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Summary: Does Not Work As Advertised
Comment: Adobe claims Acrobat will PDF "any" document. This is not true. Example: It will PDF a Microsoft Word document if the document dimentions are set at 8.5 x 11 inch, but it certainly will not PDF a small paperback size book such as 6 x 9 size. The top of each page will be cut off and table of contents will not form, etc. A very strong defect in this Acrobat program that should be fixed. As a book publisher, we contacted Adobe about a year ago on this problem and they never responded back to us. This defect cripples the Acrobat program. Any book you plan to publish had better be 8.5 x 11. No other sizes will work, using Microsoft Word software. We even contacted a bestselling PDF author and even he could not get Acrobat to PDF a small book size in Microsoft Word. Yes, there are settings to select in Acrobat to PDF smaller size documents, but still the Acrobat software fails to make the adjustments and PDF the document. A very major and persistant problem Adobe has refused to correct. Acrobat will not PDF "any" document, as advertised.
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Summary: Exceptionally long save time, cant remove from drive...
Comment: The save time on the typical sheet I was scanning and then saving thru distiller 4.0 jumped from 1 or 2 seconds to 16 seconds in distiller 5.0... making the program obsolete for serious scanning projects. After removing the program from the harddrive using program removal from windows it now gives fatal errors and locks up the computer. Will have to re-format the hard drive now to clear the problems... Adobe does it again.
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Summary: Upgrade? Bahahahahaaaaaa
Comment: Despite what it says on the box, upgrading from a version other than 4.x is a pain, assuming you can even do it. As I was struggling thru failure messages I finally was directed by the install program to a page on their web site ... which it turns out does not even exist. Broken link. Duh. I gave up (it was late at night), wrote them a cheery letter thru their web feedback page, and have heard nothing in 3 weeks.
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Summary: The problem with Acrobat 5
Comment: When Acrobat 4 was upgraded to 4.05 Adobe included a very useful OCR facility within the program for use with your own scanner. In Acrobat 5 this has been radically altered. You are now required to send your scan to a remote OCR facility on an Adobe web site for which only a limited number of document captures are free. Therafter you must pay a subcsription fee. So think carefully before changing to version 5.
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Summary: WOW! Convert a Website to PDF! &YES You Can Upgrade from 3.0
Comment: I called Adobe (as I was trying to upgrade from 3.0) to verify the allegations of the two previous reviewers and customer service said that Yes you can upgrade from 3.0, but you must call them to have them walk you through the process. Adobe has always been great in the past about upgrades (I mean what other company will sell you a cross platform upgrade for just about every product they make for the same price as the standard upgrade)? Version 5.0 has some slick new features including an enhanced WebCapture feature with the ability to download a web page or an entire site and convert it into a PDF file, retaining all the links. It doesn't retain the Flash or animations. Acrobat now also fully supports transparent objects, allowing further editing in programs such as illustrator. In addition, Acrobat helps the user 'recycle' PDF images, by allowing one to export images to TIFF, JPG, or PNG files. The text part can now be exported to RTF (rich text format). For people that need to prepare documents for the press, Acrobat now uses the ADOBE COLOR ENGINE, the same as that used for Photoshop and Illustrator (for consistency in output). Acrobat 5 also supports intra and internet collaborations, allowing team members to view the document in Web browsers, simultaneously writing notes and striking through and highlighting text. Often touted as 'the best way to share documents online,' the best got even better, and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this upgrade.
Summary: Does Not Work As Advertised
Comment: Adobe claims Acrobat will PDF "any" document. This is not true. Example: It will PDF a Microsoft Word document if the document dimentions are set at 8.5 x 11 inch, but it certainly will not PDF a small paperback size book such as 6 x 9 size. The top of each page will be cut off and table of contents will not form, etc. A very strong defect in this Acrobat program that should be fixed. As a book publisher, we contacted Adobe about a year ago on this problem and they never responded back to us. This defect cripples the Acrobat program. Any book you plan to publish had better be 8.5 x 11. No other sizes will work, using Microsoft Word software. We even contacted a bestselling PDF author and even he could not get Acrobat to PDF a small book size in Microsoft Word. Yes, there are settings to select in Acrobat to PDF smaller size documents, but still the Acrobat software fails to make the adjustments and PDF the document. A very major and persistant problem Adobe has refused to correct. Acrobat will not PDF "any" document, as advertised.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Exceptionally long save time, cant remove from drive...
Comment: The save time on the typical sheet I was scanning and then saving thru distiller 4.0 jumped from 1 or 2 seconds to 16 seconds in distiller 5.0... making the program obsolete for serious scanning projects. After removing the program from the harddrive using program removal from windows it now gives fatal errors and locks up the computer. Will have to re-format the hard drive now to clear the problems... Adobe does it again.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Upgrade? Bahahahahaaaaaa
Comment: Despite what it says on the box, upgrading from a version other than 4.x is a pain, assuming you can even do it. As I was struggling thru failure messages I finally was directed by the install program to a page on their web site ... which it turns out does not even exist. Broken link. Duh. I gave up (it was late at night), wrote them a cheery letter thru their web feedback page, and have heard nothing in 3 weeks.
I am not a satisfied customer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The problem with Acrobat 5
Comment: When Acrobat 4 was upgraded to 4.05 Adobe included a very useful OCR facility within the program for use with your own scanner. In Acrobat 5 this has been radically altered. You are now required to send your scan to a remote OCR facility on an Adobe web site for which only a limited number of document captures are free. Therafter you must pay a subcsription fee. So think carefully before changing to version 5.
Customer Rating:
Summary: WOW! Convert a Website to PDF! &YES You Can Upgrade from 3.0
Comment: I called Adobe (as I was trying to upgrade from 3.0) to verify the allegations of the two previous reviewers and customer service said that Yes you can upgrade from 3.0, but you must call them to have them walk you through the process. Adobe has always been great in the past about upgrades (I mean what other company will sell you a cross platform upgrade for just about every product they make for the same price as the standard upgrade)? Version 5.0 has some slick new features including an enhanced WebCapture feature with the ability to download a web page or an entire site and convert it into a PDF file, retaining all the links. It doesn't retain the Flash or animations. Acrobat now also fully supports transparent objects, allowing further editing in programs such as illustrator. In addition, Acrobat helps the user 'recycle' PDF images, by allowing one to export images to TIFF, JPG, or PNG files. The text part can now be exported to RTF (rich text format). For people that need to prepare documents for the press, Acrobat now uses the ADOBE COLOR ENGINE, the same as that used for Photoshop and Illustrator (for consistency in output). Acrobat 5 also supports intra and internet collaborations, allowing team members to view the document in Web browsers, simultaneously writing notes and striking through and highlighting text. Often touted as 'the best way to share documents online,' the best got even better, and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this upgrade.