- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $449.00 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: July 29, 2008
- Total Downloads: 4,485,834
- Downloads last week: 21,578
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 136 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Adobe's Acrobat PDF creator is the industry standard, and with good reason. A comprehensive list of powerful tools, combined with a work environment capable of handling huge files and a well-designed interface make it the go-to program for PDFs.
Some of the newer features that impressed us include a range of annotation options; password and encryption for security; several signature preferences for making digital documents more official; automatically recognizing form fields; the ability to download entire Web sites and import them as PDFs; support for complex AutoCAD drawings; and a well-designed icon-based wizard to help the user figure out how to get it all done. You won't find any talking paper clips here.
Surprisingly, the biggest drawback isn't Acrobat's high price tag. To download the trial version, the user must register and fill out a survey at Adobe's Web site. Then you must wait for an e-mail to arrive with a link to the installer, which weighs in at 269MB and takes about 15 minutes to install.
All told, the process takes a half hour and is counterintuitive to the point of a trial version. If you need Acrobat's power, it's definitely worth a test drive. If you're a casual or occasional PDF creator, the unwieldy trial isn't likely worth the extra time and effort.
Publisher's description
From Adobe Systems :With Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, your documents never need to slow down. Using Acrobat, you can help secure important work with passwords and send them through e-mail. Create interactive forms that are simple for virtually anyone to fill out. And easily share your documents for review, collaboration, and feedback. Make the move. Get a free 30-day trial of Acrobat 9 Pro.
With version 9, you now can synchronize document views to enable collaboration on a PDF file; protect PDF documents with 256-bit encryption; combine documents, drawings, e-mail, and spreadsheets in a single compressed PDF Portfolio, or even insert video in PDF files.
What's new in this version:
With version 9, you now can synchronize document views to enable collaboration on a PDF file; protect PDF documents with 256-bit encryption; combine documents, drawings, e-mail, and spreadsheets in a single compressed PDF Portfolio, or even insert video in PDF files.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 136 votes
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12 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: Adobe Acrobat Professional 9
Pros: It has tons of features.
Cons: A lot of features that an average person like me won't use. The price is way too HIGH. The software takes a ton of space. When downloaded and installed Nero takes over 500 MB. I am sure when downloaded and installed this products take about 650MB
Summary: Not worth $450.
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Adobe Acrobat Professional 9
"this is excellent,all words are explained well"
Pros: the scope of words,every word is found within 1 second
Cons: some times the most important uses of the words must be there for convenience
Summary: A lot of features that an average person like me won't use. The price is way too HIGH. The software takes a ton of space. When downloaded and installed Nero takes over 500 MB. I am sure when downloaded and installed this products take about 650MB
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Adobe Acrobat Professional 9
"this is excellent,all words are explained well"
Pros: the scope of words,every word is found within 1 second
Cons: some times the most important uses of the words must be there for convenience
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Version: Adobe Acrobat Professional 9
"still expensive but wonderful"
Pros: i love adobe products, well-made
Cons: expensive product
Summary: There are alternative products to Adobe but this is always superior. just expensive.
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Version: Adobe Acrobat Professional 9
"it looks very cool to download"
Pros: i think there is so much variety to download
Cons: nothing is wrong
Summary: i like this product bc it is very uptodate
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