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Customer stories

Adobe® Acrobat® software and Adobe PDF help organizations get work done by enabling them to manage a range of essential business activities such as assembling documents from multiple sources, creating intelligent forms, and more securely collaborating on projects with customers, partners, and employees — inside and outside the firewall — to deliver extraordinary results.

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Education
Financial services
Government
High tech
Legal services
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical
Printing and publishing
Professional services
Real estate
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Aerospace

Federal Aviation Administration

The FAA relies on Acrobat and Adobe FrameMaker® software to keep critical information up-to-the-minute and readily available for 2,400 safety inspectors who work around the clock.

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Lockheed Martin

This aerospace firm relies heavily on Acrobat and Acrobat Capture® software for the creation and handling of corporate documents on a global scale — everything from PDF-based documentation to online collaborative reviews, electronic forms, and web page capture.

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AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction)

Association of Highway, Canal, and Port Engineers

Highway engineers leverage digital approval processes using Adobe Acrobat.

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Catalonian Association of Architects (COAC)

The COAC adopted Adobe Acrobat software and an Adobe PDF workflow to automate its project approval processes and deliver electronic, digitally signed project documents.

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Dell Inc.

Dell increases quality and speeds the publication of millions of pages of documentation with Adobe software.

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Good Fulton & Farrell

Innovative architecture firm keeps projects on track and on budget using Adobe solutions for streamlined design and collaboration.

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Holland Railconsult

Leading Dutch engineering firm improves information sharing, collaboration, and archiving using Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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John TeSelle Architecture

This architectural design firm improves client services and reduces costs with rapid, reliable project collaboration using Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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Land Title Branch

A government office streamlines the processing of land title transactions using an electronic document solution based on Acrobat and Adobe PDF forms.

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Mountford Pigott Partnership

A leading architectural practice leverages Acrobat and Adobe PDF for efficient, reliable delivery and review of architectural drawings and related project documents.

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Orange County Planning and Development Services

A Southern California county streamlines its building-permit process by using Acrobat to create forms that can be digitally signed and centrally stored.

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Palomar Energy Project

A chief building official adopts Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF to accelerate review and approval of more than 30,000 design documents.

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Perkins Eastman

International architecture and design firms lays foundation for fast, efficient collaboration using Adobe Acrobat Professional software and Adobe PDF.

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PFS Corporation

Leading third-party plan review company uses an Adobe Acrobat workflow to review drawings, quickly exchange information, and arrive at a final project to certify a broad range of products and structures.

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U.S. Green Building Council

Leading green building coalition cuts LEED application submission time by 50% using Adobe software to automate application processing.

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Windsor-Essex County Housing Corporation

The public housing corporation reduces administrative time and costs using Adobe Acrobat software.

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Creative pro

1185 Design

Leading design firm improves collaboration and streamlines document review and printing with Adobe Acrobat Professional software and Adobe PDF.

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Applied Graphics Technologies

AGT turns to Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF to speed review and localization of packaging and collateral materials for Microsoft.

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Associates Graphic Services (AGS)

Switching to a workflow based on Adobe® PDF increases prepress productivity by 65 to 70%.

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BD Fox

This advertising firm saved tens of thousands of dollars and increased the speed of review cycles by up to 50 percent using an online collaboration system based on Adobe Acrobat.

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Cline Davis & Mann

Leading healthcare agency boosts efficiency with Adobe Creative Suite 2.

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Consolidated Graphics Group, Inc.

Commercial printer delivers quality work — and quality service — using an online job submission system based on Adobe® PDF templates and Job Definition Format.

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Deutsch Inc.

Adweek "Agency of the Year" for the fifth consecutive year finds a competitive advantage using InDesign software.

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Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

The award-winning advertising agency leverages Adobe Acrobat in the enterprise to enhance collaboration among staff and clients.

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JWT

JWT continues decades of innovation using the Adobe Creative Suite, including Adobe InDesign CS software.

