Some more recent press about Adobe Acrobat which I thought you all may find interesting.

• March 6 – The Paper-less Practice of Law in BC – David Bilinsky has a blog called Thoughtful Legal Management, in addition to being a staff lawyer for the Law Society of British Columbia and the Editor-in-Chief of Law Practice Magazine. He posted about the benefits of transitioning to a “paperless” law practice by replacing paper-based processes with digital ones. And he recommends using Acrobat instead of mailing documents to clients, writing it would “save trees, postage and handling costs.”
• March 14 – Build a Better Portfolio with Adobe Acrobat – Taz Tally of Layers Magazine has a great article on how to build a PDF Portfolio in Acrobat 9.
• March 15 – Software Review: Adobe Master Collection – T. Michael Testi of BlogCritics Magazine has done a thorough review of the software found in the Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) Master Collection. His series is up to 11 reviews so far. In his Acrobat 9 review, he mentions several key features in Acrobat 9 Pro and Pro Extended, and concludes by stating Acrobat 9 is a “must have upgrade.” “If you need to present information to clients in a way that will wow them, if you want to embed video, audio, and other rich media files into a PDF, then Adobe Acrobat Pro Extended is the only way to go. It takes the PDF to such a new level, that I very highly recommend it as a must have upgrade.”
• March 16 – ESPN’s Ultimate Tourney Guide – Finally, for all you March Madness fans, ESPN and Adobe have created a PDF file that showcases some of the new capabilities of Acrobat 9, including its native support for Flash video. The interactive PDF file will help enable hoops enthusiasts to enhance their experience with a portable copy of their bracket. Through the PDF, they can also learn more via dynamic content from ESPN.com about the tournament teams, the latest news, and ESPN polls. Kurt Foss of AcrobatUsers.Com has written a good summary here. Joel Geraci, Acrobat’s Developer Evangelist, has a detailed 3-part series on how the Guide was constructed. And BrandWeek highlights some of the business and branding aspects of the partnership.

Please let me know if you like these Acrobat press summaries by using the Comments section below. And thanks for reading.

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• 9 February 2009 and ongoing – Delaware Employment Law Blog – Molly DiBianca and the folks at the law firm of
  Young Conaway have put together an incredible series about creating the digital law office, in large part leveraging Adobe Acrobat. The series started with using Acrobat to revolutionize your practice, making the switch to the digital office, ROI of the digital office, more about making the switch, legal research and more legal research. Hats off to Molly and team for a great series. We look forward to more installments.
• 16 February 2009 – "Compare Documents in Acrobat" – Planet Quark says the new Acrobat 9 Compare feature is "amazing".
• 27 February 2009 – 2009 SIIA Codie Awards – The 2009 Codie Awards were established in 1986 by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) to "showcase the software and information industry’s finest products and services". Acrobat 9 Pro Extended is a finalist for “Best Business Software Solution” and “Best Multi-Media Solution”, Acrobat 9 Pro is a finalist for “Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity”, and Acrobat.com is a finalist for “Best Communication Solution” and “Best Software as a Service Solution”. Our colleagues in the LiveCycle and Creative Suite groups are finalists as well.
• 28 February 2009 – "The Many Faces of Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional" – Brian Friedlander at the Assistive Technology Blog has written a lot about Acrobat 9. In his latest post, he covers some of the features his students have found helpful.
• 11 March 2009 – "Standards to Take ePortfolios Outside the Institution and into the Future" – CampusTechnology.com has an interview with
  Phil Ice (American Public University System director of course design, research and development) and gets his thoughts on ePortfolio standards. Phil says he sees good things ahead for Acrobat 9 PDF Portfolios.

Some additional good information related to the 9.1 posting:

• The Release Notes here document a number of details about the 9.1 release.
• The Adobe Security Blog here details when you can expect to see updates to Acrobat/Reader 7 and Acrobat/Reader 8.
• As Lori highlights here, 9.1 contain support for Windows 2008, IBM Lotus Notes 8.5, Autodesk AutoCAD 2009, Catalan/Basque languages, a wealth of new PDF Portfolio layouts, plus a number of other goodies.

Thanks.

Dave