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Distiller/Professional

JenniferNT
Registered: Jun 20 2007
Posts: 4

Hi....could you let me know in detail what's the difference between Acrobat Distiller & Adobe Acrobat Professional?
Thank you & best regards
Jennifer NT

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 7.0.0, Windows
tedpadova
ExpertTeam
Registered: Dec 31 2005
Posts: 848
Acrobat Distiller is used to convert files printed to PostScript to PDF. That's the only purpose for Distiller's existence.

Acrobat, among many other things, can be used for a PDF creator for certain file types. Take a look at the Preferences dialog box and Convert to PDF to view all the supported file types that Acrobat uses to convert to PDF.

In addition, Acrobat is a complete authoring application that enables you to view, edit, print, etc. PDF files —something you can't do with Distiller.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.