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LPK

World's largest employee-owned brand design agency standardizes on Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe InDesign CS software to streamline worldwide workflow.

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The Magazine Group

The Magazine Group adopts Adobe InDesign and Adobe Creative Suite to help its clients cut through marketing clutter while reducing production time by one-third.

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Publicis West

Young and growing ad agency gains efficiency and creative enthusiasm using Adobe® Creative Suite 2.

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Vertis

This advertising production firm uses Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF to reduce review cycles and cut production costs for its clients.

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Education

Bedford High School

The adoption and combination of advanced software, together with excellent teaching, has led Bedford High School to achieve results beyond expectations.

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

Choosing Adobe Acrobat for campus-wide electronic document management saves the Chinese University of Hong Kong 90% in production and printing costs.

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Kilbaha Multimedia Publishing

Kilbaha's Adobe PDF based multimedia educational packages simplify fractions, decimals, and factorization for thousands of schoolchildren worldwide.

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Loma Linda University

This university improves student services, and reduces administrative time and costs using Acrobat software and Adobe PDF.

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The Wharton School — University of Pennsylvania

A leading business school distributes applications, publications, course catalogs, class materials, and faculty research over the Internet. The entire Wharton community (faculty, students, administration, and alumni) relies on Acrobat and Adobe PDF to share information.

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Financial services

AMP Financial Services

This leading regional wealth management company makes extensive use of Adobe Acrobat® software and Adobe PDF to produce and distribute forms, improving customer service and reducing costs.

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Bloomberg Australia

This financial services company relies on Acrobat and Acrobat Capture to deliver up-to-the-minute corporate news to professional investors worldwide.

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CaliforniaChoice

CaliforniaChoice boosts customer service and efficiencies with an online customer quote publishing system using Adobe Acrobat, Adobe FrameMaker, and Miramo software.

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CCEWeb

International trade transactions are streamlined by replacing mountains of paper forms with automated document processing and authentication.

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Insurance Services Office

ISO annually distributes more than 400 million pages of forms, rate tables, and other documents to insurers and regulators. The company slashed costs and boosted customer service by posting its forms on the web.

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Lawrence Johnson & Associates

A leading pension administration firm uses Adobe Acrobat software and Adobe PDF to reduce costs and paperwork, and to accelerate the delivery of value-added services to its customers.

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Moody's

This financial services company cuts the time needed to prepare 1,000-page publications from three weeks to two days using Adobe FrameMaker and Adobe Acrobat software.

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Pacific Life

The financial services provider cuts its fulfillment time for annuities to 24 hours with VALET, a system based on delivery and submission of forms in Adobe PDF.

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SAFECO Corporation

SAFECO Corporation saves nearly US$1 million in printing and distribution costs using Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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Texas National Bank

A community bank cuts costs, speeds loan approvals, and wins customers by posting forms on the web as Adobe PDF files.

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Tokyo Stock Exchange

One of the world's major stock exchanges uses Acrobat and Adobe PDF to provide instant universal access to financial information on all listed companies.

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Universal Pensions

A leading provider of retirement plan services speeds application processing with Acrobat, e-signatures, and Adobe PDF.

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Government

California Department of General Services

Online forms processing with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF saves this huge state government agency millions of dollars in administrative costs.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The FAA relies on Acrobat and FrameMaker to keep critical information up-to-the-minute and readily available for 2,400 safety inspectors who work around the clock.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

The United Nations FAO's goal is to eradicate hunger. One of the ways they help remote areas increase agricultural efficiency is through improved information distribution, using Adobe Acrobat.

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Hillsborough County, Florida

The county creates searchable electronic agendas and archives, including background documents, with Acrobat, Adobe PDF, and DocMaestro DocDepot.

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Internal Revenue Service

The IRS saves itself and taxpayers millions of dollars by making all tax forms freely accessible on its web site as PDF files.

