Functionality of Adobe Acrobat Pro for Mac questions?

Question

Greetings! After 35 years in the Windows environment, I became the proud owner of a MacBook air last night, and I want to install Adobe Acrobat Pro for Mac on it. I would like to know if the features and functionality of the Mac version are the same as those on the Adobe Acrobat Standard that I have been using in my Windows environment for so many years.
The Windows version gives me everything I need, most importantly the ability to add text as annotations into documents that have been scanned and sent to me as PDFs, fill in forms, create forms, etc.
Additionally, can someone help me with the differences between the subscription version and the full purchase version? Does the subscription version have any problems, is it just as functional as the full purchase version?
Thank you so much all!
S.

Answer 1

If you don't have a physical printer hooked up to your Mac you can still do the Save As Adobe PDF with a "faux" printer setup.  Here are the steps to set that up:
1.  Go to Apple menu>System Preference>Printers and Scanners
2.  Press the plus symbol button "+"
3.  In the Add dialog select IP at the top
4.  in the Address field put the numbers 127.0.0.1
5.  In the Protocol pop-up menu make sure that Line Printer Daemon - LPD is selected
6.  Leave the Queue field bland for the default printer
7.  In the Name field it will say "127.0.0.1" and you can leave it to that or change it to anything you want.
8.  Leave the Location field blank
9.  Leave the Use field pop-up menu field at the default which is Generic PostScript Printer.
10.  Click the Add button
11.  You will get the message:
"Unable to verify the printer on your network.
Unable to connect to '127.0.0.1' due to an error.
Would you still like to create the printer?"
12.  Click the Continue button.
13.  In the Setting up '127.0.0.1...' dialog click the OK button
14.  Open up TextEdit
15.  Type some test text (e.g.  Test Text)
16. In TextEdit Go to File>Print
17. In the Print dialog, press on the PDF button on the lower Left side of the window.
18.  Select Save As Adobe PDF.
19.  In the Save As Adobe PDF dialog, select your Adobe PDF Settings and whether or not you want the resulting PDF to open in Adobe Acrobat Pro and then click the Continue button.
20. In the Save window, title your PDF in the Save As: field, navigate to the location you want to save the PDF and then click the Save button.
21. Done.