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As stated in the Adobe Support Lifecycle Policy, Adobe provides five years of product support, starting from the general availability date of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. In line with this policy, support for Adobe Acrobat 11.x and Adobe Reader 11.x ends on October 15, 2017.

Mar 01, 2021 In Acrobat, choose Advanced Acrobat Distiller. Choose a setting from the Default Settings list (or leave at the default). Choose File Open, choose All Files in the Files Of Type menu, select the PS or PRN file you created, and then click Open. Specify a name and location for the PDF file, and then click Save. End of support for Adobe Acrobat XI and Reader XI. As stated in the Adobe Support Lifecycle Policy, Adobe provides five years of product support, starting from the general availability date of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. In line with this policy, support for Adobe Acrobat 11.x and Adobe Reader 11.x ends on October 15, 2017.

End of support means that Adobe no longer provides technical support, including product and/or security updates, for all derivatives of a product or product version (localized versions, minor upgrades, operating systems, dot and double-dot releases, and connector products).

Adobe strongly recommends that you update to the latest versions of Adobe Acrobat DC and Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. By updating installations to the latest versions, you benefit from the latest functional enhancements and improved security measures.

Subscription plans are the best way to take advantage of everything Acrobat DC has to offer. New annual and month-to-month subscription plans make Acrobat DC more affordable than ever, while also giving you access to premium Adobe Document Cloud services. If you own Acrobat Pro XI – or Acrobat Standard XI – you also qualify for a reduced price when purchasing a perpetual (one-time) license. A one-time purchase includes desktop software and lets you work with free Adobe Document Cloud services only.

See the Acrobat DC product comparison to review subscription and one-time purchase options. You can also view the Acrobat DC version comparison to understand how Acrobat DC differs from previous versions.

Adobe Acrobat is an application developed by Adobe Inc. for users to view, create, and edit PDF files. PDF stands for Portable Document Format, it is one of the most common document formats in the world. Many individuals and organizations would use Adobe Acrobat to make resumes, brochures, and specifications in PDF form.

Can Adobe Acrobat Files Be Recovered?

If you have closed the Adobe Acrobat without saving or going through a software crash while editing a PDF file, you may want to know if it is recoverable? Luckily, the answer is Yes. You can try to recover unsaved Adobe Acrobat files with Adobe Autosave feature. Provided that you have saved the files before, but lost them due to misoperation or virus attack, you can also recover PDF files through Adobe apps and data recovery software. Please keep reading and learn more about PDF file recovery.

1. How to Recover Unsaved Adobe Acrobat Files

To prevent users from data loss, Adobe developed a protection feature called Autosave. This feature is enabled in Acrobat by default. It saves a file of changes every few minutes, generally, it's five minutes. To check the Autosave status, you need to open the application and click Edit > Preferences, then click Documents and head to Save settings. You can change the save time by checking the 'Automatically save document changes to temporary file every X minutes' option. Then Acrobat will generate a temporary file every few minutes. Once the Adobe Acrobat gets crashed, it automatically opens the auto-saved PDF file when you relaunch the software.

If your PDF files do not appear, there's another way for you to try to restore the files manually. Under this condition, you need to find where are the Adobe Acrobat temporary files stored on your computer. You can find the answer in the following steps.

Step 1. Go to the following path on your computer, that's where the Acrobat temporary files are:

C:UsersusernameAppDataRoamingAdobeAcrobatDC

If you are using the Adobe Reader, then go to:

C:UsersusernameAppDataLocalTempAdobeReader11.0

Step 2. Find the temporary files in the above location, copy and paste these files to another location.

Step 3. Change the extension of the copied temporary files as *.pdf.

Step 4. Try to open the temporary files with Adobe Acrobat.

According to Adobe support, the temporary file is deleted if you close the Adobe Acrobat (whether you save or not). The only purpose of the temporary saves is to recover if Acrobat or computer crashes, power cut, etc. So if you didn't encounter a software or computer crash, you might not be able to recover unsaved Adobe Acrobat files through temporary files.

2. How to Recover Lost/Corrupted PDF Files

In addition to unsaved PDF files, another common data loss situation is that users lose saved files after system updates or virus attacks. Worse still, your files may be corrupted. If you find your PDF files are under the following conditions, then these files might get damaged.

• PDF file not readable
• The root object is invalid or missing
• Error opening document
• File damage or corrupt
• Can't be opened by the viewer
• Error processing page

If you are stuck in this dilemma, please do not perform any operations that may cause file overwriting. Then check your Recycle bin to see if your lost files are in it. If the answer is negative, it is highly recommended you take advantage of a data recovery software to recover the files.

EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard works well in many data loss scenarios. It supports users in recovering data deleted by antivirus, recovering files from formatted hard drive, recovering deleted files from the recycle bin, etc. With EaseUS Data Recovery software, you can recover the lost or corrupted PDF files in three steps.

Now download this software on your computer and have a try.

Step 1. Choose the location where data loss happened, be it a hard disk drive, external disk, USB, or SD card, then click 'Scan'.

Step 2. You can click Filter to display only the file types you want while scanning. Go to 'Deleted Files' or 'Other Lost Files', find the files you want.

Step 3. After choosing the data, click 'Recover' and choose a location on another drive to save the files.

3. How to Repair PDF Application in Adobe

Despite file corruption, sometimes the reason why you cannot open or manage a PDF file is that the Adobe Acrobat app is damaged. In this case, you need to repair the PDF application to solve the problem. Here are the two most common means to fix a damaged PDF application.

Method 1. Download Up-to-Date Application

First, uninstall the current version of Adobe Acrobat, then download and install the latest version of Adobe Acrobat/Reader on your computer.

Method 2. Check for Updates

To check for Adobe Acrobat updates, you need to launch Adobe application > Click 'Help' > Choose 'Check for Updates'.

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What is the Difference between Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader

This article is mainly talking about how to recover unsaved Adobe Acrobat files. But Acrobat is not the only application in Adobe family that can open PDF files. Another often used app is Adobe Reader. Since both of the two applications are able for users to manage PDF files, some users might want to know what's the difference between them? Let's check the functions of these two applications.

Adobe Reader: Read PDF files and perform fundamental tasks like allowing users to fill in form fields and add some highlights.

Adobe Acrobat: Create PDF files from other formats, edit them in various ways, add form fields, security settings, etc.

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In other words, the main difference is that Adobe Acrobat does not only have all the features of Adobe Reader but much more, including the ability to create and edit texts and images in PDF documents. It is the more advanced version of the Adobe Reader with added functionalities.

The Bottom Line

That's all about how to recover PDF files on the Windows PC. Generally speaking, you don't need to worry about your PDF files safety as Adobe Acrobat autosaves all the files you edit. Even if you have encountered some desperate conditions which lead to a data loss or file corruption, you can get back the PDF files with a data recovery tool like EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. If you are interested in this tool, download it and have a try!