Latest Release of Acrobat Brimming with Features

"What you see is what you get" should always be the rule in collaborative proofing technologies. Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional is one tool that abides by that rule. This latest release of Acrobat Pro includes new mark-up and commenting features and the ability to color manage files. On April 3rd, Adobe announced PDF Print Engine. This winning combination of technological developments makes the "what you see is what you get" rule even easier to achieve.

The new PDF Print Engine might be one of the most significant enhancements to print workflows since the first release of PostScript. It means that all of the important features in a PDF file remain unchanged throughout the production process. All transparency, layer and color management features of the file remain intact. If you need to repurpose the file later (for the Web or office printing, for example), it is a simple matter of applying different output instructions to the file.

You need the Professional version of Acrobat to create comments in PDF files, but once you have created the comments, users of the free Acrobat Reader have access to the collaborative features. This in turn improves the ability to use your PDF files for print production and adds a high level of security for using PDF in the proof cycle. Of course, you can use the commenting features cross-platform. Although earlier versions of Acrobat have allowed users to make comments using sticky notes, the ability to utilize and respond to those comments using Reader is new, and the tool set for creating and editing those notes has been significantly enhanced.

Anyone with any version of Acrobat can indicate text edits, stamp a document and participate in an email-based or browser-based review. All users can also reply to comments and receive comments from other reviewers. The new version also allows for secure use of digital signatures to sign off on documents.

Acrobat has already become a popular tool for sending proofs quickly and easily. With Acrobat 7.0 Professional and the new Adobe PDF Print Engine, the tools are in place for making this method of delivering proofs more secure and more.