Adobe Acrobat Standard

From Adobe Systems:

Reliably create and distribute PDF documents and forms with Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard software. Combine files from multiple applications in a single PDF file. Easily create fillable PDF forms to collect data electronically, and apply basic document-security features.

Adobe Acrobat Standard includes the following features. (Other versions of Adobe Acrobat--Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended--provide further features.)

View, print, and search PDF files, including PDF Portfolios and PDF maps. Author, store, and share documents, and share your screen, using Acrobat.com services. Experience richer content and greater interactivity with native support for Adobe Flash technology. Create PDF documents from any application that prints. Convert Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Access files to PDF with one-button ease. Capture Web pages as rich, dynamic PDF files for review and archiving. Archive e-mail or e-mail folders from Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes. Scan paper documents to PDF and automatically recognize text with optical character recognition (OCR). Save PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content. Help protect PDF documents with 256-bit encryption.

Apply restrictions on printing, copying, and altering PDF documents. Examine documents for hidden information and delete as needed. Merge files from multiple applications into a single PDF document. Assemble a wide range of content types in a polished, organized PDF Portfolio. Review documents using familiar commenting tools such as sticky notes, highlighting, lines, shapes, and stamps. Manage shared document reviews that allow review participants to see one another's comments. Enable real-time collaboration with synchronized document views and chat. Digitally sign PDF documents. Certify PDF documents using digital IDs. Easily create fillable PDF forms from paper or existing files using the Form Wizard. Distribute PDF forms to collect information and track their status. Enable users of Adobe Reader (version 8 or later) to fill in and save PDF forms locally. Convert documents to PDF/A for archiving with easy search and retrieval.