18.011.2003x Planned update, February 13, 2018¶
This release is a planned update for the products listed in the table below. The latest version is always available through the product’s update mechanism, from the enterprise FTP site, and for some languages, from the Reader Download Center.
Track details¶
The Acrobat DC product family introduces two tracks for both Acrobat and Reader which are essentially different products: “Classic” and “Continuous.” Most end users will install the Continuous track provided from the Reader Download Center. Enterprise organizations will user either the Classic or Continuous track. For details and a comparison of the two tracks, see http://www.adobe.com/go/acrobatdctracks.
Available installers¶
In this release there are different version numbers for Reader(18.011.20036) and Acrobat(18.011.20035).
Product |
Type |
Installer |
Size |
Language |
Install over… |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acrobat |
Planned update |
243 MB |
All |
DC base |
|
Reader |
Planned update |
98.5 MB |
All |
DC base |
|
Reader |
Planned update |
65 MB |
All |
DC base MUI |
Product |
Type |
Installer |
Size |
Language |
Install over… |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acrobat |
Planned update |
368.1 MB |
All |
DC base |
|
Reader |
Planned update |
120.3 MB |
All |
DC base |
New product features¶
This release provides various new features for end users described in the New features summary.
Enterprise-Centric features¶
For these features, refer to the Administration Guide.
Security bulletin¶
This release provides mitigations for vulnerabilities described in the corresponding security bulletins of Reader and Acrobat.
Bug fixes¶
Accessibility¶
4232082: Acrobat mappes roles to tags in the tree view by default, but not if tag name has some specific characters.
4195769: Read Out Loud not reading slow enough. User cannot set lesser than 150 words per minute in Reading Preferences.
Portfolio¶
4212726: Unable to save added or removed columns in a DC created Email portfolio.
Security¶
4223361: Unable to open PDF after applying password protection for some files.
Browser¶
4225014: Delay in loading pdf files in Internet explorer.
Compare¶
4225249: Compare PDFs causes a crash when comparing related PDFs, one saved from Preflight.
4228132: The Summary Page displays in between the compare result while navigating through the Next /Previous Change arrow, if two scanned files are compared.
4231258: Diff rect is not shown at proper place when files used are cropped before compare.
Forms¶
4232403: Acrobat Crashes on using ‘Prepare Form’ tool during processing of some shortcut with more than one form-PDF document open.
4227286: Acrobat Reader crashes on placing CMYK jpeg to an image field.
4224823: Mouse action up/down not working properly on Form field properties.
Preflight¶
4232061: “Verify conformance” option is returning incorrect status for PDF/X-5n compliant files.
OCR¶
4236105: Not able to run OCR properly on images having “inverted text” or colored background.
AutoCad PDF Maker¶
4232296: Unable to open dwg file in Acrobat through drag and drop or File->open and Acrobat crashes.
PDFMaker¶
4232075: Using Mail merge from Word 2016, it saves the file to .doc format first.
4081754: Acrobat does not capture the DATE field from the original message during conversion when MSG file attached to email opened.
Viewer¶
4237190: Acrobat crash while opening the PDF created in Live cycle designer.
4229000: Incorrect file location is shown for file opened from mapped network drive.
4229460: Cursor Co-ordinates windows scrolls down along with the PDF content scroll in continuous Scroll mode.
SDK¶
4232040: Added support for opening password protected files via OLE.
Javascript¶
4217681: JavaScript functionality is not persistent on Mac and Win.
Organize Pages¶
4205759: Limit on the number of page ranges that can be extracted at one time.
Known issues¶
For a list of current issues, see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/known-issues-acrobat-dc-reader.html.
Technical details¶
Go to the Release Notes Home for information about the following:
How to update
Update order
Definition of release types
System requirements
Language Support
Compatibility
Product end-of-life schedule