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Chat with your PDF

Chat with your documents, ask questions, compare files, extract key insights, and review content for free using Adobe Acrobat's AI-powered PDF chat tool.

Drag and drop one or more PDF, DOCX, PPTX, TXT, or RTF files.

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How to chat with PDF files

Learn how to use an AI-powered document assistant to chat with your PDFs and other documents. Ask questions and get answers from your files, compare documents, review content, and extract key information and insights.

Follow these steps to ask your PDF questions and get instant answers with our PDF chat tool:

  1. Use the Select files button above, or drag and drop a document into the drop zone.
  2. Review the suggested questions for fast insights.
  3. Sign in to ask your PDF questions and get quick AI chat answers.
  4. Use the PDF AI answers to craft emails, presentations, and more.

Work smarter with these sample prompts.

Prompts provide guidance to AI Assistant so you can accomplish tasks fast. Here are a few example prompts. Click to copy, then select a file to paste into AI Assistant and get started quickly.

AI AssistantAsk

Sum it up

What is this document about?
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AI AssistantAsk

Find your focus

What are the most important sections?
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AI AssistantAsk

Spot the difference

What changed between these two documents?
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AI AssistantAsk

Get the highlights

What key information should I know from this PDF?
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Try our AI chat tool for free

Gone are the days of skimming pages for the information that you need. Use our PDF chat tool to get the most important insights in seconds. Our online tool allows you to chat with PDF documents to get quick answers to your questions.

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Chat with your documents

All you have to do is ask. Upload a document, sign in, and type a question to get a quick answer. With Acrobat AI Assistant, you can better understand key information and analyze data in seconds.

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Get answers from your PDF fast

Need quick insights? Review the brief AI-powered overview of your doc. Then select a suggested question or ask your PDF any question to streamline document research and analysis.

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Speed up workflows with AI-powered PDF answers

AI Assistant can help you create impactful content based on your document in record time. Use AI chat answers to craft emails, social media posts, presentations, and more.

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Trace answers back to document sources

AI Assistant answers include numbered attributions that make it easy to verify information. When you use our PDF AI tools and select a numbered link, Acrobat highlights the source content directly in the file.

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Analyze PDFs and extract key information

The PDF chat tool lets you go deeper into your documents, in less time. AI Assistant quickly analyzes document content — including charts and tables — to simplify complex data from your PDF.

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Anyone can chat with a PDF

AI chat is beneficial to everyone, from college students researching dense texts to business owners simplifying contracts. Whether you’re working on an assignment or a professional task, chatting with a PDF lets you ask questions and get answers quickly.

Questions about the PDF chat tool? We have answers.

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