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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

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