Gmail and Google Drive will offer an Acrobat shortcut for editing PDFs

Google and Adobe are planning a quicker route from a PDF in Gmail or Google Drive to Acrobat. The two companies say Acrobat will appear as a suggested app in both services, including through an “Edit with” option in file previews.

The announcement describes an entry point into Adobe’s tool. It does not establish that Acrobat’s full editor will be built directly into Gmail, or that every editing feature will be free.

Google says the option is coming soon, but neither company gave a precise launch date, regional rollout or account requirements in the announcements. For now, treat it as a…