If you’re reading this, chances are that you already know that PDF documents can include fillable form-fields. In a PDF form, users may type text, toggle checkboxes and radio-buttons, select from combo-boxes, click buttons, run JavaScript, and so on. Organizations around the world have used PDF forms to great effect for everything from product specifications […]
View PostAfter an early, abortive attempt at charging $50 for Reader, Adobe Systems quickly determined that distributing the ability to view and print for free would promote sales of Adobe’s Acrobat desktop software for creating, manipulating and managing PDF files. Indeed, the free Reader was a critical piece of the puzzle. As a result of this […]
View PostThe transition from Acrobat-driven Reader Extensions to LiveCycle-driven Reader Extensions should be SMOOTH. Instead, it’s like the difference between stepping off the curb and hang-gliding from a cliff. I’ve been talking to clients and others about the Reader Extensions feature in Acrobat Pro 8 and 9, and it certainly gets a lot of attention. When […]
View PostI recently exchanged emails with a client to answer questions about how their large insurance business could take advantage of Reader Extensions for PDF files. Here’s one question and my reply: > 1. When I download the PDF can I work on it and save it while I am > working on it in case […]
View PostThe installer is a big download and the application starts kinda slow – why use Adobe Reader when other free Readers are faster? Some pan Adobe Reader because it’s not as lightweight as some 3rd party options such as the Preview utility in Mac OS X. They argue that Reader is a dinosaur who’s time […]
View PostPDF and Adobe Acrobat still lead the public sector’s electronic document revolution Documents in the form of laws, memos, reports, publications, contracts, policies, regulations, forms and so on are the infrastructure of government. The process of authoring, editing, reviewing, signing, managing, collecting, disseminating or destroying these documents is itself the work of the government, all […]
View PostThe single most important feature of Acrobat Professional 8 is a dramatic expansion in the Reader Extensions that Acrobat Professional may apply to PDF files, bestowing new “Extended Rights”. Of these, the most important such “Right” is commonly known as “Reader Save”. Within the new End User License Agreement (EULA) and certain other technical limitations, […]
View PostI offer a simple sketch of views on the “ideal” Reader Extensions business model. Suggestions for amendments or additions to the Manifesto are encouraged! If this post threatens to become a serious document, I’ll move it to it’s own page for further development. Background For these purposes, “Reader Extensions” amount to a “switch” within a […]
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