I may be late to the party, but Acrobat 8 is great!

I don’t know about you, but I tend to stick with the software versions I have, unless I get compatibility issues or someone points me to a better option. That was the case with PDF creation until I was shown Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional.

If your response is “I knew about this months ago”, then forgive me, but products that exceed expectations are worth recommending.

I use PDF as a smaller, controllable file format when emailing documents. What I didn’t know was that the PDF creator I used (in my Printer Driver) actually makes documents larger, especially Powerpoint files. Also, the control (copying, printing etc.) was non-existent. Enter Acrobat.

The files are small, the security is great (and flexible), I can now combine various documents into a single PDF and, even when clients are using the free Acrobat Reader, they can make comments on the document without changing the original. This works on everything, including diagrams, pictures.

Last but not least, with Acrobat Professional I can create forms which other users can complete using the Acrobat Reader.

If you haven’t already, Acrobat Pro 8 is worth a look.