ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 (ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS, ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS)

by ADOBE

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• ASIN: B0000205ZI
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 2, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,052 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #2 in Software > Web Development > Internet Utilities > Electronic Publishing
  • #14 in Software > Business & Office > Document Management > Document Creation
  • #48 in Software > Utilities

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Adobe Acrobat lets you share information electronically in a quick and effective way. It converts any document--including entire Web sites--into an Adobe PDF file, keeping the original appearance preserved, then allows you to distribute it for viewing and printing on any system. In addition, powerful markup tools make electronic review and collaboration a snap. Do late-stage text and image editing on PDF files or reuse text, graphics, and table data from PDF files. "Overall, Acrobat 4.0 merits a standing ovation." --Luis Camus, PC World, May 1999.

Product Description

Adobe Acrobat lets you convert any document--including entire Web sites--into an Adobe PDF file, keeping the document's original appearance preserved, then distribute the document for viewing and printing on any system. In addition, powerful markup tools make electronic review easy, allowing you to collaborate quickly and efficiently. "Overall, Acrobat 4.0 merits a standing ovation." --Luis Camus, PC World,May 1999. Adobe has heralded Acrobat and PDF as the wave of the future ever since their original release, but a major revision has been slow coming. To date, PDFs have been used mainly for passing documents on the Web and presenting user manuals in software packages in lieu of printed copies. But PDF has also gained ground in the digital prepress environment. With the advent of Adobe Acrobat 4.0 and its increased development and capacity in prepress handling functions, PDF has become a workhorse in the digital print production flow. Version 4.0 comes packed with improvements and enhanced capabilities, as Adobe is determined to solidify PDF as the solution in prepress environments. Acrobat 4.0 simplifies PDF creation, expands annotation tools, and adds color management and new font-handling capabilities. Also, you now have the ability to make changes directly to both images and text in your PDF documents. To simplify PDF creation, Adobe Acrobat 4.0 allows drag-and-drop or print-from-file functions and comes with three levels of optimization. Screen Optimization is for any document intended for onscreen viewing, especially on the Web. It downsamples all of your images to 72 dpi and converts them to RGB, resulting in more-compact and faster-loading files. The Print Optimized choice is for producing PDF files to output to laser or inkjet printers and digital copiers. The Press Optimi-zation feature creates files for your service bureau or prepress facility - files that end up as professionally printed documents.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adobe Acrobat 4.0: A Good Deal But..., May 28, 2009

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J. P. Brown - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 (ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS, ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS) (CD-ROM)

Adobe Acrobat 4.0 is a good deal if you can't afford one of the later versions, but if you try using it with Windows Vista, you might have problems. In my case it would not work at all with Windows Vista, but it works great with Windows XP.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still using Acrobat 4, February 1, 2010

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Dr. Philip Johnson (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 (ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS, ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS) (CD-ROM)

I bought this when Windows 95 was the latest Microsoft offering. As I have upgraded my system I have kept this version of Acrobat. I thought it would need to be replaced when Vista came along but never did. Out of curiosity I reloaded it under Windows 7. A pop-up warned me there would be compatibility issues, but I ignored the message. It never said what the issues were, and I haven't found any, it does all I want to do. So I will put off upgrading until the next Windows upgrade, at least.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great deal, February 21, 2011

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O. Nordstrom (Crab Key, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 (ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS, ADOBE ACROBAT 4.0 FOR WINDOWS) (CD-ROM)

Thank goodness, some things never go out of style or become obsolete. Why pay hundreds for a new version of an old standard.