commands that are run as part of an action.
  • 3163372 - The currently running command is not visible if the list of commands in playback mode is long; auto-scroll is not enabled.
  • 3324561 - JPN: Win only: IE only: Cannot open report after executed an action if the default browser is IE.
  • 3295195 - HS: Win Only: Finish an action containing Save command on a single page pdf file, the “Save” icon on the toolbar is enabled but not functioned.
  • 3300248 - SDL: L10N: After imported the “action 1.0 seq file” and run, the action menus appear disabled but the user can still use them.
  • 3292700 - UI tweaks to improve visual experience.
  • 3303816 - Scrolling of RHP is not possible in authoring mode if the list of command is long.
  • Acrobat will crash once we click Create New Action and Edit Actions button from Tools/Action Wizard.
  • Printing:
  • PS printing: A Web Application prints garbled text when more than three documents are selected to print

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 11.0.0 (Oct 15, 2012)

  • NEW:
  • Use the Optimize for Web and Mobile guided Action to enhance PDF reading experiences for connected people on the go
  • Convert PDF files to Microsoft PowerPoint files and update text, tables, objects, and master layouts with ease
  • Edit PDF documents intuitively. Easily modify text or images, or reflow paragraphs on a page with a simple click and drag
  • Find and replace text throughout your PDF file in just one step
  • Create new PDF or web forms in minutes with the included FormsCentral desktop app
  • View real-time results, displayed in easy-to-understand tables and charts, in the FormsCentral desktop app§
  • Get PDF documents signed by others. Use the Adobe EchoSign service to request signatures and track status online
  • Add edit and copy restrictions to your PDFs quickly when working in Acrobat or popular Microsoft Office applications
  • IMPROVED:
  • Create and send interactive PDF files from popular Microsoft Office applications or web browsers using the Acrobat task ribbon
  • Standardize routine, multistep PDF creation tasks using automated or guided Actions, working with a single file or batches of files
  • Convert PDF files to fully editable Microsoft Word or Excel files, or copy and paste selected parts
  • Turn PDF files into single or multiple HTML web pages, complete with editable style elements for quick reformatting
  • Organize multiple documents in one PDF file, including spreadsheets, emails, scanned documents, websites, and photos
  • Combine a wide range of content types into a polished PDF Portfolio.
  • Sign a PDF file by typing or drawing your name, inserting an image of your signature, or adding a certificate signature
  • Standardize routine, multistep tasks with guided or automated Actions
  • Supported
  • Create and validate conformance with ISO 32000 PDF standards and convert existing PDFs to ISO-compliant formats
  • Enhance PDFs for accessibility. Check, verify, and adjust documents that need to meet WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA standards
  • Help safeguard systems and data with robust application security, including sandboxing technology
  • Customize application features and settings with free tools such as the Customization Wizard and the Enterprise Toolkit
  • Easily deploy your software and update computers with support for Microsoft SCCM/SCUP and Apple Remote Desktop
  • Deliver Acrobat and Reader as centrally managed, touch-friendly, virtual applications with support for Citrix XenApp

