Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Mac]
30
Aug
2010

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(out of 47 reviews)
List Price: $ 449.00
Price: $ 319.00
- 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
- Collaborate through shared document reviews, help protect and control sensitive information–quickly gain the input you need to efficiently develop and complete work
- Simplify the creation and completion of forms to efficiently analyze and use data
- Includes professional templates for PDF portfolios, Adobe Reader review and commenting, LiveCycle Designer ES for dynamic forms
Protect documents and accelerate information exchange with PDF.
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro software builds on the foundational feature set of Acrobat 9 Standard to provide business and creative professionals with additional capabilities, including enhanced security features, high-end print production support, and easy-to-manage electronic document reviews.
Create dynamic electronic forms
Use included Adobe LiveCycle Designer software – a professional form design tool – to create, customize

Rating:
(out of 2 reviews)
List Price: $ 159.00
Price: $ 149.95
- 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
- Collaborate through shared document reviews, help protect and control sensitive information–quickly gain the input you need to efficiently develop and complete work
- Simplify the creation and completion of forms to efficiently analyze and use data
- Includes professional templates for PDF portfolios, Adobe Reader review and commenting, LiveCycle Designer ES for dynamic forms
Communicate and collaborate more effectively and securely with Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. Unify a wide range of content into a single, organized PDF Portfolio. Collaborate through electronic document reviews. Create and manage dynamic forms. And help protect sensitive information.
Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text Save PDFs as Word documents 256-bit encryption Apply restrictions on printing, etc Examine documents for hidden information and delete as needed
7 Responses to Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Mac]
J. Bradley
August 30th, 2010 at 12:24 am
Review by J. Bradley for Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Mac]
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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.
Richard R. Borgner
August 30th, 2010 at 12:26 am
Review by Richard R. Borgner for Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Mac]
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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.
Jim & Sylvia DuLaney
August 30th, 2010 at 1:25 am
Review by Jim & Sylvia DuLaney for Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Mac]
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The product is mediocre on a good day.
Support is non-existent. Call support, be on hold for 30 minutes, then 10 minutes of proving you are a real customer, then back on hold for 30 minutes and the line hangs up on you. So, if you are foolish, you start all over. I did not.
Eduardo Nietzsche
August 30th, 2010 at 2:18 am
Review by Eduardo Nietzsche for Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Mac]
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I recently heard about and downloaded the free Foxit Reader 3.0 and PrimoPDF, to use instead of Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat respectively.
Wow, wow, wow.
Those two freeware programs take up so much fewer system resources while performing 90% of the same functions, for FREE!
Reader 9.0 has especially become a bloated monster, and with it gone I noticed a substantial speed improvement in Firefox. Overall my Windows XP Professional system is now much more stable, and faster as well. It’s almost as huge an improvement as I got when I removed all the Norton software, even.
Eric
August 30th, 2010 at 3:15 am
Review by Eric for Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 [Mac]
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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.
blst
August 30th, 2010 at 3:19 am
Review by blst for Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 Upgrade from Acrobat Standard
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Bought this one and upgraded from Acrobat 6 standard. You need the license no of Acrobat 6 in upgrading process. One user per one license only…
No surprise, the acrobat is acrobat. I have not seen the Office 2007 add-in problem so far. It is working just as advertised.
Maestro
August 30th, 2010 at 3:59 am
Review by Maestro for Adobe Acrobat Professional 9 Upgrade from Acrobat Standard
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The difference between the product versions of acrobat are absolutely noticable. It is the true difference between novice and pro.