Compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications

Last updated on Oct. 19, 2023 | Also applies to Adobe Acrobat 2017, Adobe Acrobat 2020

Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader products support various third-party applications. PDF-capable web browsers support viewing PDF files within the context of the web browser. PDFMaker-compatible applications support the creation of PDF files by letting you click a button in the application's toolbar.

This document lists Acrobat PDF-capable web browsers and PDFMaker-compatible applications for all localized versions of the following Acrobat products:

Acrobat, Acrobat 2017, and Acrobat 2020

In the tables below, a check mark (√) indicates that the application is supported, and a cross mark (X) indicates that the application isn’t supported.

Note:

If you have Acrobat XI or earlier, see compatible web browsers and PDFMaker applications | older versions of Acrobat and Acrobat Reader.

Acrobat PDF-capable web browsers

See the Release Notes in the Enterprise Toolkit for Acrobat products for a list of web browsers that can display Adobe PDF files using Acrobat products.

PDFMaker-compatible applications

Adobe supports PDFMaker in the applications listed below.

Note:

Versions marked with parentheses and a version number require the installation of the correct Acrobat update to work with PDFMaker.

MS Office (Word/Excel/PPT) on Windows

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	X	X	X
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√
Office 365 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2021 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (December 2021)	√	√

MS Office (Word/Excel/PPT) on macOS

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2011 or earlier	x	x	x
Office 2016	√ (PDFMaker for Word)^†	√ (PDFMaker for Word)^†	√ (PDFMaker for Word)^†
Office 2019	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡
Office 365	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint and Word)^‡
Office 2021	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)^‡	√ (PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel)^‡

^†PDFMaker for Word 2016 (32-bit, version 15.22 or later)

^‡PDFMaker for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel Office 2019, Office 2021, and Office 365 (64-bit, version 16.35 or later)

Word_Import Comments

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	X	X	X
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2021 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 365 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√

MS Outlook

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	X	X	X
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√
Office 2021 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 365 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√

Mail Merge

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	X	X	X
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 2021 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 365 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√

Attach As PDF, Attach As Secured PDF

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit and 64 bit	X	X	X
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√
Office 2021 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√
Office 365 (Office 16) 32 bit and 64 bit	√	√	√

MS Visio (Acrobat Pro)

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit	X	X	X
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (May 2016)	√	√
Office 2016 (Office 16) 64 bit	√	X	X
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 64 bit	√	X	X
Office 2021 (Office 16) 32 bit	√	√	√
Office 2021 (Office 16) 64 bit	√	X	X

MS Project (Acrobat Pro)

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Office 2013 (Office 15) 32 bit	X	X	X
Office 2016 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (October 2015)	√	√
Office 2019 (Office 16) 32 bit	√ (December 2018)	√	√
Office 2021 (Office 16) 32 bit	√	√	√

MS Access and MS Publisher

Not Supported

Browsers

Internet explorer

Acrobat no longer supports the Internet Explorer browser. Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer mode will replace the Internet Explorer 11 desktop app for backward compatibility with Internet Explorer-based plug-ins, sites, and apps. For more information, see Impact of Internet Explorer 11 end-of-life on Acrobat and Acrobat Reader desktop apps.

Google Chrome

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
Google Chrome	√	√	√

Mozilla Firefox

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
10 or earlier	X	X	X
ESR	√	√	√

AutoCAD

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
2018 64 bit	√	X	X
2019 64 bit	√	X	√

AutoCAD Import Comments

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
2018 64 bit	√	X	X
2019 64 bit	√	X	X

Lotus/HCL Notes

Third-party version / Acrobat version (ship date)	Acrobat (April 2015)	Acrobat 2017 (June 2017)	Acrobat 2020 (June 2020)
8.5.x or earlier	X	X	X
9.x	√	√	√
10.x	X	X	X
11.x^¡̐	√	X	X

^¡̐Support for Lotus/HCL Notes 11 is rolled out incrementally with the March 2022 release of Acrobat, and may not be immediately available to all users.