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Lambeth Borough Council

From planning maps to meeting notes, London's Lambeth Borough Council is serving its citizens with online documents, thanks to Adobe Acrobat.

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National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

The National Assembly of the Republic of Korea provides real-time services on the web for various documents with an Adobe PDF solution.

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National Association of Insurance Commissioners

State regulators can now approve insurance filings in weeks instead of months, thanks to an electronic submissions process based on Acrobat and Lotus Notes.

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Orange County and Santa Clara County, California

These counties speed up budget development process with a database publishing solution based on FrameMaker, Acrobat, and PatternStream software from Finite Matters Ltd.

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Oregon Department of Transportation

This transportation agency boosts the quality and quantity of report data available to employees and the public while reducing costs by tens of thousands of dollars with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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Public Record Office of Victoria

An Australian public record agency adopts PDF as the standard format for long-term, reliable document archiving.

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Southeast Local Development Corporation

City and county governments adopt easy-to-use Adobe Acrobat software to boost efficiencies and enhance constituent services.

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City of Tecumseh, Michigan

This city government saves tens of thousands of dollars annually by distributing information electronically in Adobe PDF files instead of on paper.

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Transportation Department at Birmingham City Council

This agency is making use of Acrobat's web Capture facility to evaluate, capture, and internally distribute PDF versions of a variety of web pages, saving staff time on web searches and delivering pertinent information more quickly.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Thanks to Acrobat and Acrobat Capture, attorneys, judges, and the public can access current case information quickly and easily via this court's website, while the court reduces its paper storage facilities costs.

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United States Federal Courts

The Federal Judiciary improves accessibility of court documents and lowers filing costs by adopting PDF and Acrobat Capture.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Pharmaceuticals

At the FDA, new drug applications for everything from life-saving medications to basic over-the-counter remedies are being reviewed more quickly and efficiently, thanks to Adobe Acrobat and PDF.

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U.S. Food and Drug Administration — Biologics

FDA/CBER moves to electronic document submission to streamline review and processing of biologics research information.

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High tech

Adobe Systems Incorporated

Learn how Adobe reduced costs, improved efficiencies, and ensured compliance with regulations by automating business processes built around the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform.

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

The global semiconductor manufacturer incorporates Acrobat and Coptech SmartPDF technology to provide OEMs with instant access to updated product documentation.

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Agilent

Using Acrobat for batch processing and collaborative commenting by workgroups add up to significant savings in time and labor to produce the more than 6,000 technical documents that Agilent publishes via the web and CD-ROM.

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Cisco Systems

The world's leading networking company produces 250 technical manuals a year — some 11,000 pages long. Cisco has saved US$50 million in publishing costs through electronic publishing, combining its own technology with FrameMaker and Acrobat.

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Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi significantly reduces employee work hours and costs by moving from paper-based document delivery to online documentation in Adobe PDF, as well as streamlining review and approval processes with Acrobat commenting and e-signatures.

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Layton Graphics, Inc.

This telecommunications leader saves millions of dollars annually by giving field staff instant access to maps and technical documents in Adobe PDF.

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Marconi plc

This communications giant uses Acrobat and FrameMaker to provide customized technical documentation on CD, over the Internet, or on wireless devices. Shorter reviews and more accurate manuals provide customers with the most current technical information.

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Sensormatic Electronic Corporation

A leading provider of electronic security systems saves hundreds of thousands of dollars with Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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SmartPath, Inc.

A pharmaceutical company speeds review and approval of marketing documents for new treatments and enhances employee collaboration with Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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Texas Instruments

The ASIC group of the semiconductor giant increases its documentation output by a factor of four with the help of Acrobat and FrameMaker.

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Legal services

Courtroom Concepts

Leading litigation support firm gives attorneys the upper hand with visual presentations created using Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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Holland & Hart

Leading law firm standardized on Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe PDF to improve management of and access to tens of millions of case documents.

