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Words by Lisa P. Hill
March 2007
Adobe serves up more creative software
packages than 31 flavors. By itself or
integrated with many of Adobe's products,
Acrobat 8 Pro can develop a variety of
polished PDF business and media products.
Time is money, and Acrobat 8 Pro provides
multiple functions to save both.
Business collaboration requires
professionals from all fields to exchange
information. Architects may have to
communicate with graphic artists,
engineers to lawyers, finance consultants
to contractors. Professionals require
secure, quick reception of accurate
documents, e-mail, forms, media content,
PowerPoint presentations, spreadsheets,
technical drawings, etc., from multiple
applications and computer platforms.
Acrobat 8 Pro is a flexible PDF software
that brings all these content-rich
documents together to create a clean,
secure and polished product.
How simple is Acrobat 8 Pro? It
downloads and incorporates seamlessly
into Mac computers. Whether it is Macs
communicating with Macs, or
collaborating with one or multiple PC
users, Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro allows secure
information compilation and product
development. Click on the Help Menu and
select the "Getting Started With Adobe
Acrobat 8 Pro". A detailed menu pops up
listing individual functions highlighting
existing and new features. Acrobat 8 Pro
efficiently directs first time users to
seasoned business production teams into
creating, collaborating, and controlling
document development, Adobe's Zen
path of communication creativity.
By downloading Acrobat 8 Pro and the
free Acrobat Reader software, anyone can
create and view PDF documents. Files and
folders from Microsoft Office, Excel,
Outlook, CAD, Lotus, Power Point, Visio
or any other application that prints can be
smoothly combined as a PDF file. For
instance, individual pages or groups of
pages can be inserted into a PDF file.
Separate files can be merged into a single
sequentially numbered PDF file, or
assembled as separate files in one PDF
package. Color synchronization, layouts,
fonts, formats, and tables are notorious for
getting mixed up, altered or left out, but
not in Acrobat 8 Pro. PDF files can be
exported to Word, HTML/XML or image
formats to edit content. To maintain
content structure, Acrobat 8 Pro neatly
and efficiently saves and retains original
formatting criteria.
Unexpected bad weather can cause flight
delays, and there's that new sneaky flu
bug laying employees flat. With the free
Adobe Reader and any web browser, an
Acrobat 8 initiator can invite others to
share document reviews across the world.
Sign up for Acrobat Connect, a monthly
subscription service, and a shared review
transforms into a real time web
conference that incorporates Flash, a
personal meeting room, audio/video and
whiteboard interfacing. With Acrobat 8
that sensitive material is seen only by
intended audiences. The Security function
can restrict document content change
and limits release of secure data (like
Metadata material, images, signatures).
Need an electronic security envelope -
create one! Sensitive PDFs can also be
secured with password or certified
encryption, certifying documents or
applying server-based security policies.
Digital signatures can also be added to
validate documents or ensure they haven't
been altered.
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional is an
innovative communication software that
securely brings documentation together
from different software applications and
computer platforms. Like a sophisticated,
graceful ballerina, it draws together all the
key information-rich components, leaps
over communication barriers with
mesmerizing ease, and skillfully collects
the final material to create a dramatic and
polished closing act.
Product: Acrobat 8 Professional
Made By Adobe <adobe.com>
Price Upgrade $159, Full $449,
Connect Service $39/month
or $395/year
Pros Powerful PDF software
creates and secures
document distribution and
production
Cons Initial cost outlay pricey, but
worth it in the long run
Rating: 5 Stars
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