Open a PDF and select AI Assistant in the global bar. To select multiple files, go to Acrobat Home and choose Select files in the Recommended tools for you section, choose your files, and select Open.
- Generative AI features in Acrobat
- Adobe Generative AI user guidelines
- Content usage and handling practices
- Before you begin
- Get AI-generated answers
- Get AI-generated overviews and summaries
- Use generative AI features in meeting apps
- Use the generative AI features from Acrobat Home
- React to the content responses
- Turn off the generative AI features
- Generative AI features in Acrobat mobile
- Request access to AI Assistant
- Administer AI Assistant for enterprises
- Known issues
- Usage limitations
The AI Assistant feature provides AI-generated answers to your questions based on the content of the selected files. It also highlights the portion of content from where it fetches the answer for more context. The AI Assistant also suggests follow-up questions based on your primary query.
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Note:
You can select up to 10 files, each 600 pages long and no larger than 100 MB.
Acrobat creates a collection of the selected files and opens the document.
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Select Get started.
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Select from the sample questions that are displayed based on the content of your PDF file. Alternatively, type your question in the message field.
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The answer to your question is displayed. The relevant sources are marked with numbers. You can do the following:
- Select a number to navigate directly to the corresponding section of the document. If there are multiple files, hovering the mouse over the number shows the preview of the referenced document.
- To hide the attributed sources within the document, select Hide sources from the Options menu.
- To copy a specific answer, select Copy , or choose Copy full chat from the Options menu to copy the entire conversation.
- While the AI Assistant generates the response, you can pause the processing anytime by selecting Stop.
- Move the drag handle left or right to adjust the AI Assistant pane size for better readability.
- Review related questions that the AI Assistant suggests based on your primary query.
- To add more files, select Add files.
- To remove a file from the Collection, select View and manage files in chat, then Remove file from chat.
Accessing chat history in Acrobat
Acrobat preserves your interactions with AI features, even after you quit the application. You can view these chat interactions by opening the file from your Recent file list. When you select multiple files, Acrobat creates a collection that includes your chat history for future reference.
For more information, see Managing chat history.