TheLe
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Personally, I will sick with my Acrobat 5 and keep making my books Acrobat 4 compatable.
~LE
News:
Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE - news) is delivering the latest iteration of its Acrobat software for creating PDF files and also is introducing a new reader that includes a beta version for the Linux (news - web sites) operating system.
The company, which created the widely accepted portable document format (PDF), is touting Acrobat 7.0 as a product that improves on previous versions by letting users assemble documents from multiple sources, create intelligent business forms, and collaborate on projects inside and outside the firewall.
Interaction Is Key
Adobe Reader 7.0, with support for Linux, gives creators of PDF documents more options in the ways users can interact with them -- a development viewed as an important component of Adobe's effort to maintain its grip on the future of shared documents. Among other changes, readers can review and add comments to PDF files.
With previous versions of Acrobat, document authors could create PDF files and distribute them to an unlimited readership that used the freely distributed Acrobat reader program to view them. Allowing the reader to interact with the document in any way, however -- make comments, for example, or view 3D images -- had required the purchase of a different software package.
Acrobat 7 comes in two versions: The professional edition lists for US$449; the standard package sells for $299. Registered users of earlier Acrobat software can upgrade at a lower fee.
~LE
News:
Adobe Systems (Nasdaq: ADBE - news) is delivering the latest iteration of its Acrobat software for creating PDF files and also is introducing a new reader that includes a beta version for the Linux (news - web sites) operating system.
The company, which created the widely accepted portable document format (PDF), is touting Acrobat 7.0 as a product that improves on previous versions by letting users assemble documents from multiple sources, create intelligent business forms, and collaborate on projects inside and outside the firewall.
Interaction Is Key
Adobe Reader 7.0, with support for Linux, gives creators of PDF documents more options in the ways users can interact with them -- a development viewed as an important component of Adobe's effort to maintain its grip on the future of shared documents. Among other changes, readers can review and add comments to PDF files.
With previous versions of Acrobat, document authors could create PDF files and distribute them to an unlimited readership that used the freely distributed Acrobat reader program to view them. Allowing the reader to interact with the document in any way, however -- make comments, for example, or view 3D images -- had required the purchase of a different software package.
Acrobat 7 comes in two versions: The professional edition lists for US$449; the standard package sells for $299. Registered users of earlier Acrobat software can upgrade at a lower fee.
