Acrobat and Reader now intelligently detect if a document must be signed. If they detect the words Sign or Signature, a green color message bar appears with an Open Sign Pane button.

If you do not want to see the new feature, follow the appropriate steps in the document below for each platform.

http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/disable-echosign-detection.html

As stated in the Adobe Support Lifecycle Policy, Adobe provides five years of product support from the general availability date of Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat. In line with that policy, support for Adobe Reader 9.x and Adobe Acrobat 9.x ended on June 26, 2013.

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

For more information on the Adobe Support Lifecycle Policy, visit: http://www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/eol. For a complete list of Adobe products and technical support periods covered under the policy, visit: http://www.adobe.com/support/products/enterprise/eol/eol_matrix.html.

On May 14, 2013, we released the following updates:

• 11.0.03 for Acrobat XI
• 10.1.7 for Acrobat X
• 9.5.5 for Acrobat 9

We encourage you to update Acrobat to this most recent release by choosing Help > Check for Updates.

You can learn more about these updates by reviewing the release notes available here:http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/release-note/release-notes-acrobat-read er.html

Issue:  Nothing happens when you launch Acrobat X 30 days after installing a CS6 suite. There are three possible solutions for this issue as outlined in this technical article.

Solutions

Important: Perform the solutions below in order. Do not continue further if an earlier solution resolves the problem.

Solution1: Install the patch for Acrobat installed as part of a CS6 (Windows Only)

1.   Log in to your Windows computer as an Administrator.

2.   Click the following link to download the patch file:

3.   When prompted "Do you want to open or save this file?,” click Open.

4.   Extract the file. The location varies depending on your operating system and the utility.

5.   Double-click the extracted Acrofix.exe to begin the execution.

6.   If the execution is successful, Command Prompt closes automatically.

7.   When the execution is complete, launch Acrobat.

1. Run the Command Prompt as an Administrator.

2. Navigate to the location of the extracted hot fix in Solution 1 (Step 4).

3. Type Acrofix.exe to execute it.

4. If the execution is successful, Command Prompt shows Exit Code:0

5. When the execution is complete, launch Acrobat.

Important: It's necessary to perform the following instructions when connected to the Internet. Select a following product when requested to launch a CS6 Suite product: Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, InDesign, Flash Professional, Illustrator, and Dreamweaver.

1. Launch a CS6 Suite product.
2. Choose Help > Deactivate. Follow the onscreen prompts to deactivate.
3. Close the application.
4. Launch the same CS6 Suite product again.
5. Accept the EULA.
6. Sign in with your Adobe ID to register trial.
7. Restart the application.
8. Click License This Software in the Trial dialog box.
9. Sign in with your Adobe ID to register.
10. Provide CS6 Serial number.
11. Click Next.
12. Quit application.
13. Now Launch Acrobat X

It is recommended that you install any available updates for your CS6 applications and Adobe Application Manager.