PluginDoc: Acrobat Reader FAQ If you examine the licensing system in force at the date if this article, anyone can write a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional without obtaining an IKLA. That Adobe Systems Plug-in any third party can write a perfectly valid and appropriate plug-in that extracts text from an open PDF document without it having been deliberately designed to break any security systems. There are many legitimate plug-ins on the market today that have this capability[…]