June 2008

Topic of the month: “Acrobat 9: A Revolutionary Release”

If you signed up to attend our free eSeminar scheduled for June 3, there's some exciting news: The topic has been changed to "Acrobat 9: A Revolutionary Release,” in keeping with the official announcement today of a new major upgrade of the Acrobat product family. And if you haven't yet signed up for the interactive session, there's more good news: We've added several extra sessions in anticipation of strong interest within the user community in learning about the enhanced features and capabilities of the new versions. So register ASAP!

The originally scheduled eSeminar will be live online on Tuesday, June 3, at 10 a.m. U.S. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern). If—as seems likely—virtual room capacity for this session is reached, we encourage you to attend one of these extra two live sessions: Tuesday, June 3 at 5 p.m. U.S. Pacific (8 p.m. Eastern) or Thursday, June 5 at 9 a.m. U.S. Pacific (12 p.m. Eastern). This eSeminar will also be recorded for on-demand viewing. Also, please note similar changes for the seminars in July and August, now both covering Acrobat 9-related topics.

Topic of the month: Passwords, digital signatures and security

During the 60-minute presentations, Acrobat expert and well-known book author Ted Padova, along with Lori DeFurio, Joel Geraci and Ali Hanyaloglu of Adobe Systems, will offer their impressions of and highlight key features in Acrobat 9, including:

PDF Portfolios
Real-time collaboration
Simplified forms workflow
Flash integration with PDF

You'll also find the beginnings of our coverage of this major upgrade already posted on AcrobatUsers.com, with much more to follow in the coming days and weeks.

And, of course, we're eager to hear what you think of Acrobat 9 in the AcrobatUsers.com forums!

Best Regards
~ Kurt, Editor, AcrobatUsers.com

My top nine favorite new features in Acrobat 9
Prolific book author and Acrobat expert Ted Padova shares his personal categorization of some of the top new features in and services related to the new Adobe Acrobat 9 family of products.

Presenting: Adobe Presenter
Donna Baker explains how to create a basic workflow for using the new Adobe Presenter, integrated as a menu in PowerPoint as part of the Acrobat 9 Pro installation, for building, storing and delivering a presentation.

Where Did PDF Packages go?
Donna Baker explains how the PDF Packages feature in Acrobat 8 has morphed into PDF Portfolios in Acrobat 9, an easy-to-use and more powerful way to combine and present documents.

UPDATED: 2008 Topic of the Month Summer eSeminar Series
With the announcement of Acrobat 9, we’ve revised the eSeminar topics for July (“How to create and use PDF Portfolios” on July 16) and August (“How to use Acrobat.com with Acrobat 9” on August 13); register early! If you want to view archived versions of past expert presentations, visit the AUC Topic of the Month calendar for 2008.

May eSeminar archived for on-demand viewing
If you missed the May eSeminar on "Passwords, Digital Signatures and PDF Security” by Sudha Iyer of Adobe Systems, the archived version is available for on-demand viewing.

More work, increased sharing and collaboration, common challenges among Acrobat users
A recent Adobe Systems survey turned up some interesting insights into and statistics about the work habits of Knowledge Workers.

Executing Acrobat menu items from JavaScript
Thom Parker of Windjack Solutions explains how to use a function in Acrobat JavaScript for executing Acrobat menu items.

Enabling 3D Document-based Communication and Collaboration: Part 1 of 4 on 3D in Acrobat 9 Pro Extended
Rak Balla of Adobe Systems offers a quick overview and tutorial on three of the new 3D features in Acrobat 9 Pro Extended that are sure to please technical and design users

Current poll:
What is the most exciting new feature of Acrobat 9?