Acrobat for Microsoft Outlook overview

Learn about the features and benefits of using Adobe Acrobat for Microsoft Outlook.

With Adobe Acrobat for Microsoft Outlook, you can convert emails to PDFs and share PDFs as links via email.

Supported features

Acrobat for Microsoft Outlook provides support for:

• 19 languages
• Dark mode
• High contrast
• Keyboard tabbing
• Screen reader accessibility

Supported platforms

Acrobat for Microsoft Outlook provides support for:

• New Microsoft Outlook on Windows
• Microsoft Outlook on MacOS
• Microsoft Outlook Web app
• Classic Outlook on Windows

Document links in emails

You can find the Attach File via Link feature of Adobe Acrobat in the Email Compose view. This tool generates public links for one or multiple attachment files. All attachment links will appear in the email body and will be accessible to recipients.

To upload documents, open the task pane and select the notification prompt that appears when you attach a document to the email.

Emails to PDFs 

• Supported email types: You can convert all types of emails to PDF using the Adobe Acrobat app.
• Potential inconsistencies: When converting emails on different platforms, you may encounter issues such as:
  • Padding differences
  • Missing images
  • Font variations
• Embedded forms: When converted to PDF, emails with embedded forms may lose interactive elements, such as text fields, checkboxes, and dropdown menus.

Converted documents 

• Filename generation: The filename for the converted PDF is derived from the email's subject line.
• Character removal: Disallowed characters in the subject line will be removed to ensure proper formatting when saving to OneDrive and the Desktop.

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