Adobe Acrobat

Create presentations and animations in the same PDF file.

Product summary of Adobe Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat refers to a family of computer programs that have been developed by Adobe Systems. Adobe Acrobat programs were designed specifically for viewing, creating, managing, and manipulating files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). This software comes in many versions, the latest of which have many additional features that make the software easier to use. Some Adobe Acrobat software even come as freeware, and the Adobe Reader can be downloaded from the official Adobe website. Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader are being used by many professionals as a way to state information in a fixed layout resembling a paper publication. Flyers, newsletters, and other print documents that need to be distributed electronically are best created in Adobe Acrobat. Adobe Acrobat is great for both corporate and creative professionals. Those working in the fields of medicine, law, finance, advertising, publishing, and journalism can all benefit from using Adobe Acrobat.

Features of Adobe Acrobat

The latest software in the product family is Adobe Acrobat 9.0, which was released on July 2008. This version of Adobe Acrobat has more features than earlier versions. The Adobe Acrobat 9.0 wraps animation and video into PDFs and even supports 3D images, features that will surely be useful for creative professionals. Users can even do geospatial mapping by importing geospatial files into the software. These geospatial files will retain the coordinates and metadata. Adobe Acrobat 9.0 can also be used to enhance 256-bit encryption and improve form management. Adobe Acrobat 9.0 even allows remote collaboration, which means that users can store documents online and work on the same file together in real-time.

With synchronized document views and chatboxes, users can now work together even if they aren't in the same room. One just needs to have the software as well as a computer with a working Internet connection in order to collaborate on a project that uses Adobe Acrobat 9.0. With Adobe Acrobat 9.0, users can even customize their templates for branding and navigation, as well as compare and mark the disparities between different versions of a PDF file.

Editors review of Adobe Acrobat

The installation of Adobe Acrobat 9.0 takes about 20 minutes on a computer with Windows XP, and the process is relatively smooth and easy. When installing the software, Adobe offers users with the choice of signing up for or opting out of its Product Improvement Program, which is meant to send anonymous information to the company regarding how the software is being used. This is meant to monitor the usage of the program so that the company will know how to improve it. The company promises the users anonymity, but those who don't want information about their work sent to Adobe can always choose not to participate in the program.

When it comes down to creating and manipulating PDF files, Adobe Acrobat 9.0 definitely counts as one of the most powerful programs available nowadays. It presents users with a wide variety of unique and valuable features that aren't available in other programs. Some say that this is to be expected, after all, Adobe brought the PDF format into existence.