The problem that remains for Adobe is that PDF is an open standard, and there are plenty of competitors offering similar power for a lot less money. This enables PDF to become central to a whole range of important workflows: paperless archiving, workgroup collaboration, form handling, document signing and so on. There aren’t any major new features, but Acrobat X Standard does bring out the best in its existing capabilities. Save your PDF or selection to Word or Excel format and Acrobat X Standard makes a better job of retaining graphics, text formatting, columns, tables and so on.

Open the Recognize Text commands and the enhanced scanning technology makes it easier to automatically convert colour, greyscale and black and white documents into searchable PDF archives. Now it’s easy to access the PDF tools and files you need from anywhere. Choose to encrypt a file and Acrobat X Standard now checks the strength of your chosen password. Acrobat Pro includes Adobe Document Cloud services. As for new power, various enhancements have been spread out across existing tools. Set advanced print options (Acrobat Standard) The Advanced Print Setup dialog box is available for PostScript and non-PostScript printers.

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