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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 anything you need:

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  1. Drag and drop your file or upload it from your device.
  2. Ask for answers or summaries in the chat directly.
  3. Review answers and refine them by asking follow up questions.
  4. Copy the answers and use it wherever you need.

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.

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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. WithAcrobat AI Assistant, you can better understand key information and analyse data in seconds.

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Get answers across multiple files

Chat with more than one PDF at the same time to compare information and connect insights. Ask questions across multiple documents without switching between files.

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Speed up workflows with AI-powered PDF answers

Turn document questions into clear, ready answers you can easily use in presentations, documents, and other work outputs across your workflow.

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Trace answers back to document sources

AI-generated answers include numbered citations so you can verify information easily. When using PDF AI tools, select a citation to see the source content highlighted directly in the file.

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Chat in multiple languages

Ask questions and get answers from PDFs written in supported languages. Multilingual support helps you analyse and understand documents without language barriers.

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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.

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Questions about the PDF chat tool? We have answers.

What is Chat with PDF?
Chat with PDF is an AI-powered tool that lets you ask questions and get answers directly from your PDF documents. It helps you summarise content, extract key information, and understand long files faster.
What kind of questions can I ask my PDF?
You can ask questions that summarise content, highlight key points, extract specific details, or analyse sections of your document. For example, you can ask for the most important takeaways, request explanations, or generate content such as email or presentation summaries. Answers include linked citations so you can verify information directly in the PDF.
Can I use the tool to chat with other types of documents?
Yes, you can upload a PDF or any other supported document file. If you upload a Microsoft Word document (DOCX), PowerPoint presentation (PPTX), TXT file or RTF file, the Acrobat online tool will convert the file format to PDF. Then sign in to ask your document questions and get quick answers.
What languages does the Adobe Acrobat AI chat tool support?
Currently, Adobe Acrobat Al Assistant supports PDFs and documents in English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, with additional languages to be added in future releases. With translation capabilities, you can chat with your documents using original content from or to any of these languages. Al Assistant may inadvertently provide responses in languages other than English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, but these go beyond the intended purpose of the Al Assistant capability and should not be relied upon at present.
Can I verify the information in the answers?
You’ll notice that many AI Assistant answers provide attribution by including numbered references as clickable links. When you select one of the numbered links in the AI Assistant chat answer, the AI PDF tool instantly highlights the related source content in your document. This interactive artificial intelligence feature provides a fast, seamless way for users to verify information with a single click. You can copy the chat history and use the answers to craft other content like emails, social posts or presentations. Learn more about how the chat history is stored.
What is the best AI assistant for documents?
Adobe Acrobat is one of the best AI assistants for documents. This AI document assistant is designed to help users chat with PDFs and other documents, allowing you to ask questions, compare files, review content and extract key information.
How can I ask questions and get answers from my PDF?
With Adobe Acrobat’s PDF chat tool, you can ask questions and get answers directly from your PDF in seconds, without reading the entire document.
Can I summarise individual sections of a PDF document?
To summarise an individual section of a PDF document, upload a file to the Acrobat AI chat tool and sign in. Then ask your PDF to draught a summary of the specific section you need summarised. You can also ask other research questions, including questions that analyse data across tables shared in the document.
What is the best AI tool to compare documents?
Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant uses AI to compare documents, helping users identify differences, changes and important updates across files, making it one of the best tools to quickly compare documents.
Is AI Assistant a secure tool to use to chat with PDFs?
Yes. Chat with PDF is built with security in mind, and documents uploaded without signing in are deleted from Adobe servers to help protect your privacy. Adobe does not use customer content to train generative AI models, and customer documents are not reviewed by third parties. Learn more by reviewing the Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines.
What is the best way to review documents?
One of the best ways to review documents is with our PDF chat tool which functions as an AI document reviewer that helps you to analyse documents for accuracy, completeness and key insights.
Can I chat with PDF to analyse documents and extract key information?
Yes. Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant lets you chat with your PDF to analyse PDFs and extract key information such as facts, figures, clauses and insights.
How can Adobe AI Assistant help me prepare for exams?
The "Chat with your PDFs" feature allows you to interact directly with your PDF documents, enabling you to ask questions, summarise key concepts, and extract important insights from your course materials. This makes your study sessions more efficient and helps you better understand and retain the information.
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