Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Acrobat 8
Adobe has introduced Acrobat 8 and once again reminded the printing industry that PDF was not invented for them. Most of the new features in Acrobat 8 are centered around providing tools to help business users collaborate and create documents with team members in real time:
To get their jobs done, knowledge workers in engineering, legal, sales & marketing, finance, human resources, IT and other professions need access to high-value information. Often, that information is obtained through shared documents, forms, 3D designs, spreadsheets, and presentations; in meetings; or through other means.
The Acrobat 8 product line helps users initiate, manage, and organize ad-hoc collaboration by creating and sharing content-rich documents; combining multiple files into a single, polished Adobe PDF document; managing and organizing feedback to expedite document collaboration; collecting and exchanging high-value information; and controlling document access with confidence.
Adobe didn't completely over look the needs of the printing industry. Acrobat 8 brings improvements to PDF/X and JDF support:
In addition to supporting industry-standard PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 files, Acrobat 8 Professional now outputs PDF/X-4 for native transparency support, as well as PDF/A for long-term archiving.
Acrobat 8 will be available later this year standalone or as part of Adobe Creative Suite 2.3
Posted in: Adobe
1 Comment
What is the need for the printing industry if not better tools for communication in the document creation phase?
Ola Karlsson
Swedish Grpahic Companies Federation
Comment by Ola Karlsson - Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 02:49 AM