Adobe Acrobat 7.

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The Adobe Acrobat 7.0 family provides essential software applications to help you create, combine, manage, and control Adobe PDF documents.

CREATE AND SHARE INTELLIGENT DOCUMENTS RELIABLY

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Create Adobe PDF les from any application that prints Right-click or drag and drop les to the Acrobat icon for easy conversion Select PDF le compression and resolution Scan documents into Adobe PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR) (not available in all languages) Create Adobe PDF les from popular business applications with one-button ease: From Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPointdocuments, spreadsheets, presentations, and more
Combine multiple les into a single, consolidated Adobe PDF documentCombine les from dierent sources. Include technical drawings, marketing presentations, graphical catalog designs, budget spreadsheets, internal memos, e-mail messages or entire e-mail folders, and more.

From Microsoft Internet Exploreran entire website, a single page, or portions of a page (Windows only) From Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Access (Windows only) From Microsoft Outlook (Windows only), retaining e-mail attachments, links, and bookmarks for sender, date, and subject Create Adobe PDF les from popular engineering applications including AutoCAD, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Project (Windows only) Preserve layers in AutoCAD and Visio Retain Visio custom properties as object data Easily create large-format (ARCH, ANSI, ISO, JIS) PDF les Create PDF documents of 3D designs from major CAD applications Insert 3D CAD designs into Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and convert to Adobe PDF Create rich interactive documents with 3D content: Use the Acrobat 3D Toolkit to add materials, create animations such as exploded views, edit lighting, and save as a 3D object or 2D raster/vector image

Share 3D designs with extended teamsEnable suppliers, partners, and customers to use Adobe Reader 7.0.7 to review and mark up 3D designs, when enabled by Acrobat 3D.

ASSEMBLE MULTIPLE FILES INTO A SINGLE, POLISHED DOCUMENT

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Combine les from multiple formats into a single Adobe PDF le Reduce PDF le size with one click Attach native les to PDF documents Optimize compression and resolution of an Adobe PDF le
Assemble documentsCreate a single Adobe PDF document from multiple sources, including portions of web pages and previously combined Adobe PDF documents.

Add and precisely place backgrounds or watermarks, headers, and footers Embed multimedia, sound les, and 3D graphics

EASILY GATHER AND TRACK FEEDBACK FROM MULTIPLE REVIEWERS

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Enable anyone using Adobe Reader 7.0* to participate in reviews Quickly zoom into a document to view details using the dynamic zoom tool Navigate pages and inspect details closely using the loupe tool and pan and zoom window Easily measure distance, perimeter, and area Help reviewers quickly engage in reviews with how to information and commenting tools that pop up automatically Use familiar commenting and markup tools
Comment on documents with new and enhanced toolsProvide feedback on documents using familiar commenting tools, including a highlighter, sticky notes, pen, callout, dimension lines, and more.

Use cloud, callout, dimension, measurement, redlining, and arrow tools to mark up engineering documents Manage reviews by exchanging Adobe PDF documents by e-mail Track the status of feedback with e-mail and browser-based review management tools Automatically aggregate comments so they appear together in one PDF le Use the comment list summary to easily reconcile comments Sort and lter comments by reviewer Format and spell-check comments Export comments into Word documents (Windows only)

Insert 3D designs from major CAD applicationsCreate Adobe PDF les with 3D designs from major CAD applications and enable extended team members to review without expensive CAD applications or specialty viewers.

Export comments into AutoCAD les (Windows only) Compare two Adobe PDF les side by side to see dierences
* Requires Adobe Reader 7.0.7.

APPLY DOCUMENT CONTROL AND SECURITY

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Protect documents with passwords and 128-bit (RC4) encryption Protect documents with 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption, endorsed by the U.S. government for classied information Apply restrictions on printing, copying, and altering Certify documents using Geotrust Digital Services to verify document authenticity
Protect sensitive and condential documentsAdd access control to protect documents inside and outside the rewall, online and oine.

Help ensure document authenticity and integrity using digital signatures and public key infrastructure (PKI) technology Add security policies to protect sensitive information outside your rewall through integration with Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server software

CREATE FORMS USING ADOBE LIVECYCLE DESIGNER*

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Create XML-based PDF forms for intelligent data collection and distributing structured information Create forms using built-in templates Create forms from imported Word or PDF les Create forms from scratch using Adobe LiveCycle Designer tools Add document security features to forms
Create eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-based Adobe PDF forms for intelligent data collectionQuickly and easily create forms from scratch, or use templates.

Export form data to a spreadsheet for further analysis, without the need to rekey

* Included with Acrobat 3D and Acrobat Professional, Windows only.

Print documents with their design intactImproved preighting features help to ensure reliable print output.

PREPARE FILES FOR HIGH-QUALITY PRINTING

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Correct issues that might compromise print quality without creating a new Adobe PDF le Print composites and save composite EPS les Divide oversized pages or selected areas of a PDF le into segments for printing Flatten live transparencies, x hairline rules, and convert colors to CMYK Preview color separations and transparency attening Preight documents to help ensure PDF/X compliance and PostScript level compatibility Convert preight reports into comments to share with clients

ORGANIZE AND ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS

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Use the built-in organizer tool to nd, sort, and review thumbnails of Adobe PDF documents Search Adobe PDF documents to retrieve information quickly Document metadata search Text search inside the document Create documents using the PDF/A standard archive format
Convert paper to searchable, electronic format Scan paper documents and forms to create compact, searchable Adobe PDF documents.

Catalog and build indexes of documents

CREATE MORE ACCESSIBLE ADOBE PDF FILES

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Make non-accessible PDF documents more accessible by adding tags to control reading order and improve navigation Customize accessibility preferences with an easy-to-use wizard Check a document for possible accessibility problems Set high-contrast colors for better visibility Enable large type display by setting text to reow through pages Provide a reading order for pages or columns of text
Organize Adobe PDF documentsQuickly and easily nd a list of Adobe PDF documents you have recently opened. View them as thumbnails, and drag and drop les into related collections.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
For more information on IT tools that deploy and extend Acrobat across the organization, visit www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/it.html.

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