WSU continues to provide all active civil service and AP staff, as well as faculty, with a license for Adobe Acrobat. WSU also continues to provide Shared Device Licensing for the use of Adobe Creative Cloud in computer labs and on other onsite WSU-owned computers for students and temporary employees studying and working at WSU. However, departments that require Adobe Creative Cloud or Acrobat Pro for users who are not active faculty, AP, or civil service employees will need to purchase a new license via the following process.
What does that mean for me?
WSU continues to provide all active civil and AP staff, as well as faculty, with a license for Adobe Acrobat. Go to https://creativecloud.adobe.com/, click Sign In and log in using WSU credentials.
- The requesting department’s purchaser should visit CDWG’s site.
- Select WSU Adobe VIP Licensing on the left menu.
- Select the desired license (see below) and complete the purchase.
- The department purchaser will receive an order confirmation—the confirmation needs to be forwarded to the Crimson Service Desk (CSD) at crimsonservicedesk@wsu.edu, informing the CSD team of the new purchase. CSD will assist your technical team in finalizing your staff’s access to the purchased Adobe services.
Adobe License Options
Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise
- Single user license
- Entire suite of Adobe products
Adobe Creative Cloud for Enterprise
- Shared device license
- Entire suite of Adobe products
- Useful in a lab, classroom, student lounge, etc.
Adobe Acrobat Pro Only
- Single user license
- License for Adobe Acrobat Pro only
Click the Purchase License button to purchase one of the above licenses. Then, click WSU Adobe VIP-Student/Temporary Employee Licensing (see image below). If you do not see the above pricing, please contact Campus IT.
Problems?
Please contact Campus IT for assistance: 509-358-7748
Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader is a free app that will allow you to open and view PDFs on your Mac or Windows devices (click More download options).
Which one is right for me?
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Open a PDF |
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Edit a PDF |
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Fill out a PDF form |
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Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint |
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Create forms |
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Redact sensitive information |
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Add logos + branding |
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Comment on PDF |
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Combine multiple documents into one document |
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Convert web pages to interactive PDFs |
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Insert, delete, and organize pages in a PDF |
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Split a PDF by extracting one or multiple pages |
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Add or edit text and images on phone or tablet |
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Add audio, video, or interactive objects into a PDF |
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Reduce PDF file size |
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Commenting tools are available if the PDF has commenting enabled.
Acrobat Professional Alternatives
If you don’t need editing capabilities, there are several PDF reading apps that are free:
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Google drive
- Some web browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari) have integrated PDF readers.
Most applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Creative Suite applications) can save files as PDFs. Go to Save as and look for PDF. Then, click and save.
To make text changes in a PDF, open the PDF with Google Docs or Word.
- Sign in with your WSU credentials.
- Both Google Docs and Word will convert your PDF into an editable file format.
- When you’re done, save the file to the format you prefer.
Save the PDF in your favorite note-taking app. We recommend Notability.
- In the Books app
, you can open and save PDFs that you receive in Mail, Messages, and other apps. - Tap the PDF attachment to open it, tap the Share icon , then tap Books.
- To share the document, open the PDF document, tap the Share icon , and then choose a share option such as AirDrop, Mail, or Messages, or tap Print.
- To mark up a PDF, open the PDF and tap the Drawing and annotation tool
. If you don’t see the icon, tap near the center of a page.
If you are taking notes on your PDF, open it in Notability.
by the Office of Technology