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Rich interactive content and versatile print design combined
Enjoy native support for Adobe® Flash® technology, enabling reliable, cross-platform sharing of video, animations, and applications in Adobe Acrobat® and Adobe Reader® software. PDF files have never been so lively and compelling.
- Combine files from multiple applications
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Unify a wide range of content in a PDF Portfolio new
Combine documents, drawings, e-mail, and spreadsheets in a single compressed PDF Portfolio.
Use professionally designed templates new
Choose one of many professional templates to quickly integrate content, define navigation, and add polish to your PDF Portfolio. Add your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.
Maintain individual file settings
Maintain digital signatures and security settings within each individual PDF file and form when combining them in a PDF Portfolio.
Merge multiple documents into one PDF file
Combine documents, drawings, and rich media content in a single polished PDF document. Optimize file size and arrange files in any order regardless of file type, dimensions, or orientation.
Include only the pages you need
Specify which pages, layouts, or sheets should be included from source files in your final, merged PDF file or PDF Portfolio.
Optimize PDF output
Select from multiple file size and quality settings to optimize PDF output for your intended purpose.
Quickly regenerate a PDF Portfolio new
Re-create a PDF Portfolio after revising source files, without having to locate and gather the native files again.
Unify with headers, footers, and watermarks
Automatically remove headers and footers from source files and add unifying headers, footers, or watermarks to your merged PDF file or PDF Portfolio.
Attach native files
Share source files by including documents in their original, native formats.
Convenient, effective collaboration and business workflows
Help ensure that colleagues, clients, and partners are on the same page at the same time with the new ability to conavigate documents, to provide clarity and enhance discussion.
- Create and share PDF documents
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Help secure PDF documents new
Help protect PDF documents with 256-bit encryption.
Create and reliably share PDF documents
Easily convert any document that prints to PDF to preserve formatting and maintain document integrity.
Easily convert files to PDF
Convert documents to PDF with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Project, Visio, Access, and Publisher, and more.
Scan to PDF with OCR
Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR) technology to create compact, searchable PDF documents.
Convert e-mail to PDF
Archive e-mail or e-mail folders from Microsoft Outlook as PDF files to facilitate easy search and retrieval.
Capture web pages as PDF enhanced
Convert complete web pages, including or excluding rich and interactive media. PDF versions of web pages are easy to print, archive, mark up, and share.
Insert video in PDF files new
Insert FLV or H.264 video in PDF files for direct playback in Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
Work with Acrobat.com new
Use Acrobat.com services with Acrobat to store and share large documents, collect form data, and review documents with virtually anyone, anywhere.
- Collaborate through shared document reviews
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Easily create and manage electronic forms new
Use the new Form Wizard to convert Microsoft Word and Excel documents or scanned paper to fillable PDF forms.
Manage electronic document reviews enhanced
Gain the input you need through interactive, shared document reviews that help participants see and build on other reviewers' comments, which can be sorted by author, date, or page.
Easily review video new
Comment on video using any of the commenting and markup tools to add feedback to a specific frame.
Easily track reviews enhanced
Use the Review Tracker to monitor progress and participation in shared reviews. View the status of reviewers, e-mail reviewers, send e-mail reminders, or invite additional participants to a review.
Modify and end reviews new
Use the Review Tracker to add and change review deadlines, end reviews, delete reviews, and start a new review with the same reviewers.
Include Adobe Reader users
Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader (version 8 or later) to participate in e-mail- or server-based reviews using all of the commenting and markup tools in Acrobat 9, including notes, stamps, highlighting, lines, shapes, and more.
View and print comments
Easily compile all comments into a single PDF document. View and print feedback for easy reconciliation. Sort comments by author, date, or page. Search comments for words or phrases.
Conduct e-mail-based reviews
Initiate a document review in PDF via e-mail. Merge inbound comments and markups from all reviewers into one PDF document with a single click.
Export comments to Word
Select and export comments back to your original Word file. Comments appear in Word as tracked changes.
Compare PDF documents enhanced
Automatically highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document, including text and images, so you can quickly and easily identify what has changed.
Synchronize document views new
Help colleagues, clients, and partners get on the same page at the same time with the ability to conavigate documents. To provide clarity and enhance discussion, use Acrobat.com services to enable collaboration on a PDF file. Then distribute the PDF file and walk recipients through it in real time by controlling the page view they see.
- Help protect and control sensitive information
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Help protect data with passwords and permissions
Use passwords to help control access to PDF documents. Use permissions to restrict printing, copying, or altering. Save passwords and permissions as security policies that can be easily applied to new PDF files.
Permanently remove sensitive information
Use redaction tools to black out sensitive text, illustrations, or other information, permanently deleting the content from the PDF document.
Remove hidden data
Inspect PDF documents for metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and remove it before distributing the files to others.
Certify PDF documents
Use digital IDs to certify documents, signifying that they came from a trusted source.
Sign documents digitally
Apply digital signatures to authenticate documents, manage their status, and help protect against unauthorized modification.
Help protect attached files enhanced
Help protect all the documents in your PDF Portfolio with 256-bit encryption.
Include Adobe Reader users
Extend digital signature capabilities to anyone using Adobe Reader (version 8 or later).
- Easily create forms and collect data
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Optimize form distribution enhanced
Easily distribute forms, combine collected forms in a single document or view for easy filtering and analysis, and export collected data to a spreadsheet.
Easily track forms and participation enhanced
Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed and by whom and to send reminders.
Get started with form templates
Take advantage of an existing library of common form templates, such as human resources forms, invoices, and expense reports.
Create dynamic forms enhanced
Use Adobe LiveCycle® Designer software, a professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro (Windows® only), to further customize and automate dynamic XML forms.
Include Adobe Reader users
Enable users of Adobe Reader (version 8 or later) to fill in and save forms locally. By extending Acrobat functionality to Reader users, you can enable virtually anyone to participate in the workflows you initiate.
Unparalleled PDF workflows for professional creative production
Prepare high-quality, press-ready PDF files for print production workflows faster and more intuitively with enhanced preflight and automatic correction features. Intelligent, automatic Overprint Preview helps ensure that overlapping elements will print correctly.
- Prepare high-end PDF files for print
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Preview, preflight, correct, and prepare PDF files for print enhanced
Control costs, reduce errors, and deliver premium customer service using extensive preflight and print production features that are now better than ever in Acrobat 9 Pro. Provide preflighting instructions and custom PDF export presets to help ensure that your PDF files conform to specific production requirements. Then automatically validate files and easily fix issues from faulty hairlines to transparency handling, black conversion, spot color mapping, and more.
Access metadata using the Object Inspector new
Get the full details about an object with the new Object Inspector, which displays metadata for any object you select.
Manage accurate conversions from RGB to black new
Convert color on any object type, in any color space, using profiles you choose. Preserve black, promote gray to CMYK Black, and convert from one color system to another accurately — for example, switch from Euroscale CMYK directly to Japan CMYK for text, images, line art, or smooth shades.
Work with built-in Pantone color libraries new
Make use of Pantone color libraries — now part of Acrobat 9 Pro — when converting spot colors, or map to Pantone colors through preflight checks and fixes.
View how elements interact with Overprint Preview new
Easily and reliably preview how overlapping elements will display and print using intelligent Overprint Preview in Acrobat 9 Pro or Reader 9. Both products detect whether a selected page contains overlapping elements and then toggle Overprint Preview on or off accordingly.
Detect differences between document versions new
Quickly detect differences between two versions of a document, including PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, CAD, and even scanned documents. A new Compare Documents interface makes it quick and easy to compare entire documents. View thumbnails indicating all changes on every page. Select the types of changes you want to display or ignore, including text formatting, images, line weights, and backgrounds.
Verify that documents comply with industry standards new
Create and validate PDF files that comply with a host of the latest industry standards, including PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3, PDF/X-4, PDF/X-4p, PDF/X-5, PDF/A, PDF/E, Job Definition Format (JDF), XMP metadata, and XML. Automate file creation and validation while helping to ensure correct print output using JDF and an Adobe PDF workflow. A built-in, portable verification record enables you to check document standards compliance at any time.
Experience improved layer controls enhanced
Import any PDF file as a new layer into an existing PDF file, dynamically create layers within PDF files according to the PDF/X-4 specification, and preflight to move text, images, or vector artwork to individual layers.
Work with consistent print dialog boxes new
Enjoy smoother cross-platform print functionality. The print dialog boxes in Acrobat 9 Pro are now consistent between Mac OS and Windows.
Enjoy end-to-end PDF workflows
Integrate Acrobat 9 Pro and Adobe Creative Suite® 4 with the Adobe PDF Print Engine, a native PDF printing platform available in high-end output systems from industry-leading printer manufacturers. Preserve PDF content natively throughout the workflow for more consistent results and improved print productivity and profitability.
Automate JDF workflows
Define, control, and automate the print production workflow using industry-standard JDF files. JDF files are electronic job tickets that travel with PDF files to define and automate the application of printing specifications. For example, automatically convert Adobe InDesign® files to Adobe PDF and preflight and validate them against the output intent using JDF-based workflows.
Use open standards
Create documents in PDF/A, the ISO standard for long-term archiving of electronic documents; PDF/X, the ideal format for high-quality, professional printing; and PDF/E, the standard format for reliable exchange of engineering documentation and drawings.
- Easily create forms and collect data
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Verify compliance with PDF standards new
Get details on compliance with the new PDF Standards pane, which provides information on PDF/A, PDF/X, and PDF/E.
Create and validate accessible PDF documents
Help ensure your PDF documents are optimized for people with disabilities. Create accessible PDF documents from almost any source to help comply with standards. Quickly evaluate, correct, and automatically tag PDF documents for optimized accessibility and reflow.
