Acrobat 8.1 Professional offers tighter ease of use, with wizards to take you through PDF creation and management step by step if you need some hand-holding. The Start Meeting and Review & Comment buttons take you to Adobe Connect, which replaces Macromedia Breeze for hosting virtual meeting spaces. Once Acrobat is running, the Getting Started screen presents big buttons for the major features: Create PDF, Combine Files, Export, and so on. During setup, Acrobat adds Create PDF buttons into other software you may have, including Microsoft Office applications from 2000 to 2007. Acrobat version 8.1 now works with Windows Vista, too you can visit Adobe's Web site to update from version 8 to 8.1. We chose the Typical installation, but you can select individual features with Complete or Custom setup, too. The download took us about 10 minutes on Windows XP. That includes converting documents and images to PDF, creating PDFs from any application that prints, combining multiple documents and file types into a single PDF file, and turning webpages into interactive PDFs with live links.The Getting Started screen takes you to wizards that make Acrobat's many features easier to navigate than in the past. For example, both Standard and Pro enable you to create PDFs.

It’s easiest to start with how Acrobat Standard DC and Pro DC are similar because many of the most essential features are available in both versions. To see even more options, go to our roundup of the best PDF editors.

While both versions will get you the desktop software, access to Adobe Document Cloud services for storing and sharing files, and an Adobe Sign subscription to sign and collect legal electronic and digital signatures on any device, there are some differences in features and capabilities that may make one or the other better suited to your needs. Given the cost of upgrading from Adobe’s free Acrobat Reader, it’s worth familiarizing yourself with the differences between the company’s two paid products for individuals: Adobe Acrobat Standard DC Remove non-product link and Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (which cost $12.99 a month and $14.99 a month, respectively, with an annual commitment). Adobe Acrobat remains the gold standard for PDF editors-as well as the most expensive.

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