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Law Offices of Joseph Kashi

Personal injury trial lawyer reduces operating costs by as much as 50% while improving client services using Adobe® Acrobat® software and Adobe PDF

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National Consumer Law Center

The foremost U.S. consumer law organization delivers a fully searchable electronic encyclopedia of reference material with the help of Acrobat and Acrobat Capture.

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Pinnacle Law Group LLP

This law firm creates searchable archive of case documents, letters, and faxes with Acrobat and Acrobat Messenger®, saving days of staff time to manually search for relevant materials and allowing the firm to be better prepared for cases.

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Seiden, Alder, Rothman, Petosa & Matthewman, P.A.

Acrobat and Acrobat Messenger improve information sharing and access for this firm's staff and clients and support the formation of a legal e-filing company.

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Silicon Valley Law Group

To find better, more efficient ways of sharing and storing information, the Silicon Valley Law Group turned to Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Messenger, and Adobe PDF to streamline operations and improve communication.

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Thomas and Kampsen Law Firm

Leading law firm standardizes on Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF to streamline operations and provide staff with secure, reliable access to materials from anywhere.

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U.S. Bankruptcy Court

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United States Federal Courts

The Federal Judiciary improves accessibility of court documents and lowers filing costs by adopting Adobe PDF and Acrobat Capture.

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The Veen Firm

Learn how The Veen Firm, a US-based law office, manages thousands of case documents with Adobe Acrobat.

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Manufacturing

Eaton Corporation

Leading manufacturer improves collaboration and employee product knowledge by incorporating 3D designs into manuals using Adobe® Acrobat® 3D software.

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Flymo

European lawnmower juggernaut Flymo uses a special Acrobat plug-in to build ordering functionality into its Adobe PDF based catalog.

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Polaroid

By using Adobe Acrobat and publishing Adobe PDF files on the web, Polaroid reduces call center volume and expenses by about US$4 per phone call and US$20 per manual shipped.

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Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics' Domestic Sales Division implements an innovative, integrated sales document management system using Adobe PDF.

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Swire Beverages

Swire Beverages adopts Adobe Acrobat software to enable a faster and more secure electronic document workflow.

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Yokogawa Electric

Using Adobe Acrobat software and Adobe PDF, Yokogawa Electric is delivering critical business documents months faster while reducing costs by tens of thousands of dollars each year.

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Pharmaceutical

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

At the FDA, new drug applications for everything from life-saving medications to basic over-the-counter remedies are being reviewed more quickly and efficiently, thanks to Adobe Acrobat and PDF.

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SmartPath, Inc.

Pharmaceutical company SmartPath speeds the review and approval of marketing documents for new treatments and enhances employee collaboration with Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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Warner-Lambert

The Public Affairs group of the pharmaceutical heavyweight adopts an electronic document delivery system based on Acrobat Messenger for rapid, reliable distribution of information.

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Printing and publishing

4 Color Press

4 Color Press CEO and Founder Andrew Fuld has a goal: to build a nationwide franchise of print service providers that deliver short-run orders with high-quality, full-color output. He is building his business using Adobe technologies and software.

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Allegra

Allegra Network LLC is one of world’s largest printing franchises, with more than 650 locations throughout the United States, Canada and Japan. Implementing a PDF-based workflow has enabled Allegra to automate its production processes and reduce errors. According to Tim Wood, VP of technology, "Our previous error rate was two per 100 jobs. Use of Adobe PDF has reduced that by 98 percent, to four per 1,000 jobs."

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Big and Clear magazines

Leading art magazines use Adobe Acrobat 8, PDF, and Creative Suite software tools to express artistic vision and share files in a worldwide collaborative environment.

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Theme magazine and Sterling Brands

Collaborative creativity comes to life and extraordinary efficiencies are achieved through Adobe Acrobat 8, PDF, and Creative Suite software tools.

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Applied Graphics Technologies

AGT turns to Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF to speed review and localization of packaging and collateral materials for Microsoft.

