Acrobat X Tutorials and Support

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June 26, 2022
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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

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Correct answer gary_sc

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

try67

Community Expert

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

J

johnk65241168Author

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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

Community Expert

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 While you may see offers for it at various places across the web, most of those are out-of-date pages.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=apcc_direct_individual

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.

gary_sc

Correct answer

Community Expert

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