Adobe has made Acrobat 9 available for pre-order, with a free trial available soon.This will be a major update coming in 3 flavors: Pro Extended, Pro and Standard. Personally, I already pre-ordered CS4 which will include Acrobat 9 Pro, based on a quick look at Dreamweaver CS4 beta. More on that later…
Adobe’s Acrobat Family page is a good place to start learning about the new version.
The page has 2 links to view eSeminars, See the new Acrobat 9 (Weds. June 26, 9-10:00 AM US/Pacific time, and IT tips and support Tuesdays June 10, 17, 24 and July 1 9-9:30 AM US/Pacific time.
Adobe Acrobat Standard has heaps of features, some of which are particularly useful, such as the ability to:
- Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR)Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR)
- Save PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content
- Capture web pages as rich, dynamic PDF files for review and archiving
- Merge files from multiple applications into a single PDF document
- Digitally sign PDF documentsDigitally sign PDF documents
- Easily create fillable PDF forms from paper or existing files using the Form Wizard
and more
Acrobat Pro adds lots more features, including but not limited to:
- Personalize a PDF Portfolio with customizable templates for navigation and branding
- Convert Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project files to PDF with one-button ease, preserving document layers in Visio and AutoCAD and object data in Visio (Windows only)
- Compare and highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document
- Create dynamic XML forms with Adobe LiveCycle® Designer ES (included but Windows only!)
Acrobat Pro Extended adds to the Pro feature set with:
- Easily add audio, video, and quizzes to your PowerPoint slides and create rich, interactive presentations with Adobe Presenter (included)
- Compare and highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document
- Embed video in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and convert to FLV in PDF
- Embed video in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint and convert to FLV in PDF
- Combine multiple CAD formats in one assembly and save as PDF with Adobe 3D Reviewer (included)
- Convert 2D and 3D designs from major CAD applications to PDF for use by extended teams without expensive CAD or viewer software
- Create PDF maps by importing geospatial files that retain metadata and coordinates
and a few more…
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