It’s been an exciting week for the Acrobat Solutions team. We just released two major updates to our file transfer service and we couldn’t be happier with the reaction we have gotten. First we introduced a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook, so now you don’t have to leave the comforts of email when trying to send large files that would have otherwise been flagged by your IT department.  The other update we announced was a Convert to PDF feature that allows you to convert a file to a PDF file before you send it from right within Adobe SendNow.

Legal, IT, and consumer technology media have also expressed their excitement over the new updates. Stories in PCWorld and CMSWire, for example,  point out the Outlook plug-in and the ease with which you can share large files.

And we’d also love to hear what you think about the updates, and help spread the word!

William Lau, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Acrobat Solutions

We’re always thinking of ways to make Adobe SendNow the easiest to use – and most powerful – online file transfer service on the planet. Today, we have some big news for you.

We’re introducing Adobe SendNow for Microsoft Outlook – our new plug-in that lets you send large files right from your email program. Now you don’t have to deal with your IT department blocking you from sending large files. All you need to do is upload it to SendNow. Instead of having your large file go into the recipient’s Junk e-mail folder, you can track the files and know when recipients receive them. And recipients get a download-from link instead of a large mailbox-jamming attachment. What could be easier?

We’re also introducing one-click Convert to PDF. It lets you convert a file to PDF before you send it. We’ve combined PDF conversion (you get an unlimited number of conversions, by the way) and file transfer to get your important documents to others faster. When speed is of the essence – and when isn’t it? – Convert to PDF saves the step of having to use a separate PDF conversion service. What could be faster?

Both the Outlook plug-in and one-click Convert to PDF are available now. Convert to PDF is free and is available with both Basic and Plus SendNow subscription levels.

The Outlook plug-in is available for free download, and capabilities are linked to subscription levels .

So if speed and ease of use are important to getting your job done, what are you waiting for? Check out Adobe SendNow.

William Lau, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Acrobat Solutions

PDF for Lawyers, a popular legal blog, has just published a wonderful post on using SendNow to send files to others.  Ernest Svenson, a litigator from New Orleans, draws attention to the Detailed Tracking feature and says it’s like “having an audit trail of the fact that the documents were produced on a certain date. Litigators surely want this, and I would think that they’d happily pay the $10/month fee.”

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

You know, as a rule, we’re not a bunch to go singing our own praises all over the internet. However, when it’s others who are doing the singing…well, we don’t mind letting you know where to hear them sing. We’re tickled pink that Adobe SendNow has been featured as one of the top apps on GeekSugar’s latest roundup, titled “How to Send Large Digital Files”. Of course we think SendNow is one of the best ways to do it; we’re just glad that GeekSugar agrees! To see what they have to say about our file sending service, head on over to GeekSugar.

- Rebecca Staley

Have you been using Adobe SendNow for sending your biggest files?  Our updated cloud file transfer service was created to help you avoid the hassle of FTP servers, bounced emails, or any of the other obstacles that come with transferring large amounts of data.  And now, you have an opportunity to win a year-long subscription to Adobe SendNow just by hopping on your Twitter account and helping us spread the word!

Beginning today (Wednesday, August 17^th ) and running until August 24^th, please join our Adobe SendNow Tweetaway! We’ll be publishing tweets accompanied by the #TrySendNow hashtag.  Just follow us and ReTweet any of them to become eligible for our random drawing.  A year’s worth of hassle free, zero cost file transfers can be yours just for the price of a ReTweet!  Stay tuned to our Twitter account, keep an eye out for the #TrySendNow hashtag, and thanks!

The contest opens at 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 17, 2011, and closes 2 p.m., Wednesday August 24, 2011. The prize drawing for SendNow (no product prize exchanges available) will occur on or before 5 p.m., August 24th, 2011 with the winner announcement occurring that day well. The drawings are open to residents in North America only.

This week, let’s start out with a riddle: What’s better—easier, more effective—than sending your large files with SendNow, the file transfer service that’s always just a click or two away?

Actually, it’s a trick question. No such service could be easier or more effective than SendNow—except, perhaps, another manifestation of SendNow. The service that’s always been just a matter of a few clicks of the mouse is now even closer at hand with the release of our new Desktop App. In this new app, you’ll find all the pieces of SendNow that you’ve gotten accustomed to in the web-based version: easy file-sending capability, file tracking, and branding with your logo.

However, we’ve added a few extra tidbits to make the application even more convenient. First, the app saves you the trouble of opening a browser window; you can keep it running while you do your work—and it will always be ready for you when you want to send off your files.

Our second enhancement—available only in the desktop app—is the ability to drag and drop the files you want to send; this means a more intuitive interface and even fewer clicks for you. Instead of clicking around to find the file you want to send (“Where did I store that? Was it in ‘My Documents’? ….No; maybe on my desktop? No…”), just grab the file while you’re looking at it and drag it over to the SendNow application. Nothing could be simpler.

Finally, what’s better than the easiest and most effective file sharing desktop application? The easiest, most effective and totally free file sharing desktop application. If you’ve got a SendNow account, you can simply download and install the application—free of charge. How’s that for convenient?

To get started, head over to https://www.acrobat.com/sendnow/en/desktop-download.html and get downloading!

Rebecca Staley, Acrobat.com marketing specialist, Acrobat Solutions