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Nitro PDF Software releases Nitro PDF Express

Dan Shea

Nitro PDF Software has released Nitro PDF Express, a slimmed-down version of its more established sibling, Nitro PDF Professional. Nitro PDF Express offers a range of PDF functionality that includes creation, conversion, extraction, file combination, file splitting, batch-processing and security. The new product also includes macros for Microsoft Office which allows one-touch PDF creation from Office applications.

Enterprise & Government   March 15, 2007

This week in PDF: Creative pro and PDF events to be co-located in Disneyworld

Dan Shea

This week in PDF sees the announcement of the CRE8 conference, to be co-located with AGI Training's PDF event, the release of a PDF-based mapping bundle and an update to a Mac OS X PDF RIP.

Enterprise & Government   March 08, 2007

PDF Tools AG releases Classic PDF Tools 3.1 update

Nettie Hartsock

PDF Tools AG has rolled out version 3.1 of its Classic PDF programming tools. The tools are available as programming libraries (APIs) and command line shell versions.

Enterprise & Government   March 08, 2007

Go virtual PDF or PhotoPDF

Nettie Hartsock

PDF Logic's latest release PDF Vista 6.0 workstation edition lets users install the program as a virtual printer and print from any Windows application for press-ready, searchable, color PDF files.

Enterprise & Government   March 08, 2007

Adobe's Chizen says Adobe Reader experience will change

Nettie Hartsock

Adobe's CEO Bruce Chizen this week during a Q&A session at the American Association of Publishers was quoted as saying, "We're changing the experience of Acrobat Reader." Chizen went on to say that Adobe is aiming to take advantage of the growing numbers of people who access the Web through non-PC devices than PC devices in the next five years.

Enterprise & Government   March 08, 2007

This week in PDF: New tool makes accessible PDF viewing a breeze

Dan Shea

This week in PDF sees another company announcing support for Adobe's deluxe Acrobat product, Acrobat 3D, while Premier Assistive Technology teams with the University System of Georgia to make PDF documents more accessible and PDFTron updates its PDF creation and manipulation SDK.

Enterprise & Government   March 01, 2007

Ubiquitous PDF: Open PDFs faster

Dan Shea

If you're a Firefox user and find your reading or Web-surfing pleasure disrupted by having to wait for your PDF plug-ins to load, you might like to try using this little tool I found online.

Enterprise & Government   March 01, 2007

Ubiquitous PDF: PDF magazines for download

Dan Shea

If you're looking for a little something to read on the commute to and from work, you might be interested in a site that offers a range of free, print-friendly PDF magazines for download.

Enterprise & Government   February 21, 2007

This week in PDF: Online PDF form service launched

Dan Shea

This week in PDF sees the release of new and updated software focused on PDF forms and PDF maps, while an update to a desktop publishing application adds support for the simple creation of rich PDF presentations.

Enterprise & Government   February 21, 2007

Megaptera Releases Ishmael 1.3

Nettie Hartsock

Megaptera has released the updated Ishmael 1.3, its utility program for adding narration to still photos or PDF files to create QuickTime video footage.

Creative & Print   February 14, 2007

PDFtoMusic brings music to your ears

Nettie Hartsock

PDFtoMusic is a cool little PDF tool that enables users to have full access to the PDF music score collection available on the Internet. The program lets both professional score editors and musicians hear a PDF score downloaded from the Internet with two easy clicks.

Creative & Print   February 14, 2007

Ubiquitous PDF: Building Flashy Web sites

Dan Shea

Looking to create a Web site with a little more pizzazz? Now you can build complete, Flash-based Web sites with a little assistance from a free eBook, courtesy of www.ebooknetworking.com.

Enterprise & Government   February 07, 2007

This week in PDF: FormRouter, Adobe extend rights-enabling pact

Dan Shea

This week in PDF sees the Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) release a quartet of new PDF print standards, the birth of a new startup to offer 3D PDF services and FormRouter renews its license to provide Reader Extensions services.

Enterprise & Government   February 07, 2007

Adobe releases PDF 1.7 spec for industry standardization

Nettie Hartsock

Adobe announced it plans to release the Portable Document Format (PDF) 1.7 spec to AIIM, the Enterprise Content Management Association, for publication by the ISO. Nettie Hartsock reports.

Enterprise & Government   February 01, 2007

Atalasoft inks partnership with Foxit Software

Nettie Hartsock

Atalasoft recently inked a partnership with Foxit Software. The companies will combine their PDF and document management forces with the new release of DotImage PDFRasterizer 4.1.

Enterprise & Government   February 01, 2007

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