Well, now you can be certain that your form has been received.

Submission Receipts is a new paid feature of Adobe FormsCentral that does just that. FormsCentral users can now automatically send a form filler – the customer, registrant or student, for instance — an email receipt after they have completed and submitted the HTML form. Using Submission Receipts, the form author picks which field in the form contains the email address to send the receipt. The author can also customize the reply‐to, subject and body of the email message. And if they want, they can include the data that was submitted by the form filler.

The benefits of Submission Receipt are clear. Form fillers get confirmation that their data was entered correctly and that their response was successfully received by the organization. They also get proof that they actually filled out the form with the data they entered, and the submission can be printed or archived. Plus, the form author can communicate additional information to the form filler (e.g. conference location, contact phone number) via e-mail.

Submission Receipt is a paid feature of FormsCentral and is available now. You can watch this video to get a good idea of how it works. But you should also give it a try to see how it can add a new dimension to your sales and marketing programs.

Randy Swineford, FormsCentral Product Manager

For the full article, go take a look at the PDF for Lawyers: http://www.pdfforlawyers.com/2011/10/adobes-sendnow-is-quite-useful-for-lawyers.html

William Lau

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Arup signed an enterprise license agreement (ELA) with Adobe to simplify software licensing and cost effectively distribute Acrobat X to its employees’ desktops. Acrobat X enables employees to quickly convert drawings, reports, and other client-facing materials to project documents in PDF that are flexible, consistent, and more protected. The dynamic content in PDF files can be easily shared across multiple platforms and devices, which improves collaboration among engineers, designers, regulatory officials, and customers. Plus, the easy commenting and markup features in Acrobat X are highly advantageous to Arup.

For Arup, Acrobat X and Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection software have become integral tools to support many everyday operations at the firm—to learn more about the time and efficiency gains Arup has achieved, click here.

To track information about calls and requests, DAHMW recently switched from using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to Adobe FormsCentral in its call center—reducing what was a 30-minute process to only 5 minutes. What’s more, Adobe FormsCentral enables advocates to improve the accuracy of data they capture and submit during their shifts on the helpline, with an easy-to-use solution.

Adobe FormsCentral makes the digital forms intuitive, easier to complete, and much more manageable. An added plus is that Adobe FormsCentral can also be customized and helps prevent data corruption as the forms pass from user to user. And of course, the affordability and ease of using Adobe FormsCentral strike the right chord with DAHMW, as the organization looks to maximize the dollars available to support its public-facing programs.

As a national non-profit agency that relies partially on donations obtained through grants to run its day-to-day operations, DAHMW grant writers are busy developing the content to share with potential donors. Here, too, Adobe FormsCentral plays an important role; by giving grant writers high-quality, reliable service information to present to potential donors.

During our conversation, Garo Green, board member and consultant for DAHMW noted, “Adobe FormsCentral delivers outstanding value to our organization. It aides clear communication and collaboration across groups to help ensure that we are all focused on our mission and that we are providing the best service possible.”

To find out more about how DAHMW takes advantage of the powerful, affordable Adobe FormsCentral solution, click here.

Randy Swineford, group product manager, Acrobat Solutions

Thanks to the announcement of Reader for iOS, viewing and interacting with PDF files has never been easier! That’s why we believe Reader for iOS deserves the Mashable Award for “Most Useful App.” Not to mention, yesterday Reader for iOS ranked as the #1 Free iPad App and #8 Free iPhone App in the iTunes store. Although the new Reader app already stands out with its highly intuitive interface and versatile functionality, we need your help to win this award!

Here’s where you come in. From now till November 18,  you can submit a nomination for Reader for iOS in the “Most Useful App” category each day. Once the nomination period closes, Mashable’s editors will select seven finalists from each category, and announce them on November 21. Mashable readers will then vote for the winners.

We’d love your support and encourage you to check out Reader for iOS – if you haven’t already – so you can see why Reader truly is the most useful app!

VacationRentalPros.com is one example of a small business with big ideas about using technology to streamline processes, save money and improve customer service. The rental property management company works with about 200 homeowners in Florida to rent out their condos and houses to vacationers. That’s a contract-intensive business, and VacationRentalPros.com juggles about 100 to 150 agreements each month among independent contractor employees, property owners and renters. The company had relied on mail, fax and e-mail to get those contracts signed, but the lag time was excessive – as long as two weeks to get a signature in hand.

