Enterprise deployment

• Deploying Acrobat and Reader
• Extending Acrobat products
• Volume licensing and support options

Using the Adobe Customization Wizard

A free downloadable utility is available to help IT professionals take greater control of enterprise-wide deployments of Adobe Acrobat and Reader® software. By using the Adobe Customization Wizard, you can:

• Optimize the behavior of the installer by including silent installation, preserialization, reboot, multilingual, and custom setup choices
• Customize key application preferences: Turn off automatic updates, add and set default job options, and customize collaboration and security settings
• Help prevent users from modifying certain preferences

Download the Adobe Customization Wizard

Using common software deployment tools

Acrobat and Reader can be deployed using popular tools such as Microsoft SMS or Microsoft Group Policies with Active Directory.

Using a centralized server

Acrobat and Reader can be hosted using standard hosting environments such as Citrix Presentation Server or Windows Terminal Services.

To learn more about these methods, visit the Acrobat Developer Center

Adobe provides a variety of customization options to extend Acrobat to fit your needs — including the Acrobat software development kit (SDK), developer tools, and JavaScript.

Using the Acrobat SDK

The Acrobat SDK includes documentation, headers, sample code, and development tools for customizing Acrobat. With the SDK, developers can:

• Automatically submit printing jobs
• Build custom interfaces: Add menus and toolbars for specific tasks and workflows
• Build custom workflows: Automatically add watermarks, bookmarks, links, or logos
• Perform a custom search
• Check spelling: Access customized dictionaries

To learn more about the Acrobat SDK, visit the Acrobat Developer Center

Using plug-ins

Use C-based APIs to develop plug-ins with supported development environments such as Microsoft Visual C++, Xcode for Mac OS X, and Gnu C Compiler (GCC) for UNIX®.

• Manipulate and modify Adobe PDF document pages and content.
• Customize the user interface.
• Extend functionality with productivity tools.
• Communicate with other applications, such as document management systems.

To build a plug-in for Adobe Reader, you must apply for a Reader key (encrypted digital certificate) from Adobe.

Reader Integration Key License Agreement Application (PDF, 872K)

Using JavaScript

Enhance and extend PDF document functionality with JavaScript version 1.7 of ISO-16262.

• Easily integrate Acrobat with web services using Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).
• Create, modify, and fill in interactive Adobe forms and save form data in XML, XDP, or Microsoft Excel format.
• Create and manage comments and approve documents.
• Integrate digital media into documents.
• Control and manage media players and multimedia preferences.
• Modify the user interface to add navigation to PDF documents.

To learn more about these methods, visit the Acrobat Developer Center

Adobe licensing programs allow IT departments to combine orders and get the benefit of volume pricing on Acrobat products. Each program comes with online tools that make efficient software administration a breeze.

Adobe technical support plan offerings are designed to help you get the answers you need, when you need them, maximizing your investment in Acrobat software.