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Using Adobe Acrobat 8 at school, have Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro at home

bkpgbyval
Registered: Oct 19 2009
Posts: 2

I am starting a class at college using Adobe Acrobat 8 (don't know if Pro or Standard). However, the program I have purchased and installed at home is Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro.

My question is: can I do my work in either one, save to my travel drive, and move my work between programs? I have NEVER used Adobe Acrobat before, so any information (and detailed instructions if necessary) would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Val

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
Hi Val,
For most activities involving Acrobat you can use either with no problem.

Two differences:
--| AA9 uses Portfolios, AA8 uses Packages
--| AA9's supports multimedia features not available in AA8

Look over the product comparisons.
AA8 - [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/pdfs/acrobat8_matrix.pdf[/url] (PDF)
AA9 - [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html[/url] (HTML)

Look over Version Compatibility of Acrobat PDFMakers.
[url]http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfitmatters/2008/12/version_compatibility_of_acrob.html[/url] (HTML)
[url]http://blogs.adobe.com/pdfitmatters/VersionCompatibilityOfAcrobatPDFMakers.pdf[/url] (PDF)
n.b., Access the PDF link using the computer with AA8 installed to view the alert dialog that is displayed when opening an AA9 PDF with an earlier release of Acrobat.

Look over the Learning Center offerings available here. The more contemporary items focus on AA9.
Go back some for the AA8 offerings. A wealth of information.

Go to the Education area at adobe.com
[url]http://www.adobe.com/education/[/url]
Use the "Learn More" links available on the three categories.
Invest some time browsing the nooks and crannies as there is an exceptional amount of useful information associated with Acrobat.

Try a web search on "legal site:adobe.com" or "life science site:adobe.com" -
Learning how others make use of Acrobat amplifies your awareness of what 'you' could do.


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