Study better, smarter, and faster with Adobe Acrobat

Whether you’re returning to campus, going back to virtual classes, or in the middle of a busy month of studying — it’s always a good time to streamline your school workflow process.

Set yourself up for success by organizing your documents, including paper docs like handwritten notes or printed syllabi and digital docs like term papers and submitted assignments. By removing blocks and distractions early on, you can study smarter, work faster, and collaborate better to free up time spent with friends, on hobbies, getting involved, and more.

How document management gives you more time

Every second you spend searching through messy papers or typing up notes is time better spent elsewhere. Check out how you can spend less time on manual processes and introduce some simple workflow automations — so you can work efficiently and find time for fun.

Put everything in one place

Going paperless and exploring tools for manual tasks like copying down notes is an easy first step to speed up your study time. With Adobe Scan, you can use the camera on your mobile device to scan any document and save it to Adobe Document Cloud. You’ll have easy access to your files from any web browser — on your own device or in any computer lab on campus. And with optical character recognition (OCR) technology, Adobe Scan can turn handwriting on a page or whiteboard into searchable PDFs so you can find specific notes even faster.

Yes, everything

Whether a professor emails you a Microsoft Word doc or a project partner shares files via Google Drive, Adobe Acrobat gives you a simple way to work with any kind of file without working too hard. You can convert files to PDFs, within which you can search for any word or phrase in real time — saving you time on exam prep later.

Share any document with anyone

With Acrobat, it’s also easy to share PDFs, even large ones, with professors or classmates. It’s simple to learn how to compress a PDF to a smaller size to make it easier to share. And with the functionality of the Merge PDFs tool, you don’t need to send a half-dozen files — simply combine related documents into a single file and share it to keep communication clear.

Then work together with collaboration tools

Team projects can be a drag when communication problems make work difficult. But with Acrobat online, it’s easy to work in a group. You can add comments, sticky notes, and even drawings to PDFs and presentations from wherever you are. If you also need to collect group feedback, you can use the Send for Comments tool to collect everyone’s input in one file when you sign in to Acrobat online. It’s an easy way to gather feedback from team members and follow up with everyone in one spot.

Be more productive with files stored online

Completing tasks in different types of locally saved files can be extremely time-consuming. But once all your documents and notes are organized and saved to Document Cloud, you’ll be able to work with your files easily from wherever you are. And you’ll see big process improvements for your day-to-day schoolwork.

Edit PDFs in Google Drive

If a professor shares PDF class materials with you via Google Drive, you can edit those notes and documents right inside Google Drive by integrating Acrobat. Add this capability to create, edit, combine, convert, and comment on PDFs in Google Drive just like you would in Acrobat.

Do it all in Microsoft too

Have an advisor that loves to work in Microsoft programs? Integration with Microsoft 365 is built right into Acrobat to give you all the capabilities you need to collaborate.

Access Acrobat from anywhere

Get to Acrobat online from anywhere in any browser. Simply type “Acrobat.new” in your URL bar, and your browser will take you directly to all of your Document Cloud files.

No matter what you study, Acrobat can help you swap tedious tasks for better organization, processes, and search functionality that will save you time and energy. A seven-day free trial of Acrobat Pro DC can give you unlimited use of every PDF and e-signing tool to see how they can improve your workflow. And as you move from college life to the working world, being a grad familiar with the leading PDF software program can give you a leg up when it comes to landing a job.