CapabilityAcrobat 8

Professional Acrobat 8Standard 3rd Party

Support for the latest functionality from the published PDF 1.7 specification

Support for the latest ISO standards such as PDF/X and PDF/A

Combine multiple documents from different applications into a single PDF package

Archive Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes e-mails with attachments and links into a single PDF package

Find and delete hidden information like metadata and annotations

Conduct and manage a shared document review workflow, online or offline, with no additional IT investment

Track feedback from others using review management tools

Convert PDF to Microsoft Word and other formats

Integration with Adobe® LiveCycle® Rights Management ES for document control and revocation

Check that PDF documents comply with accessibility standards, and modify accessibility tags

Support for multimedia such as video and Flash within a PDF

Support for 3D content within a PDF

Distribute forms and collect completed forms into a dataset for further analysis, and export data to CSV and XML

Create fillable forms from scanned paper, PDF, Word or Excel documents

Support for creating dynamic XML-based forms that integrate with enterprise systems and web services

Enable virtually anyone with the free Adobe Reader® 7.0 – 8 to save and digitally sign interactive PDF forms

Enable virtually anyone to comment on a PDF and attach files as comments using the free Adobe Reader 7.0 - 8

Permanently delete sensitive information from documents using redaction tools

One button PDF creation from Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Publisher and IBM Lotus Notes

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Comparison Sheet

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Comparison of Acrobat 8 to

3rd party PDF desktop software

It’s wise to choose a tool that you can trust and rely on to easily communicate and collaborate on your valuable ideas, information, and intellectual property. Here are some important things to consider when you need to ensure that your Adobe PDF documents can be reliably and securely accessed by customers, partners, external vendors and team members:

Q: Does your organization need to deliver critical project documents created from multiple applications to team members?

A: Acrobat 8 can combine different document types and rich media content (including 3D objects) into a single PDF document. Additionally, files can be combined as a PDF package that maintains the security settings and metadata of each individual file.

Q: Does your team need to collaborate with external vendors, customers or partners?

A: Acrobat 8 Professional can allow virtually anybody with the ubiquitous free Adobe Reader 7.0-8 software to participate in review and feedback workflows helping to improve quality of feedback and accelerate document review cycles.

Q: Do your team members need to extend form fill and save workflows to external vendors, customers or partners?

A: Acrobat 8 Professional can allow free Adobe Reader 7.0-8 users to fill data and save forms data. These filled forms can also be returned electronically thereby helping to reduce costs and increase process efficiencies.

Q: How do your users collect ad-hoc information such as surveys and quick polls?

A: Acrobat 8 Professional can enable users to easily create forms with no additional IT investment. Data can easily be aggregated and exported into spreadsheets (LiveCycle Designer is included with Acrobat 8 Professional for Windows® only).

Q: Do you need external vendors, customers or partners to sign critical documents?

A: Acrobat 8 Professional can allow virtually anybody with the free Adobe Reader 7.0-8 software to digitally sign documents, thereby enhancing control over critical project documents.

Q: Do your users waste time looking for e-mail and would like searchable, compact e-mail archives?

A: Acrobat 8 can allow users to convert Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes e-mails into searchable PDF files for archiving.

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