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title: "Why do we need Adobe Acrobat when every modern office program can save in PDF format?"  
description: "Why do we need Adobe Acrobat when every modern office program can save in PDF format?"  
author: "Lily Chitlangiya"  
published: 2022-01-09  
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tags: ["adobe acrobat reader", "adobe reader", "adobe pdf reader", "adobe", "troubleshooting"]  
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# Why do we need Adobe Acrobat when every modern office program can save in PDF format?

Why do we need [Adobe](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/86695/explore-the-basics-of-adobe-analytics) Acrobat when every [modern](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23262/the-modern-age-these-technology-trends-can-make-your-life-easier) [office](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23284/how-to-improve-your-office-for-higher-productivity) [program](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/12337/scaling-up-your-mentorship-program) can save in PDF [format](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84192/how-can-you-share-your-thoughts-on-mindstick-yourview-in-audio-format)?

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![Why do we need Adobe Acrobat when every modern office program can save in PDF format?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/afd99735-e40d-4fa2-9b70-abd237be4dbd/images/2082f6c1-8720-45e9-8c8c-4650c83397cb.png) **\**

- **Adobe Acrobat,** which contains Acrobat Distiller for generating [**PDF**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95119/what-should-i-do-in-windows-10-if-the-pdf-file-name-is-too-long-and-the-windows-options-don-t-give-me-the-possibility-to-rename-it) files, is the best software for making PDF files.
- Although Acrobat Distiller is recommended for producing the highest quality PDF files, there are several free tools that will suffice.
- It's simple to convert a word processing document to a PDF file. You can essentially print to a PDF file instead of printing to paper once you've installed the software required to create PDF files.
- Adobe Acrobat's main function is to create, view, and edit PDF documents. It can import and save a variety of document and image formats into PDFs.

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