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Adobe Intros Acrobat 9, Launches Acrobat.com Beta
6/2/2008
Educational pricing for each version will be discounted significantly. Acrobat 9 Pro Extended will run $229 (term site license: $24, with 100 unit minimum); Acrobat 9 Pro will run $159 (term site license: $15, with 100 unit minimum).
Creative Suite 3.3, incorporating the new version of Acrobat, will also begin shipping in July. These include Adobe Creative Suite 3.3 Design Premium, Creative Suite 3.3 Design Standard, Creative Suite 3.3 Web Premium, and Adobe Creative Suite 3.3 Master Collection.
Further information about the Acrobat 9 family can be found here. Further information about Acrobat 9 for education can be found here. Further details about the new editions of the Creative Suite can be found here.
Acrobat.com Beta Enables Sharing, Collaboration
Adobe also today launched the Acrobat.com public beta, a new Web site aimed at enabling collaboration and sharing of documents created in Acrobat 9 and providing a range of communications and document creation tools.
Acrobat.com is a hosted service that provides tools for file sharing and storage, PDF conversion, online word processing, and Web conferencing. For Acrobat users, the site provides a "personal workspace" that enables shared reviews of PDF documents, synchronization of document views, form sharing, form data collection, and PDF document comparisons.
Other features at Acrobat.com include:
- Adobe Buzzword, an online word processor;
- Adobe ConnectNow, a personal Web conferencing solution with desktop sharing, chat, and video and audio conferencing; and
- Free conversion of up to five PDF documents per account.
Adobe representatives declined to comment of whether Acrobat.com's aim was to take on Google and Microsoft directly in the Web application space. Developer APIs are available for collaboration, file sharing, and document conversion.
Acrobat.com is currently available free. Further information (including free registration) is available here.
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