Acrobat 9 Pro Expert Reviews

Minor to moderate improvements and enhancements abound for all with Acrobat 9 Pro. Look for streamlined document collaboration and review and easier form creation and distribution.

Improved support for embedded Flash and FLV Flash video ; online collaboration, personal file sharing, and synchronized reading via embedded integration with Acrobat.com ; improved PDF version comparison ; support for PDF/E, PDF/A, and PDF/X-4 ...

Few enhancements for creative and print workflows ; limited live collaboration options ; still no LiveCycle Designer application included with Mac version

The new version of Acrobat should be easy for anyone, even those with no Acrobat experience, to use out of the box. Already using Acrobat 8? You'll be proficient in Acrobat 9 with almost no learning curve. Menus and toolbars are largely the same, ...

A first look at Adobe's revamped Acrobat, featuring file grouping, document comparison, and a trio of capable versions.

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Acrobat gets a well-deserved upgrade with new features. Take a look at what Acrobat 9 Pro for the Mac can do for you.

Support for embedded Flash video, online collaboration, file sharing and synchronised reading via Acrobat.com, support for PDF/E, PDF/A, and PDF/X-4 standards, improved form creation and data collection, PDF Portfolios, faster performance

Few enhancements for creative and print workflows, limited live collaboration options, no LiveCycle Designer included for Mac

Adobe's Acrobat 8 Professional, saw major leaps forward in nearly every function and feature of the PDF creator. Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (not Professional, just Pro) is a smaller update with a narrower focus. There are no major improvements for creating ...

This update should be worthwhile for security-minded businesses and creative firms. With Acrobat 9, Adobe brings new web relevance to print-ready PDFs by enabling embedded video and animation. Forms, security and overall ease of use are also enhanced.

Wraps video and animation into PDFs, Supports geospatial mapping and 3D images, Enhances 256-bit encryption, Improves form management and redaction, Takes web page snapshots, PDF Portfolios better bundle complex packages, Free online tie-ins extend ...

Adobe Acrobat 9 isn't easy to master, Tech support is pricey, PowerPoint tie-ins and geospatial mapping are only available in Pro Extended

Acrobat 9 requires at least a 1.3GHz processor running Windows Vista or XP with Service Pack 2, with 256MB of RAM, screen resolution of 1,024 by 768, and 2.13GB of free hard-drive space at minimum. Pro Extended requires 512MB of RAM and Adobe ...

For much of its 15-year life, Adobe's Acrobat has worn two hats: one for its role in the print industry and another for business. But this beta represents the program's first steps into a third environment - as a ubiquitous online multimedia format. ...

The collaboration improvements alone are worthwhile, but the Flash integration and Portfolio tools make this the most significant upgrade to Acrobat in years. The only pity is that Mac users still aren't quite treated as equals to Windows users