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Ubiquitous PDF: Save the Children Australia's 2007 Christmas Gift Catalogue

Dan Shea

Christmas is just around the corner, as they say, and the spirit of giving is in the air. If you want to get a jump on your Christmas shopping -- and help out some needy kids in the bargain, you might be interested in browsing through Save the Children Australia's PDF-based 2007 Christmas Gift Catalogue.

Enterprise & Government   October 18, 2007

Docudesk releases PervasivePDF

Dan Shea

Plano, Texas-based Docudesk has released PervasivePDF, a lightweight, inexpensive PDF creation tool that has been streamlined for enterprise deployment.

Enterprise & Government   October 18, 2007

Adobe issues a work-around for PDF vulnerability

Nettie Hartsock

Adobe has now confirmed the bug in Acrobat and Reader that UK security researcher 'Petko Petkov' previously detailed on his blog, describing what he termed a "serious vulnerability in Adobe's PDF file system."

Enterprise & Government   October 11, 2007

Adobe releases security update for Illustrator CS3

Nettie Hartsock

Adobe released a security bulletin in reference to Illustrator CS3 and urged all CS3 users update their installations as outlined in the bulletin.

Creative & Print   October 11, 2007

This week in PDF: .NET interface for the Adobe PDF Library released

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has see the release of a new .NET interface for the Adobe PDF Library and an update to a piece of software that converts documents into audio files.

Enterprise & Government   October 11, 2007

Nitro PDF Professional updated

Dan Shea

Nitro PDF Software today announced a major update to its flagship product. Nitro PDF Professional 5.3 offers improved PDF creation and allows users to convert PDF content into other formats for use with applications such as Microsoft Word, WordPerfect and OpenOffice. The new version also adds new commenting tools and beefs up its batch processing engine gaining full support for export and Bates numbering functions.

Enterprise & Government   October 04, 2007

This week in PDF: Adobe releases the Technical Communication Suite

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has seen an update to an established document and PDF conversion product, the release of a new Adobe product bundle and a new pact allowing a solution provider to offer Reader Extensions as a service.

Enterprise & Government   October 04, 2007

Ubiquitous PDF: Macworld's iPhone Superguide

Dan Shea

Speaking of ubiquity, it seems that everyone has an opinion about Apple's iPhone. And, judging by its heady sales achievements, it seems that just about everyone has an iPhone. Luckily, Macworld has released a handy guide that explains how to get the most out of them.

Enterprise & Government   October 04, 2007

This week in PDF: PDF to and from paper

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has seen an update to a scanning and extraction product, features added to a web application for delivering print-ready documents and the release of a new developer library allowing individualized PDF forms to be generated from proprietary applications.

Enterprise & Government   September 27, 2007

Adobe PDF flaw uncovered

Dan Shea

UK security researcher 'Petko Petkov' detailed on his blog late last week that he has discovered a serious vulnerability in Adobe's PDF file system.

Enterprise & Government   September 27, 2007

ARTS PDF announces Acrobat 8.0-compliant plug-ins

Dan Shea

ARTS PDF Software has announced that Windows versions of its ARTS PDF Aerialist, ARTS PDF Aerialist Professional, ARTS PDF Split & Merge and ARTS PDF Stamper tools are now available for Adobe Acrobat 8.0.

Enterprise & Government   September 27, 2007

Cool tool with Excel software 3.0 release

Nettie Hartsock

Excel Software is shipping its QuickHelp 3.0 for help authoring for Windows and Mac-based operating systems with an added bonus of PDF book generation.

Creative & Print   September 20, 2007

Ubiquitious PDF: Skim and PointClips

Nettie Hartsock

In this piece, Nettie Hartsock shares two 'ubiquitous' tools. Skim is for PDF users and PointClips is for PowerPoint aficionados who are really tired of yawns during their presentations and pointed harrumphs after unengaging keynotes.

Enterprise & Government   September 20, 2007

This week in PDF: Quark announces support for Acrobat 8

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has seen the addition of enhanced print to PDF functionality to a quality management system, while Adobe Acrobat 8 support has been included with Quark's bundle of print software and Kansas's Johnson County has improved its mapping system with a PDF-based solution.

Enterprise & Government   September 20, 2007

NiXPS 1.5 brings XPS to the Mac

Dan Shea

NiXPS has announced the availability of NiXPS 1.5, an application offering Mac users the ability to view XPS files. The application is currently available and includes a range of XPS editing and rendering capabilities.

Enterprise & Government   September 20, 2007

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