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agencies, Web and graphics professionals, can easily share,<br />
collaborate and deliver documents across the enterprise. For example,<br />
Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems has used Adobe Acrobat<br />
software for years to create and distribute worldwide large volumes<br />
of documents, ranging from product collateral to employee expense<br />
forms to proposed aircraft configurations. Now, new features in<br />
Acrobat 4.0 promise to expand Acrobat's role in the company's<br />
day-to-day operations.</p>
<p>"The ability to capture individual Web pages or entire Web sites,<br />
review and mark up documents online, and sign off on materials<br />
electronically brings Acrobat to a new level in document<br />
distribution. With Acrobat 4.0, it's faster and more cost-effective<br />
than ever for us to create materials, receive feedback from<br />
reviewers, and then deliver final documents to employees," said Fred<br />
Harper, Web services team lead, Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft<br />
Systems.</p>
<p>Key Features and Benefits<br />
Adobe has enhanced Acrobat in a variety of ways to make it much<br />
easier to create PDF files, use Web content, re-use content within a<br />
PDF file, annotate and secure documents, and create press ready files<br />
for print production. Following are the key features and benefits of<br />
Adobe Acrobat 4.0.</p>
<p>Convert Files into Adobe PDF Easily<br />
Users can now convert files into PDF by simply dragging and dropping<br />
the file onto the Acrobat icon. Additionally, the new Adobe PDFMaker<br />
utility (included with Acrobat) allows users to convert Word, Excel<br />
or Microsoft PowerPoint files into PDF from within those applications.</p>
<p>Capture and Download Fully Formatted Web Pages For the first time,<br />
users can download, annotate, scale, reliably print, and easily<br />
distribute fully formatted web pages-even entire web sites-within one<br />
application. Acrobat's new Web Capture tool quickly converts live web<br />
pages into PDF files that preserve the pages' graphics, fonts,<br />
colors, and active hyperlinks.</p>
<p>Re-use Information Within PDF Files<br />
Adobe has also updated the Adobe Portable Document Specification<br />
(PDF). This latest version, PDF 1.3, now supports high-end<br />
professional publishing features and hierarchical metadata structure.<br />
It is precisely this support of metadata in PDF that allows the<br />
re-use of information contained in a PDF file. For example, where<br />
security permits, users can extract text graphics, and table data<br />
from PDF files.</p>
<p>Review and Annotate Documents<br />
In addition to adding sticky notes, the new version enables users to<br />
add stamps, text blocks and audio clips. Also, the author of the<br />
original document can easily summarize and review annotations by<br />
navigating and filtering a document based on its annotations.<br />
Digitally Sign Documents<br />
Adobe has expanded on Acrobat's current ability to secure documents.<br />
Acrobat 4.0 now supports digital signatures enabling users to<br />
authenticate and safeguard information by allowing authors and key<br />
personnel to "sign" electronic documents. A digital signature can<br />
also verify that a document has not been altered since it was sent.</p>
<p>Optimize PDF Files for Print Production Workflows Adobe PDF is<br />
quickly becoming the file format of choice for delivering press ready<br />
files for print-production, and Acrobat 4.0 and Adobe PDF 1.3 offer<br />
enhanced features for graphic artists, publication designers, and<br />
pre-press and printing professionals. Acrobat 4.0 provides support<br />
for high-end features such as ICC profiles, full support for Adobe<br />
PostScript 3, and tools for making last-minute changes to text and<br />
graphics within a PDF file.</p>
<p>Pricing and Availability<br />
Adobe Acrobat 4.0 software is expected to be available in the second<br />
quarter of 1999 for both Windows and Macintosh* with an estimated<br />
street price of $249. Additionally, volume pricing will be available<br />
and registered users of Adobe Acrobat software, version 2.0 and<br />
higher, will be able to upgrade for $99 USD.</p>
<p>*The following features of Adobe Acrobat 4.0 software are only<br />
available on the Windows platform: PDFMaker, Table Capture, Web<br />
Capture and Digital Signatures.</p>
<p>About Adobe Systems Incorporated<br />
Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems is a leading provider of publishing<br />
and imaging software technologies, and the second largest desktop<br />
software company in the world with annual revenues approaching $1<br />
billion. The company builds award-winning software solutions for<br />
professional publishers, web and graphic designers,<br />
document-intensive organizations, business users and consumers.<br />
Adobe's products enable customers to create, publish and deliver<br />
visually-rich images and documents across all print and electronic<br />
media. The company employs more than 2,600 employees worldwide and<br />
has operations in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Japan and<br />
Latin America. Adobe's worldwide headquarters is in San Jose,<br />
California and its web site is located at <a href="http://www.adobe.com" title="www.adobe.com">www.adobe.com</a>.</p>
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