Acrobat 8 Launched

crookbond · 18-09-2006, 10:51 PM

Adobe has released Acrobat 8, a new version of its document authoring and reading software, and integrated it with its upgraded Creative Suite 2.3 Premium. The latest Creative Suite bundle also includes Macromedia's flagship Dreamweaver 8 Web design software.

Acrobat 8 now offers Acrobat Connect, which allows online users to discuss and edit documents or other material in a real-time conference. The service is available for a monthly fee. Also available is Acrobat Connect Professional, for larger meetings and with more features, including to chat using VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

The Acrobat Connect hosted service is expected to be available in November 2006 as a free trial version through the end of the calendar year. It will then be available from early next year in English for $39 per month, or $395 per year, per user. UK pricing has yet to be confirmed. Connect Professional will be available from December of this year in English, German, French, Japanese, and Korean. Adobe did not announce pricing for the professional version.

Existing licensed customers of Macromedia Breeze with up-to-date maintenance plans may be eligible for updates to Acrobat Connect Professional and new versions of the Adobe Connect servers.

The company said Acrobat 8 Professional will be available for Windows and Macintosh, with Acrobat 8 Standard for Windows, from November, in English, French, German, and Japanese. Suggested retail price for Acrobat 8 Professional is £440, with upgrades for £158. Suggested retail for Acrobat 8 Standard is £287, with upgrades for £92.

Bundled into the latest Creative Suite release is the Dreamweaver 8 Web development software. It also includes Acrobat 8 Professional, which supports the PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3 files, PDF/X-4, and PDF/A formats. Creative Suite will be available during the fourth quarter of this year for Windows and Macintosh, in English, French, German, and Japanese. Suggested retail prices are £1,051 for the full version of Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 Premium and £158 for an upgrade from Adobe Creative Suite 2 Premium.

Source :- http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index...S&NewsID=15881

rakeshishere · 18-09-2006, 10:53 PM

IS it adobe acrobat professional 8 or is it adobe acrobat reader 8

read the news in the link below and got to know it as adobe acrobat pro 8

LegendKiller · 18-09-2006, 11:42 PM

yup,the free version isn't released as yet.

rakeshishere · 18-09-2006, 11:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LegendKiller

yup,the free version isn't released as yet.

What do u mean to say

dOm1naTOr · 19-09-2006, 12:00 AM

It seems the reader is not yet released nd only the pro is available which is used to create the pdfs.

rollcage · 19-09-2006, 12:36 AM

and when they create the pdf using the pro 8.0 then we need the reader .. untill then be happy keep using 7 :

ilugd · 19-09-2006, 01:11 AM

I use foxit reader which doesn't use as much resources as adobe reader.

Vishal Gupta · 19-09-2006, 01:32 AM

One more vote for Foxit Reader. The lightest and the Best PDF reader

rakeshishere · 19-09-2006, 01:40 AM

Me 2 use foxit pdf reader but sometimes there are times/circumstances u will have to use adobat acrobat reader... but in my comp Foxit Reader is set as Default PDF Reader

varun_ag · 19-09-2006, 08:18 PM

Acrobat 8 is not released but 'ANNOUNCED' to be released in November.

Third Eye · 19-09-2006, 08:53 PM

Great News !

dIgItaL_BrAt · 19-09-2006, 09:00 PM

+1 for Foxit,it's much better.

hdsk.23 · 20-09-2006, 10:43 AM

all the above versions of acrobat reader 6 r LOL!!!!
u can easily notice y itz 7.0 version works opens faster than its previous version because it initialize itself during windows startup(means a application runned during windows startup which makes startup slow)
I am happy with itz 6.0 version. Others versions r heavy also!!!!!!!!!!!!

parthbarot · 20-09-2006, 12:02 PM

i also use foxit... but some pdfs requires adobe acrobat 5.0+ to open...so also using acrobat reader 7.0
but foxit is the Be$t...

rakeshishere · 20-09-2006, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hdsk.23

all the above versions of acrobat reader 6 r LOL!!!!
u can easily notice y itz 7.0 version works opens faster than its previous version because it initialize itself during windows startup(means a application runned during windows startup which makes startup slow)
I am happy with itz 6.0 version. Others versions r heavy also!!!!!!!!!!!!

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