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Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

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Communicate and collaborate with the essential PDF solution

Adobe® Acrobat® 8 Professional software enables business professionals to reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration, and data collection.

NEW! Now works with Microsoft® Windows Vista® and Office 2007.
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Overview

Why Acrobat Professional

Reliably share professional documents

Prepare polished PDF files so that virtually anyone, anywhere can view them exactly as you intended.

Streamline forms and document reviews

Easily gather information and comments from colleagues, extended teams, and customers.

Protect documents to reduce risk

Control documents to help secure information from unintended access and use.

"With inspired innovation in platform-independent rendering of formatted content, Adobe Systems' PDF technologies and tools liberate users and business processes from the limits of paper."

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New features

New features in Acrobat 8 Professional

Combine multiple files into a PDF package

Combine multiple files into a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.

Auto-recognize form fields

Automatically locate form fields in static PDF documents and convert them to interactive fields that can be filled electronically by anyone using free Adobe Reader® software*. (Windows only)

Manage shared reviews

Easily conduct shared reviews — without IT assistance — that allow review participants to see one another's comments and track the status of the review.

Enable advanced features in Adobe Reader

Enable anyone using Adobe Reader* to participate in document reviews, fill and save electronic forms offline**, and digitally sign documents.

Permanently remove sensitive information

Permanently remove metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and use redaction tools to permanently delete sensitive text, illustrations, or other content.

Archive Microsoft Outlook e-mail in PDF

Configure Acrobat 8 Professional to automatically archive e-mail in Microsoft Outlook for easy search and retrieval. (Windows only)

Archive Lotus Notes e-mail

Convert e-mail in Lotus Notes to Adobe PDF to facilitate searching, archiving, and retrieval. (Windows only)

Save in Microsoft Word

Take advantage of improved functionality for saving Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables.

Enjoy improved performance and support for AutoCAD

More rapidly convert AutoCAD® drawing files into compact, accurate PDF documents, without the need for the native desktop application.

Take advantage of a new, intuitive user interface

Complete tasks more quickly with a streamlined user interface, new customizable toolbars, and a "Getting Started" page to visually direct you to commonly used features.

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*Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or 8
**For ad hoc forms distribution and data collection for up to 500 people

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eSeminar series: Be more productive with Acrobat 8 Professional

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