[PDF] Adobe Acrobat 6.0: Which Version to Buy
DaValt, Peggy
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Good morning everyone -
The government agency I work for currently utilizes Adobe Acrobat 5.0+ for
its PDF forms.
I am now trying to evaluate whether we should go forward and order Acrobat
6.0. What I'd like to know are the following?
1. Pros/cons of 5.0 vs. 6.0 (I recall at one point in time that some people
thought that 5.0 was better). Has this changed?
2. Which version would you recommend? We are going to be deploying it to
web editors for use in converting word documents to PDFs.
3. Are there plans for 7.0? If so, does anyone know that software's
deployment date?
Any thing else that you can think of I'd appreciate.
Thank you for your assistance.
Cordially,
Peggy DaValt
Department of Regulation & Licensing
Information Technology
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The best you can get is having both, Acrobat 5 AND Acrobat 6 Pro (don't
even think to bother about Standard). There are many tasks which are
done better and more efficently on 5, but there are other tasks for
which you would kill if they take away your Acrobat 6.
I am very critical of Acrobat 6, particularly because of its
performance issues, and its clumsy and illogical (IMHO) user interface,
but there are some very goot things, such as the Debugger.
So, the solution is not really 5 OR 6; it is 5 AND 6.
There are, of course, plans for something which might be called Acrobat
7. They are even working on it. Deployment date is "some time in the
future" <g> ... which means "sooner or later" ... and I hope "sooner"
...
Hope, this can help.
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>
> The government agency I work for currently utilizes Adobe Acrobat 5.0+
> for
> its PDF forms.
>
> I am now trying to evaluate whether we should go forward and order
> Acrobat
> 6.0. What I'd like to know are the following?
>
> 1. Pros/cons of 5.0 vs. 6.0 (I recall at one point in time that some
> people
> thought that 5.0 was better). Has this changed?
> 2. Which version would you recommend? We are going to be deploying
> it to
> web editors for use in converting word documents to PDFs.
> 3. Are there plans for 7.0? If so, does anyone know that software's
> deployment date?
>
> Any thing else that you can think of I'd appreciate.
>
Miller, James
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In my humble opinion, Acrobat 6 Professional is worth the upgrade. There a little things that make my life harder, but a lot of things that make my life easier and have richer content. And Acrobat 6 is pretty good too! Forms tools, I feel, are better in 6. Word to PDF conversion is a breeze and if the Word doc is well laid out it will carry the headings over as bookmarks (as in 5) and the pdfs are virtual mirror images of the docs. With 6 you have more options and can create more appealing pdfs. And yes, Adobe told me my check is in the mail.
~James
The opinions expressed are mine, but I'll flip ya' for 'em.
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Good morning everyone -
The government agency I work for currently utilizes Adobe Acrobat 5.0+ for
its PDF forms.
I am now trying to evaluate whether we should go forward and order Acrobat
6.0. What I'd like to know are the following?
1. Pros/cons of 5.0 vs. 6.0 (I recall at one point in time that some people
thought that 5.0 was better). Has this changed?
2. Which version would you recommend? We are going to be deploying it to
web editors for use in converting word documents to PDFs.
3. Are there plans for 7.0? If so, does anyone know that software's
deployment date?
Any thing else that you can think of I'd appreciate.
Thank you for your assistance.
Cordially,
Peggy DaValt
Miller, James
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Yeah, what he said. I use both as well. A version on two different machines. They say not to load 6 without uninstalling 5 first, but there are two daring, dangerous and death-defying folks here who did just what they were told not too - loaded 6 along with 5. No, really! I haven't heard any reported problems from them...yet. We don't do any print work, just web stuff so that probably has something to do with not having smoldering heaps of melted plastic and circuit boards on their desks. I'm just not that courageous to go against Dov.
Keep a machine around with 5 on it as it will get some use depending on your workflow.
~James
Opinions expressed are mine...any takers?
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Subject: Re: [PDF] Adobe Acrobat 6.0: Which Version to Buy
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The best you can get is having both, Acrobat 5 AND Acrobat 6 Pro (don't
even think to bother about Standard). There are many tasks which are
done better and more efficently on 5, but there are other tasks for
which you would kill if they take away your Acrobat 6.
I am very critical of Acrobat 6, particularly because of its
performance issues, and its clumsy and illogical (IMHO) user interface,
but there are some very goot things, such as the Debugger.
So, the solution is not really 5 OR 6; it is 5 AND 6.
There are, of course, plans for something which might be called Acrobat
7. They are even working on it. Deployment date is "some time in the
future" <g> ... which means "sooner or later" ... and I hope "sooner"
...
Hope, this can help.
Max Wyss
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Rich Sprague
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Go AB 6 Pro. The upgrade is worth the extra 50 bucks. I have a feature
comparison sheet which I can send you if you are interested.
Rich
Dov Isaacs
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At 3/11/2004 09:24 AM, DaValt, Peggy wrote:
>Good morning everyone -
>
>The government agency I work for currently utilizes Adobe Acrobat 5.0+ for
>its PDF forms.
>
>I am now trying to evaluate whether we should go forward and order Acrobat
>6.0. What I'd like to know are the following?
>
>1. Pros/cons of 5.0 vs. 6.0 (I recall at one point in time that some people
>thought that 5.0 was better). Has this changed?
>2. Which version would you recommend? We are going to be deploying it to
>web editors for use in converting word documents to PDFs.
>3. Are there plans for 7.0? If so, does anyone know that software's
>deployment date?
>
>Any thing else that you can think of I'd appreciate.
>
>Thank you for your assistance.
>
>Cordially,
>
>Peggy DaValt
Adobe has not announced any new versions of Acrobat at this point.
As a reference, Acrobat 6 was just released last May.
- Dov
JR Boulay
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Le 11 mars 04, à 20:01, Dov Isaacs a écrit :
> Adobe has not announced any new versions of Acrobat at this point.
> As a reference, Acrobat 6 was just released last May.
Mmmmm ?
During Creative Suite introduction (just after the Parisian Apple expo,
in september 2003), Adobe-France team claims that we must expect a new
major version of the whole suite about each 18 months.
Isn't it true ?
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JRB
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Dov Isaacs
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Pure speculation on their part. Adobe has not officially
announced any policy vis-a-vis timing or frequency of new
releases of any of our products.
- Dov
At 3/11/2004 05:25 PM, JR Boulay wrote:
>Le 11 mars 04, à 20:01, Dov Isaacs a écrit :
>
>>Adobe has not announced any new versions of Acrobat at this point.
>>As a reference, Acrobat 6 was just released last May.
>
>Mmmmm ?
>During Creative Suite introduction (just after the Parisian Apple expo, in september 2003), Adobe-France team claims that we must expect a new major version of the whole suite about each 18 months.
>Isn't it true ?
>
>--
>JRB