Adobe Acrobat Advanced guides for making documents accessible

This list of guides, walkthroughs, and videos was made by Adobe Acrobat. Some a Intermediate, some are more advanced.

Compress & optimize a PDF  This guide will teach you how to compress and optimize the size of a PDF file. Compressing a PDF makes it easier to share via email or upload to websites with file size limitations. You can also enhance the viewing experience and save on storage costs by optimizing your PDF.

Optimize scanned documents  Whether your document comes from a camera or scanner, learn how to enhance the result in Acrobat for a better PDF viewing and searching experience.

Optimize PDFs for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)  This guide will teach you how to optimize a PDF for improved discoverability and search engine ranking on the web.

Adding bookmarks and hyperlinks  This guide will teach you how to add bookmarks and hyperlinks for better navigation and interaction with your PDF files.

Detect differences between two PDFs Never make the mistake of working with the wrong version of a file. Quickly and accurately detect the differences between two PDF files to improve document review workflows.

Enhance your PDF In this hands-on tutorial, learn how to transform your PDF by adding graphic enhancements and automatic numbering.

Work with form fields  In this hands-on tutorial, learn how to add various types of form fields, set form field properties, and add security to create high-quality professional forms.

Advanced form fields  In this hands-on tutorial, learn how to set up calculations, create an email submit button, and quickly update form pages without rebuilding all your existing form fields.

Work with form data  If you have a set of completed forms and need to compile the data, you can use Acrobat to merge the responses into a single spreadsheet.

Remove sensitive information Learn how to use the Redact tool to permanently remove private or sensitive information from a PDF. The tutorial also addresses how to sanitize the document to remove information that is not visible in the file, such as comments, metadata, or hidden layers. Permanently removing sensitive content and hidden data is important so the information is not passed along when publishing your PDF. 

Guided actions  Delivering the best customer experiences requires content to be created faster than ever before. Learn how to use guided actions to run one or more commands across numerous documents with a single click, saving you time and keystrokes.

Custom Commands and Tools  Learn how to improve document workflow efficiency by using custom commands and tools. Then, share your new commands and tools with co-workers to help improve organizational efficiency.

This is an introduction to PDF Accessibility.

The what and why of accessible PDF files  Learn what an accessible PDF file is and why it’s important.

Workspace basics  Learn how the Acrobat interface makes it easy to access files and tools across desktop, web, and mobile devices with a consistent workspace experience.

New Acrobat experience  Learn about the new Acrobat experience in the desktop version of Acrobat to help you quickly discover tools and complete your PDF tasks efficiently. The user interface is intuitive and fluid, providing consistent experiences across all surfaces—desktop, web, and mobile.

Create PDF files from Microsoft Word   Learn how to create rich, robust PDF files with hyperlinked table of contents and cross-references, bookmarks, and even attachments using the Acrobat Add-on for Microsoft Word.

Create PDFs in Office for the web  Learn how to create PDF files without ever leaving your Microsoft Office for web apps. This add-on requires a subscription to Acrobat for teams or Acrobat for Enterprise subscription.

Work with your SharePoint files  Streamline document workflows with SharePoint and Acrobat using the Adobe Acrobat for Microsoft 365. Securely convert Microsoft 365 files to PDFs, combine PDF documents into one file, comment, and rearrange pages — right from SharePoint online.

Convert email messages and attachments to PDF in Outlook Learn how to archive email messages and attachments to PDF in Outlook for your projects. Learn to deliver information in a more professional and secure manner by automatically converting attachments to PDF. This tool is only available for Windows.

Create PDF content while browsing with Microsoft Edge Learn how to turn web pages to PDF on the fly with the Adobe Acrobat extension for Microsoft Edge. This Windows-only tool is invaluable for research projects and offline viewing of web-based information.

Protect PDFs using Microsoft Purview Information sensitivity labels Learn how to protect PDFs by adding, editing, customizing, and deleting Microsoft Purview Information sensitivity labels directly in Acrobat.