Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Professional softwares are inarguably the most exciting release since the 1991 launch of the all-important free Reader application and its PDF (Portable Document Format). Intended to become the universal format for design-rich, cross-platform electronic communication, Acrobat has continually evolved to keep up with fast changing standards and industry demands. Version 9 renews Acrobats vitality, which is evident in the introduction of important new features across all areas of PDF handling and across the entire range of Acrobat authoring tools.

Acrobat 9 Pro enables business professionals to deliver professional documents using templates to unify a wide range of content in compelling PDF Portfolios. Apply permissions and passwords to help protect sensitive information. Gain the input you need through interactive document reviews that enable participants to see and build on other reviewers' comments. Build dynamic forms, distribute and track forms and responses, and easily export data for analysis and reporting. Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro allows you to create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration, data collection and presentation than ever before.

Features

Combine a wide range of content in a PDF portfolio!
Combine documents, drawings, e-mail, and spreadsheets in a single compressed PDF Portfolio. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents..





















Compare PDF Documents!
Automatically highlight the differences between two versions of a PDF document, including text and images, so you can quickly and easily identify what has changed.


Protect your Documents!
Use passwords to help control access to PDF documents. Use permissions to restrict printing, copying, or altering. Save passwords and permissions as security policies that can be easily applied to new PDF files.





















Improve Print Processes!
Help control costs and reduce errors with automated output controls to preview, preflight, correct, and prepare PDF files for high-end print production and digital publishing.

Easily Create and Manage Electronic Forms!
Convert Microsoft Word and Excel documents or scanned paper to PDF forms with automatic recognition of fillable fields. Use Adobe® LiveCycle® Designer software — a professional form design tool — to create, customize, and automate dynamic XML forms. Use the Form Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. Easily export data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting.




















Manage and Track Electronic Document Reviews!
Gain the input you need through interactive document reviews that enable participants to see and build on other reviewers' comments, which can be sorted by author, date, or page. Use the Form Tracker to monitor progress and participation.

Include Adobe Reader Users!
Enable users of free Adobe Reader® software (version 8 or later) to digitally sign documents, participate in shared document reviews, and save forms locally. By extending Adobe Acrobat® functionality to Reader users, you can enable virtually anyone to participate in the workflows you initiate.


Synchronize Document Views!
Help colleagues, clients, and partners get on the same page at the same time with the ability to co-navigate documents. To provide clarity and enhance discussion, use Acrobat.com services to enable collaboration on a PDF file. Then distribute the PDF file and walk recipients through it in real time by controlling the page view they see.

Remove Sensitive Information!
Use redaction tools to black out sensitive text, illustrations, or other information, permanently deleting the content from the PDF document. Inspect PDF documents for metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information to remove before distributing the files to others.


Create and Validate Accessible PDF Documents!
Ensure your PDF documents are optimized for people with disabilities. Create accessible PDF documents from almost any source to help comply with standards. Quickly evaluate, correct, and automatically tag PDF documents for optimized accessibility and reflow.

And Many More New Features Like...

• Insert video in PDF files
  Insert FLV or H.264 video in PDF files for direct playback in Acrobat and Adobe Reader.
• Work with Acrobat.com
  Use Acrobat.com services with Acrobat to store and share large documents, collect form data, and review documents with virtually anyone, anywhere.
• Convert e-mail to PDF (Enhanced)
  Archive e-mail or e-mail folders from Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes as PDF files to facilitate easy search and retrieval*.
• Unify a wide range of content in a PDF Portfolio
  Combine documents, drawings, e-mail, and spreadsheets in a single compressed PDF Portfolio.
• Use professionally designed templates
  Choose one of many professional templates to quickly integrate content, define navigation, and add polish to your PDF Portfolio. Add your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.
• Help secure PDF documents
  Help protect PDF documents with 256-bit encryption.
• Help protect attached files (Enhanced)
  Help protect all the documents in your PDF Portfolio with 256-bit encryption.
• Easily review video
  Comment on video using any of the commenting and markup tools to add feedback to a specific frame.
• Easily track reviews (Enhanced)
  Use the Review Tracker to monitor progress and participation in shared reviews. View the status of reviewers, e-mail reviewers, send e-mail reminders, or invite additional participants to a review.
• Modify and end reviews
  Use the Review Tracker to add and change review deadlines, end reviews, delete reviews, and start a new review with the same reviewers.
• Synchronize document views
  Help colleagues, clients, and partners get on the same page at the same time with the ability to co-navigate documents. To provide clarity and enhance discussion, use Acrobat.com services to enable collaboration on a PDF file. Then distribute the PDF file and walk recipients through it in real time by controlling the page view they see.
• Easily create and manage electronic forms
  Use the new Form Wizard to convert Microsoft Word and Excel documents or scanned paper to fillable PDF forms.
• Create dynamic forms (Enhanced)
  Use Adobe LiveCycle Designer, a professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro, to further customize and automate dynamic XML forms.
• Verify compliance with PDF standards
  Get details on compliance with the new PDF Standards pane, which provides information on PDF/A, PDF/X, and PDF/E