The property rental company adopted Adobe EchoSign, attracted by our “a la carte” pricing and Web-based service. Since then, VacationRentalPros.com has estimated they have saved more than $13,000 per year in postage, printing and toner cartridges, storage space and process automation. Additional savings come from the estimated 90 percent time reduction in manual processes for post-sales follow up.

Small businesses in many other industries are seeing similar results. For example, MomTrends Founder and Editor Nicole Feliciano uses e-signing to close more deals, faster. As part of her blogger outreach program, Feliciano uses Adobe EchoSign to deliver contracts electronically, automate signature requests and reminders, and store virtual documents for easy access.  Essentially, Feliciano moved her entire contracting process to the Web, and that decision has helped her focus more time on her core business tasks.

GW Truck Insurance Services, a California-based provider of commercial trucking insurance for small to medium-sized trucking companies, has also seen significant success using Adobe EchoSign. The company uses e-signatures to process insurance applications and authorize coverage for its customers online, which has significantly reduced time spent managing contracts. In addition, GW Truck Insurance Services uses Adobe EchoSign for billing and credits the automatic reminder feature with helping it get paid faster.

Big business has access to plenty of technology initiatives that are out of reach for smaller companies. E-signing is an exception. With no downloads or installations required, companies can choose free or low-cost options to move to legally binding, efficient Web-based contracts that reduce sales cycles by as much as 400 percent.

Jason Lemkin, VP of Web Business Services, Adobe.

Using Adobe Reader for iOS, you can open and view PDF files from email, on the Web or from any application that supports the “Open In” function. Through its highly intuitive user interface, Adobe Reader provides you with an efficient PDF viewing experience regardless of the device you’re using.

But that’s not all. You can also interact with PDF files in a number of ways including searching for specific text in the PDF or using bookmarks and page thumbnails to quickly navigate to different sections in the PDF file. And should you need a hard copy, you can also print the PDF wirelessly using iOS AirPrint.

Here’s a quick rundown of all you can do with Adobe Reader for iOS on your iOS devices.

View PDF files:

• Quickly open PDF files from e-mail, the Web or any application that supports “Open In…”

• View ePortfolio (PDF Portfolios), PDF Packages, annotations and drawing markups

• Read text annotations such as Sticky Notes

Access encrypted PDF files:

• Open and view password-protected PDF files

• Access files secured by Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management, which helps protect sensitive documents

• Supports the highest grade of PDF encryption, up to AES256

Interact with PDF files:

• Search text to find specific information

• Use bookmarks to jump directly to a section in your PDF file

• Select single page or continuous scroll modes

• Easily zoom in on text or images for a closer view

• Quickly navigate through large files using thumbnails

• Select and copy text from a PDF file to the clipboard

Print and Share files:

• Print wirelessly with AirPrint

• Share PDF files with other applications using “Open In…”

• Email PDF documents as attachments

Watch this video for a quick overview of the app. Check the features out for yourself via a free download on the Apple App Store.

And, we just released Adobe Reader 10.1 for Android, offering many of the same great features for fast, high-quality interaction with PDF files on your Android smartphones and tablets.

Anuj Gupta, Product Manager, Adobe Systems

What You Can Do with Adobe Reader 10.1 for iOS

Peachpit has provided an accessible, up to date guide to maximizing your Adobe Acrobat experiences and creating the most efficient and useful PDFs around, so don’t miss your chance to pick it up for free!  For the cost of clicking the retweet button, you can start learning the best ways to save time and make your documents the envy of the office.

Over the next week, keep your eyes on our Twitter account (@Acrobat) for the first of our #DidYouKnow tweets, and stay tuned to our blog for the latest winners.  Thanks for joining us!

The contest opens 9 a.m., Friday, October 14th, 2011, and closes 2 p.m., Friday, October 21st, 2011. The prize drawing will occur on or before 5 p.m., October 21st, 2011, with the winner announcement occurring that day as well. The drawings are open to residents in North America only.

- Rebecca Staley