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Berry Network

A leading national Yellow Pages agency achieves substantial savings and improves client services with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe PDF.

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Democrat Printing & Lithographing Co.

This magazine publisher produces 10,000 pages per month with just two prepress operators, thanks to an Adobe PDF workflow. "Adobe PDF is the linchpin of our production process, providing stability, quality, and consistency in our art," says Jeff Toombs, digital prepress specialist.

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The Document Centre

The Document Centre enables distributed creation and ordering of literature by building e-literature websites for its customers. Its solution is based on the Creo Web Composition System (WCS), which has an underlying Adobe InDesign engine. "We create the document templates using Adobe InDesign CS2, and then our customers can personalize them and order from the web portal," says Wendy Wolf, variable data specialist for The Document Centre.

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GBM

Manchester, U.K.’s premier full service reprographics house uses Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Adobe PDF workflow to offer a fast, accurate and creative service that always provides business value to its clients. Mabbs Ghos, Head of Software and Hardware Development notes, "Being part of the Adobe Partner Connection means that we have a real relationship with the industry leader and the benefits are passed directly to our clients."

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Graphic Printing Services

The tight integration among Adobe Creative Suite applications saves time and steps for both Graphic Printing Services and its clients. In addition to enhancing the design process, Adobe Creative Suite streamlines prepress and production, and enables more consistent color on screen and across applications.

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McArdle Printing Company

Like many printers, McArdle Printing often deals with files that are missing fonts and graphics, or materials lacking the proper color settings to print correctly. "Fortunately, the Adobe Partner Connection gives us the support we need to educate our clients to improve the quality of submitted materials," says Jack Thorpe, prepress manager.

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Modern Postcard

In the battle for audience attention, direct mail marketers have had to become more savvy than ever. Direct mail maestro, Modern Postcard, fulfills demanding customer expectations using Adobe Creative Suite 2 and an Adobe PDF workflow.

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Monroe Litho

Adobe technologies streamline operations for this environmentally friendly print service provider. "Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe PDF have streamlined our process from both a design and a printing perspective, enabling us to work quickly and efficiently and deliver the highest quality product for our customers," says Randy Allen, vice president of prepress for Monroe Litho.

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Pacific Printing

Pacific Printing is known for producing top-notch print jobs on time and on budget. So, this award winning print services provider relies on Adobe Creative Suite 2 and the Adobe Partner Connection to streamline operations and improve print services.

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Primary Color

Primary Color is a member of the Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider Program at the Premium level. "The number-one benefit of Adobe Partner Connection Print Service Provider program membership is having a direct line to Adobe technical support," says Jay Sato, manufacturing technology manager, Primary Color "The Adobe experts are very knowledgeable and eager to help us out."

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SOS Printing (Australia)

Utilization of Adobe PDF forms and XML support in Acrobat automates job ticket information and streamlines this Australian prepress and print provider's operation and workflow.

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Time Inc.

Time Inc. speeds publishing while improving page quality with Acrobat software and Adobe PDF.

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Tucker Printers

Tucker saves money and streamlines its production processes with Acrobat and by encouraging its customers to submit print-ready Adobe PDF files.

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Virginia M. Woolf Foundation

Blind and vision-impaired people gain access to thousands of books through this nonprofit organization's use of Adobe Acrobat software and Adobe PDF.

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Professional services

Bull

This international IT consulting group saves US$1 million annually by using PDF files to distribute product information to its sales force in 100 countries.

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J.H. Cohn

This leading accounting firm adopts document service solutions from Adobe Systems and Immediatech for fast, efficient handling of client materials.

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Halcrow China Ltd

Halcrow converts to an entire electronic form environment and dramatically reduces printing costs with Adobe Acrobat.

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Real estate

Fraser Valley Real Estate

A real estate board speeds delivery of professional-quality listings and sales contracts and reduces administrative time using Adobe Acrobat software and Adobe PDF.

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