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  • Microsoft gunning for Adobe's PDF format?

    When Bill Gates showed off the new Metro document format in Longhorn at a hardware conference last week, some analysts were quick to call it a PDF killer.

  • Adobe and IBM join to boost PDF security

    IBM is expected to announce a partnership with software maker Adobe Systems to boost security in documents created with Adobe's Acrobat software.

  • Adobe Acrobat takes big online leap

    Adobe is launching an online community with a word processor and file sharing, while adding Flash and interactive maps to Acrobat 9.

  • Adobe fixes PDF reader flaws

    Adobe Systems joined Microsoft on "Patch Tuesday" and delivered fixes for two security flaws in the ubiquitous Adobe PDF reader software.

  • Lawyer warns that PDFs fail on accessibility

    PDF documents on Web sites and intranets need to be accompanied by accessible HTML or text versions if they are to comply with disability legislation, a leading technology lawyer has claimed.

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  • Adobe versus the world

    CEO Bruce Chizen faces Microsoft on one flank and open-source on the other. Is he worried? Nope.

  • Microsoft, Adobe in document showdown?

    Adobe Systems' Acrobat Reader software has become one of those rare birds in personal computing: a de facto standard that has nothing to do with industry giant Microsoft.

  • Adobe under construction

    CEO Bruce Chizen talks up the impending merger with Macromedia and what comes next for Flash.

  • Software firms favour e-forms

    Electronic-forms projects are the software world's flavour of the month, with Microsoft, Adobe and others attempting to simplify electronic business transactions.

Reviews (9)

  • Adobe Acrobat version 5 out!

    Adobe Acrobat 5.0 allows for tighter Web integration, XML support for easier data exchange within Adobe PDF files, among other functions.

  • Adobe and IBM join to boost PDF security

    IBM is expected to announce a partnership with software maker Adobe Systems to boost security in documents created with Adobe's Acrobat software.

  • Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

    For composing long PDF packages at an office that requires security and wants to use the new digital forms, Acrobat 8's got the goods, but it's overkill if you only seek to make short PDF files.

  • Make your own PDF: Nitro PDF vs. Adobe Acrobat 7.0

    To offer print-ready forms, brochures, and booklets on a Web site, you must create documents in the portable document format (PDF).

  • Acrobat 7.0 Professional

    Adobe's Acrobat 7.0 Professional brings new collaboration and usability features, some of which workgroups will find invaluable.

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