Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional-Windows Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional software enables business professionals to reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration, and data collection. Collaborate with Acrobat Enable users of Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to participate in shared reviews.Use the Start Meeting button to collaborate in real-time with the new Adobe Acrobat Connect line of products. Combine in PDF Combine documents, drawings, and rich media content into a single, polished Adobe PDF document. Optimize file size, and arrange files in any order regardless of file type, dimensions, or orientation. Collect in Acrobat Pro 8 Easily collect and distribute forms, combine collected forms into a searchable, sortable PDF package, and export collected data into a spreadsheet. (Windows only) Acrobat PDF Control Control access to and use of Adobe PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity.

Choose Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

Easily create Adobe PDF documents

Create Adobe PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Windows users can also create PDF documents with one-button ease from Outlook, Internet Explorer, Project, Visio, Access, Publisher, AutoCAD, and Lotus Notes files.

Scan to PDF with OCR

Scan paper documents with OCR technology to create compact, searchable Adobe PDF documents.

Convert e-mail to Adobe PDF files

Convert e-mail in Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes to Adobe PDF documents to facilitate searching, archiving, and retrieval. (Windows only)

Capture web pages as Adobe PDF files

Convert web pages to Adobe PDF documents to easily print, archive, mark up, or share. (Windows only)

Create in PDF /A or PDF /X

Create documents in PDF/A, the ISO standard for long-term archiving of electronic documents, or PDF/X, the ideal format for high-quality, professional printing.

Combine and optimize documents

Combine documents, drawings, and rich media content into a single, polished Adobe PDF document. Optimize file size, and arrange files in any order regardless of file type, dimensions, or orientation.

Maintain individual file security settings

Maintain individual digital signatures and security settings in PDF files and forms when combining them into a single PDF package.

Include only the pages you need

Specify which pages, layouts, or sheets should be included from source files in your final, combined Adobe PDF document.

Optimize Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro PDF output

Select from multiple file size and quality settings to optimize PDF output for your intended purpose.

Quickly regenerate a combined PDF file

Re-create a combined Adobe PDF document after revising source files, without having to locate and gather the native files again.

Unify with headers, footers, and watermarks

Automatically remove headers and footers from source files and add unifying headers, footers, or watermarks to your combined Adobe PDF document.

Attach native files

Share source files by attaching them to your Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF document in their original, native formats.

Conduct e-mail-based reviews

Initiate a document review in Adobe PDF via e-mail. Merge inbound comments and markups from all reviewers into one PDF document with a single click.

Manage shared reviews

Easily conduct shared reviews - without IT assistance - that allow review participants to see one another's comments and track the status of the review.

Enable collaboration tools in Adobe Reader

Enable users of free Adobe Reader software* to participate in e-mail- or server-based reviews using all of the commenting and markup tools in Acrobat 8 Professional, including notes, stamps, highlighter, pencil, lines, shapes, and more.

Track reviews and manage comments

Track which reviewers have contributed feedback, send reminders, and add new participants. Easily compile all comments into a single Adobe PDF document.

View and print comments

View and print feedback for easy reconciliation. Sort comments by author, date, or page. Search comments for words or phrases.

Export comments to Word or AutoCAD

Select and export comments back to your original Word or AutoCAD file. Comments appear in Word as tracked changes and in AutoCAD as a separate layer.

Adobe Acrobat 8 System Requirements

• Intel Pentium III processor or equivalent
• Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or Windows XP Professional, Home Edition, or Tablet PC Edition with Service Pack 2
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
• 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended)
• 860MB of available hard-disk space; cache for optional installation files (recommended) requires an additional 460MB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024x768 screen resolution
• CD-ROM drive
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation