Acrobat X Tutorials and Support

[johnk65241168]

I have had a copy of Acrobat X for a coupl eo fyears now and used it a little - basically to convert something into a pdf. Now I find I have a great need for creating forms in X. Are all the support files and tutorials taken down by Adobe as the relase each new version or.... they hidden where a mere mortal such as myself cannot find them. I'm old school - I am not wild about the new subscription model. I like to buy my software  and that's that.

Thanks for any input and guidance!

John

[gary_sc · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

Sometimes you just have to go to the search gods to get what you need/want. Using the search phrase "how to create forms in acrobat x" I came up with many many many results. Here are a few off the top. BTW, the easiest way I've found to create forms is from InDesign, but that would require a subscription to InDesign. But, there's nothing stopping you from doing in Acrobat X and there is a plentiful amount of instruction online.

Good luck!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_cPwD8LThY

https://www.wcupa.edu/infoservices/training/documents/courses/Adobe/Creating_Forms_Acrobat_X.pdf

https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-do-i-create-an-interactive-pdf-form/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQO0P_OlcB0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igZvpyOUfPM

[johnk65241168]

The seach Gods always take care of us dumb and Irish chuckle. Thanks Gary!

[gary_sc]

Glad to help.

If you do not mind tapping the Correct Answer on my answer, that will help the next person who's not sure what to do.

Thanks!

[try67]

Just FYI: You can still get Acrobat as a "perpetual license", without a subscription.

The current version for that is called Acrobat 2020, available here:

https://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/software.html

[johnk65241168]

Thanks for your reply... I am confused about the pepetual license thing. Is this an updated version of Acrobat for free or ?? Can you clue me in a little more?

Thank you so much!

[gary_sc]

Unfortunately, Adobe no longer sells perpetual copies of Acrobat Pro. While you may see offers for it at various places across the web, most of those are out-of-date pages. They all point to a page like this: https://commerce.adobe.com/store/segmentation?cli=adobe_com&co=US&ctx=fp&lang=en&ms=COM&ot=BASE&pa=a...

For what it's worth, if you are working with Acrobat X, AT BEST there might be a discount of some kind for you to upgrade, but since you cannot get a perpetual license, it's a moot point. 

However, at some point, you will update your OS and/or your computer and Acrobat X will stop working in an OS or computer it was not designed to be used. And at that point, you will either have to update to a subscription plan or see if any of the competing PDF programs is right for you. 

Sorry, but that's something we all have to face at some point.

[Bernd Alheit]

> Unfortunately, Adobe no longer sells perpetual copies of Acrobat Pro. 

This is not correct.

[gary_sc]

>This is not correct

Please provide a link to a page that offers this. I spent some time looking for such a page and could not find one. I'll be glad to be wrong here, but show me where this is.

[Test Screen Name]

Acrobat Pro 2020 buy page Adobe Checkout

Acrobat 2020 info page https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/faq-acrobat-2020.html

[Test Screen Name]

By the way, it is far too late to get Acrobat 2020 at a discount from Acrobat X. The time has passed for reduced price upgrades from Acrobat 10, Acrobat 11 and Acrobat 2015.

I'd recommend a subscription. Windows and MacOS are changing fast and breaking older versions one way or another.

[gary_sc]

It does appear the most recent version you CAN get for a

perpetual license is 2 years old. That's why I assumed you cannot get it. That's why I assumed that it was no longer available.
 

[try67]

That's not quite accurate, either. This version has been updated multiple times since then. Not as frequently as Acrobat DC, but it's not a 2-year old version...