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New Adobe Tool Makes Reading PDFs On Mobile Easier

By October 6, 2020May 5th, 2022Technology News

Reading PDFs on a smartphone can be a lesson in frustration.

Even at full-screen width, most smartphone display screens are just too small to display it comfortably, which inevitably results in some awkward scrolling as you try to read whatever information the PDF contains.

That’s about to change. Recently, Adobe rolled out a new AI-based feature that should help solve the problem for smartphone users. Dubbed ‘Sensei,’ the AI routine automatically reformats the text images and tables in the PDF to better fit smaller screens.

A spokesman for the company had this to say about the change:

“Giving people tools to view and extract content from PDFs, without changing the PDF itself, will help everyone gain more insight and power from the trillions of PDFs housed in enterprise storage systems, PCs, mobile devices, and on the web.”

“Delivering exceptional digital experiences is our mission, and we’ve been working in service of our customers to do just that for more than three decades. From the introduction of PDF in the early 1990’s, to unleashing it as an open standard in 2008, to the debut of Liquid Mode today, we continue to define how the world works with digital documents, both personally and professionally.”

As you read these words, the new capabilities should already be available on the Adobe Acrobat Reader for iOS and Android, and will eventually be rolled out to Chromebooks, other desktop PCs and ultimately, web browsers too.

It’s a big change and a most welcome one. Kudos to Adobe for putting so much thought and care into enhancing the user experience. PDFs are among the most ubiquitous types of documents found on the web, and anything that makes reading them easier on a wide range of devices is a very good thing.

Jason Manteiga

Jason J. Manteiga, Vice President of Olmec Systems, has been part of the company for over the past 20 years. He believes that having a great work environment and supportive team, is the ultimate key to success. Since being in the IT realm for over 25 years, Jason, along with Olmec Systems, has been on the Inc. 5000 “List of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies” and Channel Futures MSP 501 “Top Managed Service Providers in North America,” along with other awards and nominations. Jason earned his Bachelor Degree in Information Systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He also holds certifications in Microsoft MCSE, VMWare VCP, and Cisco CCNA. In his spare time, Jason is a contributor for The Center for Social & Legal Research (Privacy Exchange) and a member of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce. His hobbies include cycling and kayaking. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife, two daughters and son.