PDF Research Adobe Acrobat...

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  1. Overview
  2. Press Releases
  3. "How-to" Instructions for Creating PDF
  4. Adobe Acrobat Features & Updates

1. Overview

Adobe has provided most of the information needed to understand the components and features of Acrobat on their website.

Adobe Acrobat Overview is the launchpoint for a discussion of all components of the Acrobat family of products.

There is an excellent article written by Digital Constructs titled Acrobat Interactive: Why PDF. This article discusses what Acrobat is and its pros and cons for organizations that want to go beyond paper documents.

Some of the components discussed in this web site include:

2. Press Releases

Adobe development of PDF related products is fast and furious. For a complete listing of the latest Acrobat related press releases, CLICK HERE.

Not surprisingly, there are alot of partners lining up to be a part of the at-large implementation of the PDF format. Their announcements and some of their downloadable samples are available at the Download site.

3. "How-to" Instructions for Creating PDF

See our uses and "how to" section for basic techniques for creating PDF files.

Adobe also has a "how to" description for creating PDF files. At this site the most common conversions are covered:

  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Pagemaker
  • Print Documents

4. Adobe Acrobat Features and Updates

The latest features of Adobe Acrobat can be found at the Adobe Acrobat Details website. This webpage includes information and links to:

  • System Requirements
  • A Developers Technology White Paper
  • PDF Brochure for Acrobat 3.0 for Macintosh and Windows
  • PDF for Production Printing
  • PDF Specification
  • The Acrobat Product Family Chart
An Adobe Acrobat Download page provides direct downloading of some Acrobat components and links to more information and demos of 3rd party plug-ins.

"Byteserving" (page-at-a-time downloading) is a new feature of PDF files that is explained at the Adobe Acrobat At Work webpage. It has tremendous implications for a whole class of servers built on the PDF foundation.

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