Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro

Communicate and collaborate more effectively and securely with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro software. Unify a wide range of content into a single, organized PDF Portfolio. Collaborate through electronic document reviews. Create and manage dynamic forms. And help protect sensitive information. Acrobat 9 delivers native support for Adobe Flash technology, the ability to unify a wide range of content in rich PDF Portfolios, and access to real-time capabilities for co-navigating a PDF document with colleagues.

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Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Acrobat 9 ProUnify a wide range of content into a PDF Portfolio
Combine documents, drawings, emails, and spreadsheets in a single, compressed PDF Portfolio. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.

Include rich media content in PDF filess
Add videos and animations created with Adobe Flash software to your PDF documents. With native support for Flash technology, no additional media player is necessary.

Easily create and track electronic forms
Use the new Forms Wizard to create forms from paper or electronic documents. Quickly add, edit, and name form fields. Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them.

Synchronize document views
Help colleagues, clients, and partners get on the same page at the same time with the ability to co-navigate documents. To provide clarity and enhance discussion, use Acrobat.com services to enable collaboration on a PDF file. Then distribute the PDF file and walk recipients through it in real time by controlling the page view they see.

Convert web pages to PDF files
Convert complete web pages - or just the portions you want, including or excluding rich and interactive media - to PDF files with improved web capture. PDF versions of web pages are easy to print, archive, mark-up, and share.

Compare PDF documents
Automatically highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document, including text and images, so you can quickly and easily identify what has changed.

Verify PDF Standards
Get details on compliance with the new PDF Standards pane, which provides information on PDF/A, the ISO standard for long-term archiving of electronic documents; PDF/X, the ideal format for high-quality, professional printing; and PDF/E, the standard format for the reliable exchange of engineering documentation and drawings.

Launch faster
Take advantage of improved performance. Acrobat 9 launches in half the time of Acrobat 8.

Print reliably
Experience improved PDF print workflows with deeper preflight testing and tracking, better black handling, and intelligent previews.

Work with Acrobat.com
Use Acrobat.com services with Acrobat to store and share large documents, collect form data, and review documents with virtually anyone, anywhere.

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Kiva Euphronides
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Why go anywhere else?
When it comes to their own format, Adobe has it down. Although it's pricey, they have made the best all around PDF program on the market. It does everything that I could ever want it to be able to do, allowing me to make professional PDF files and post them on the web. It works great, and reliably.

Edward Mallory
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Big, Expensve, and very good
Ok, so I believe that Adobe will always make the best .pdf program, because they invented the medium. Acrobat show cases this; it’s a beautiful program, and works well. The problem: it’s gigantic and expensive. If you have a good size hard drive (which are becoming more and more common) and don’t mind spending the money, AAP is the best.

Mark Steele
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Great software, nearly 5 stars, but slightly flawed! I have used Adobe Acrobat for many years and version 8 is the best version yet. The support for images and graphics has been greatly improved, and the sheer number of import filters make this an impressive and essential piece of software. My main problem with it, and the reason I cannot give it five stars, is the fact it is the most enormous resource hog on my system! If you try to load a PDF document from within internet explorer, it goes through the whole process of opening the full Acrobat software. This is a waste of time and completely unnecessary when all you want to do is view the document. It loads so many filters, all good, but it would be nice to have a choice, so as to only load filters when we need them. Yes, its a great piece of software, but the loading times and add-ons for web browsers need to be greatly improved before this can be a five star product.

A Matt
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

If you just want to look at PDF documents, Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional is not for you. But if you are constantly frustrated with your inability to modify or create PDFs, this piece of software is highly recommended. While this is by no means the only option for converting a Word file to PDF, this software makes it simple - even integrating a Toolbar into Word so you don't have to open Acrobat to do the task. However, once documents are already in PDF, you still will be limited in what you can edit. Changing a word here and there is no problem, but beyond that things get dicey. Keep in mind, though, that this is because of the inherent nature of PDF files rather than a problem with the program.

This is definitely another quality product from Adobe, but best purchased in a bundle with some of their other, more powerful software.

Lisa Fillers
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Amazing performance! The Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional is the best PDF reader yet! I can now save PDF files to Microsoft Word which I so often need to do. I love that I can create my own portable documents and combine multiple files in one PDF package. I can now remove any data I do not want to share with others. I absolutely love that the new reader will read files aloud! It makes it so much easier on my aging eyes when I grow tired. I have been able to customize my tool bar to suit my individual needs. Advanced import filters and ease of search within documents makes it even better. I can even archive my Microsoft Outlook emails in PDF and it will do the same for Lotus Notes users. It is Office 2007 and Windows Vista compatible. What's not to love about the new Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional? I rate it a 5 out of 5!

Jenny Cheah
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Being a keen online reader, my eyes are always glued to any release of a good document reader; I have discovered that this new version of Adobe has attracted my attention mainly because of the following: - It has additional features such as a startup to assist beginners in choosing what they want to do with their documents such as to create a pdf, combine files, export, start a meeting, secure their documents, sign, forums, or to review a component. These were not available in previous versions. - One could even fill up a form digitally rather than having to go through the hassle of transferring them elsewhere, filling them up and scanning it back to the computer to be submitted. - One more thing that impresses me is the ability to add direct comments to a piece of document. This comes in handy when reviewing a technical or an academic document. - The safety features are also attractive with digital signatures and additional security add-ones.

However, my main dissatisfaction is the inability to integrate with Microsoft Office 2007 yet. This might be a good suggestion for improvement for this software in the near future. Otherwise, thumbs up!

Shequann Burrwell
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
if you are just looking to look at PDF files then you just want to buy the original version of the program. now if you want to create your own PDF files and give them that professional look to them then you want this more dressed and slightly easier to use version. with the ability to edit pdf ans well as digitally sign scanned documents what more can you really ask for in a program with professional in the title!

Suzanne Wesley
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

The free Acrobat Reader only allows you to read or comment on a pdf already created. Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro gives you the ability to take the pdfs you create from any program, add interactivity, control how it is viewed, secure it so others can't alter it ... and even create forms with active input fields.

My favorite use for Acrobat Pro is for creating e-newsletters. Bookmarking articles allows readers to leap directly to the topics that interest them. If I reference a web address in the article I can turn it into a link so that readers are taken directly to the site mentioned (no typing of URLs!) Additionally, continued articles can link directly to the remainder of the article on whatever page it falls. Adding video and audio clip links into your pdf is also a possibility. Acrobat Pro allows for a more interactive pdf experience and yet the file is often still small enough to e-mail to your intended recipient. You also don't have to worry if they have the program you created the original pdf in. They just need the free Acrobat Reader!

Anne Penny
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Truly acrobatic! Multi tasking! My Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional now has new features that I find enhance this software considerably. Files can now be combined into a single PDF package, shared reviews are easily conducted and sensitive information can be permanently removed. I find it really useful to now be able to search, archive and retrieve my emails in Microsoft Outlook. I can also convert email in Lotus Notes to PDF for easier search and retrieval. Additionally, I can now save Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents. Although this new, improved software is impressive, I do feel that it is too highly priced for an upgrade, so I will award it four out of five.

Dan Blade
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
Adobe Acrobat 8 does a great job meeting my needs. In my profession I frequently receive large documents in .pdf format and Acrobat 8 does a terrific job at searching for words and phrases I need to find quickly. The copy/paste function is simple to use and makes my job a lot easier. This software works with ease when I need to scan printed documents for conversion to .pdf , although the process could be a little quicker. This slight slowness is my only complaint. This is a product I use without hesitation on a daily basis. Definitely recommended! I give it 4 out of 5.

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