Acrobat X here 'within 30 days'

Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 16 November 2010 15:27

Business IT - Technology

Adobe announced "the immediate availability" of Acrobat X, but it will be up to 30 days before it reaches Australian customers.

Acrobat X - the latest version of Adobe's PDF software - might not reach Australia until mid-December, according to a company spokesperson.

"Acrobat X addresses today's critical challenge of communicating and collaborating with widely dispersed teams of colleagues, partners and customers in a compelling way," said Kevin Lynch, vice president and general manager of Acrobat within Adobe's digital enterprise solutions group. "Our new Acrobat.com services tackle the need to have access to, exchange, retrieve and view documents reliably from anywhere," he added.

New features include 'guided actions' to automate tasks, SharePoint integration, and improvements to PDF Portfolios.

Acrobat X incorporates technology licensed from Solid Documents to convert PDF content into Word or Excel format.

"After reviewing the available options, we chose to use Solid Framework technology for the conversion of PDF files to Microsoft Word and Excel in Adobe® Acrobat X. The document reconstruction quality is very good," said Aman Deep Nagpal, Adobe's senior product manager for Acrobat Solutions.

"We're excited that Adobe is using Solid Framework as part of Adobe Acrobat X," said Michael Cartwright, founder and CEO of Solid Documents. "Reviews highlighting Acrobat X's conversion features are already in and the results are very positive."

Adobe is also offering new online services - see page 2.