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I would like to welcome Chris French the AEC Product Manager who was kind enough to submit a blog entry that is going to tell us all about Acrobat 9 and its exciting new features.   Chris French writes:

 

 

It's the result of several long months of hard work and I'm excited to finally be able to talk publicly about it.  Acrobat 9 was announced this morning and it has a lot in it for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction professionals.

One of the question/complaints I get when I tell someone I work for Adobe is how do I turn off the updates?  Most of the time it is the Adobe Reader that is in question and they are refusing to actually update, and they just close the update window each time.  What I will tell you is that the updates are very critical and will become even more critical as we advance applications like Acrobat 3D.  Only certain versions of both Acrobat and the Free Adobe Reader will support some of the new functionality.  My advice is to update when notified.  If you absolutely insist on turning off the updates, you can go through the Help - Update and then at the end of the update you can click "preferences" and uncheck the box that says automatically check for updates.  If you are IT administrator you can disable updates during the installation using the Adobe Customization Wizard.  We are having an upcoming IT eSeminar on May 1st if you would like more information.

I have been delayed in posts, recently I have been a road warrior, not to metion getting stuck and not being able to get home due to Texas snow storms in March!.  Today I was at a very large customer and we were demonstrating Adobe Acrobat.  The question came up twice in different forms. The question was when I go to open a pdf file it opens in the Free Adobe Reader by default instead of Acrobat.  They were working with older versions and depending on the order in which you originally installed the applications it would change the default.  In Acrobat 8 and the Adobe Reader 8 it does prompt you and ask you which application do you want to be your default viewer for pdf files.  If you have this issue here are the steps to be able easily change it back.

It was great to receive top honors for the Cadalyst All-Star awards for both Acrobat 3D and Photoshop Extended.  We have made great strides in solving several of the interoperability issues that our customers face as it relates to their 3D applications.  The features in both applications are outstanding, but the true value proposition is that with the pdf format it enables you to extend your designs to over 89% of desktops by utilizing the Free Adobe Reader.  There is not another application on the market today that gives you this type of reach for your 3D designs. 

One of the best features in Acrobat is the ability to round trip comments.  Starting in Acrobat 7 Pro we gave you the ability to enable users with the Free Adobe Reader software to fully participate in document review with complete commenting and markup tools.  The great thing about this is it give you about 90% of desktops that you are able to communicate with and solicit comments.  The two document types in the AEC industry that use this today to solicit feedback and round trip comments, is on Word documents and AutoCad drawings.  For this entry I am going to take you how to complete this process on a Word document.