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.2 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • Application Security:
  • This release provides mitigations for vulnerabilities. Products with Protected Mode or Protected view enabled are not subject to these vulnerabilities.
  • Export from PDF:
  • When a user chooses to convert a PDF to Word or Excel, a dialog offers the user the option to subscribe to the conversion service.
  • The Export from PDF service now automatically recognizes text even if the original document was a scanned image
  • Printing:
  • The print dialog has been improved. The new layout makes it easier to change the page orientation, print on both sides of the paper, print multiple pages on a single sheet, print over multiple sheets, and other tasks
  • Added support for:
  • Firefox 8.0 on Window
  • Web Capture on Firefox 7.0 and later (3.6 is still supported).
  • Dropped support for Firefox 4.0/5.0 on Window
  • Bug fixes:
  • On printing a PDF file to a PCL printer via Acrobat or Reader, the italic output in the printout is not correct.
  • Mouseover events in interactive PDF form fields do not work properly (Applicable only to Acrobat/Reader
  • 10.1.1).
  • 3D PDFs may crash when viewed in VMWare.
  • Policy protected file keeps incrementing *.DAT file in ...\Acrobat\10.0\Security and results in Reader X
  • crashing when closing the file.
  • When converting a webpage having a scrollable inline frame only the visible content is converted and
  • content seen on scrolling down is dropped.
  • Plug-in takes long time to load in the browser when rendering dynamic form on Windows XP.
  • Form submission performance is slow with ZCI on Reader 10.1.
  • Product view generated in Catia hides some elements when converted to prw/pdf.
  • Repeatedly opening and closing PDFs in one browser session may cause a freeze or crash.
  • Custom-encoded font glyphs truncated in Acrobat 10 on Windows.
  • Form goes into unresponsive state when signing form.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.5.0 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Improvements:
  • Application Security:
  • This release provides mitigations for vulnerabilities
  • Security Settings:
  • Wild cards and privileged locations:
  • Wild card handling for trusted hosts now conforms to the Cross Domain Specification.
  • The error dialog for invalid trusted host names that use wildcards is improved.
  • A new preference allows IT to permit less restrictive wildcard usage when specifying trusted hosts.
  • DisableTrustedFolders|Sites now removes Options button from YMB when disabled and locked
  • DisableJavaScript in HKLM allows locking the JS engine off. An admins privileged locations in HKLM can bypass this restriction.
  • The Win OS Security Zone setting in the Privileged locations panel now includes Local Intranet zones in addition to the current Trusted Sites zone. The product should assign trust as Internet Explorer does.
  • LC Workspace XFA in Flex forms will now honor Win OS trust zone override
  • Multimedia security and trust: Multimedia trust is now integrated into the Trust Manager framework and the following changes have been made:
  • The following UI items are removed from Preferences > Multimedia Trust (Legacy):
  • Clear your list of trusted documents
  • Display permissions for ( ) Trusted documents ( ) Other documents.
  • Legacy Multimedia trust (trust for media types that use a player other than the product’s) is now stored in the registry at cTrustManager\cMultiMedia rather than TMDocs.sav.
  • Bug fixes:
  • Text overlaps in a table cell at a page break.
  • Browser crashes when moving on to another page.
  • Reader and Acrobat 9.4.5 do not honor the Enhanced Security Setting "Automatically trust sites from my
  • Win OS security zones" in IE 7.
  • Line height is not set for the first line in a multiline text field.
  • MS Ink signature in Word doc is missing from PDF after conversion.
  • Reader error on start when using Windows magnifier - "Failed to load an application resource internal error".
  • Database connection record is specific for a form in later Reader versions.
  • Trusting file/folder/host can bypass blacklisted file attachment list.
  • Invalid option in Files of type list while Creating PDF from File
  • Acrobat loses italic output when printed to PCL printers.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4.7 (Dec 17, 2011)

  • This release provides mitigations against specific vulnerabilities.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.1 (Sep 14, 2011)

  • This is a regular quarterly update with security enhancements, improvements to stability, and bug fixes.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.1.0 (Jun 15, 2011)

  • This is a major update that provides security fixes, feature updates, and major enhancements such as Protected View for Acrobat.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.0.2 (Jun 15, 2011)

  • This patch fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4.5 (Jun 15, 2011)

  • Provides security and bug fixes as well as enhancements to features like collaboration, browser integration and support, signature and forms workflows, etc.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4.4 (Jun 6, 2011)

  • This patch fixes a vulnerability and provides an updated Flash player.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4.3 Update (Mar 21, 2011)

  • This patch fixes a vulnerability, provides an updated Flash player, and fixes some bugs which improve printing and other features.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.0.1 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Numerous security fixes as well as improvements to Protected Mode, QTP support, Flash, and support for SCCM via newly released SCUP catalogs.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10.0.0 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • New Features:
  • View and interact with PDF files that contain an even wider variety of content types, including drawings, email messages, spreadsheets, videos, and other multimedia elements.
  • Make notes and share your feedback with others by marking up PDF documents using the Sticky Notes and Highlighter tools.
  • Choose reading mode to fit more content on the screen or two-up mode to view page spreads. Use keyboard shortcuts like print, zoom, and find within the browser.
  • Take advantage of the added security of Protected Mode in Reader, which helps ensure safer viewing of PDF files.
  • Directly access online services at Acrobat.com from within Reader X. Perform common tasks such as creating PDF files, securely sharing and storing documents, and screen-sharing.
  • Expanded PDF access via mobile devices with free Adobe Reader for Android, Windows Phone 7 and Blackberry Tablet OS

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4.2 Update (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Numerous security fixes as well as improvements to navigator and portfolio performances, Flash, and patching in enterprise environments.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4.1 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Security patch containing several fixes

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.4 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Enhancements to PDF Creation, roaming profile workflows, and a Flash player update as well as numerous bug fixes

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.4 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Security patch

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.3 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Enhancements for security (including a zero-day fix), performance, bug fixes, improved browser support, and Updater improvements.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3.2 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Enhancements for security, JS trust, and more. The Acrobat/Reader Updater replaces the AUM retroactively to 9.2 and 8.1.7.

New in Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.2.2 (Mar 15, 2011)

  • Enhancements for security, JS trust, and more. The Acrobat/Reader Updater replaces the AUM retroactively to 9.2 and 8.1.7.