Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [OLD VERSION]

by Adobe

Product Features

• Deliver the richest, most engaging PDF communications anytime, anywhere
• Unify the widest range of content--including documents, spreadsheets, e-mail, images, video, 3D,
• And maps--in a single compressed and organized PDF Portfolio
• Includes professional templates for PDF portfolios, Adobe Reader review and commenting, LiveCycle Designer ES for dynamic forms

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.9 x 7.9 x 5.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0018VF9EW
• Item model number: 22020738
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 30, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #12 in Software > Business & Office > Document Management

Product Description

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Adobe Dynamic PDF technology enables you to connect, interact, and engage in powerful new ways.  Streamline how your team works, collaborates, and creates high-impace communications--all with the reliability, visual fidelity, and control you expect from Adobe.  Designed to meet the needs of today's businesses, Adobe Dynamic PDF helps your team get more done--easier, faster, better.

Communicate and collaborate more easily and securely with Adobe PDF. For a more in-depth comparison, download a feature comparison (PDF format).

Deliver professional documents
Easily organize content from a variety of sources--including documents, e-mail, images, spreadsheets, and web pages--in a single searchable PDF Portfolio, compressed for easy distribution. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your company logo and colors. Quickly integrate content, define navigation, and add polish to communicate clearly and effectively. Share information with anyone using free Adobe Reader software.

Create and manage forms
Simplify the creation and completion of forms to efficiently analyze and use data. Convert Word and Excel documents or scanned paper to PDF forms with automatic recognition of fillable fields. Or use Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES software, a professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro software, to further customize and automate dynamic XML forms. Extend Acrobat functionality to Reader users so virtually anyone can participate in the workflows you initiate. Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. And easily export data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting.

Manage document reviews
Accelerate the exchange of ideas with colleagues, extended teams, and customers. Through easy-to-manage electronic document reviews, participants can see and build on other reviewers' comments as they are being made, so you can quickly gain the input and consensus you need to efficiently develop and complete work. Enable virtually anyone using free Adobe Reader software to participate in reviews, and use the Form Tracker to monitor progress and participation.

Combine multiple files in a searchable PDF Portfolio, compressed for easy distribution. Brand it with your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.

Acrobat lets you combine files from multiple applications into a single Adobe PDF document.

With a scanner and Acrobat's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, you can turn stacks of paper documents into easily searchable electronic PDF archives.

Help protect sensitive information
Control access to and use of PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity. Set document permissions to define whether a file can be printed or changed. Apply passwords to help restrict document access. Use redaction tools to permanently remove sensitive information. Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source. Create and reuse document security policies to precisely manage who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.

Top reasons to buy Acrobat 9 Pro

Deliver a compelling branded experience using PDF Portfolios
Bring multiple files together in a single organized and interactive PDF Portfolio. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.

Help protect your documents
Use passwords to 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.

Easily create and manage electronic forms
Build dynamic forms, distribute and track forms and responses, and easily export data for analysis and reporting.

Manage and track electronic document reviews
Gain the input you need through interactive document reviews that enable participants to see and build on other reviewers' comments, which can be sorted by author, date, or page. Use the Form Tracker to monitor progress and participation.

Include Adobe Reader users
Enable users of free Adobe Reader software to digitally sign documents, participate in shared document reviews, and save forms locally. By extending Acrobat functionality to Reader users, virtually anyone can participate in the workflows you initiate.

Synchronize document views
Provide clarity and enhance discussion by e-mailing a PDF document and walking recipients through it in real time by controlling the exact page view they see.

Remove sensitive information
Use redaction tools to black out sensitive text, illustrations, or other information, permanently deleting the content from the PDF document. Inspect PDF documents for metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and remove before distributing to others.

Compare PDF documents
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.

Improve print processes
Help control costs and reduce errors with automated output controls to preview, preflight, correct, and prepare PDF files for high-end print production and digital publishing.

Create and validate accessible PDF documents
Ensure your PDF documents are optimized for people with disabilities. Quickly evaluate, correct, and automatically tag PDF documents for optimized accessibility and reflow.

Product Description

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Old Version]

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

103 of 115 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Colossal pain in the *&@! July 23, 2008

By J. Bradley

Platform for Display:PC

Adobe Acrobat 9.0 has been a source of frustration. Conflict between Adobe's PDF Maker add-in and Microsoft Office 2007 causes the Microsoft application to crash. Adobe's add-in is automatically disabled by Word, Excel, etc., so you can't make an Adobe PDF while using a Microsoft application. If you enable the add-in in Word (a tricky process in itself) and then try to create an Adobe PDF from a Word file, Word crashes. But now you can create a PDF from a Word file when you are in the Adobe application! Major heartburn! I wish I had stayed with Adobe Acrobat 5.0!

On Adobe's website there is a TechNote that will guide you through no less than FIVE solutions (three printed pages) to help you resolve the conflict between Acrobat 9.0 and Microsoft Office 2007. Buy Adobe Acrobat 9.0 only if you are prepared to do battle with the default settings in Microsoft Office 2007.

48 of 52 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great program - works for me every time! December 2, 2008

By Richard R. Borgner

Platform for Display:PC

I'm that guy in the office that always downloads the betas, always been willing to take a risk to try out the newest software, so I've been through a litany of nightmares when it comes to new programs and their inherent bugs. That being said, I have to say that Acrobat Pro 9 has never given me one bit of trouble. I upgraded from 6 to 9 so I could take advantage of the LifeCycle Designer to design forms for my company. Installation went smooth, and it's never given me any trouble. I recently upgraded to Office 2007, and both programs continue to function perfectly, separately and jointly. I always hate to see other have problems with their software (there are just so many better ways to waste time), and everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, but I have give this one a thumbs up.

36 of 40 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars What a ripp off! September 7, 2008

By Eric

Platform for Display:PC

I have to use acrobat professional for my job. I have been using version 8.1.2 for the last year. I decided to upgrade to 9.0 because I had to get a third license. Acrobat only let's you install each package on two computers. I bought a third computer and instead of activating and deactivating a license each time I switch computers I decided to buy an additional package. What ticks me off about 9.0 is that it cost more than I paid for 8.1.2, but it seems to be the same package. The menus look the same and the software does essentially the same. I have yet to see a difference in my day to day work. If you are a user who uses the main functions of the software only, then you might reconsider upgrading. The software does not add any functionality. That aside, $499 for the package is a stiff price and results more from Adobe's monopoly position for this kind of software than from the quality and functionality of the product.