Datasheet
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Organize your design environment and catalog design campaigns embedding native files in PDFs
for an organized storage system
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Search for content contained on CDs, DVDs, network servers, and Web sites
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Create accessible documents for clients needing compliance with U.S. law governing document
accessibility
All in all, Acrobat Professional has a significant place in your design workflow.
As of this writing, Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Reader are in version 8.0.
Acrobat Professional was released several months earlier than the other CS3 programs and is not on the same
development cycle as the other CS3 programs. Part of the reason for the early release of Acrobat was the
necessity to develop the PDF 1.7 specifications used by all the other CS3 programs. With PDF version 1.7
and Acrobat 8 compatibility, you can enjoy features like enabling PDF documents for Adobe Reader users.
Adobe Acrobat is unlike the other CS3 programs in that the application is designed to serve many different
office professionals. Acrobat might be used by engineers, legal professionals, business office workers, gov-
ernment workers, school districts, and just about anyone in any industry working on a computer today.
Therefore, there are a number of tools that you, as a creative professional, may not use in Acrobat just
because those tools may not serve your needs. The following are the additions to the new version of Acrobat
that are most suited for design and publishing workflows:
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Getting Started window: When Acrobat 8 is first started, a helpful window, shown in Figure 1.8,
appears with links to the most likely tasks. This springboard makes it easy to get started with spe-
cific tasks without having to search for exact commands.
FIGURE 1.8
The Getting Started window provides a springboard to the common tasks in Acrobat.
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