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Ubiquitous PDF: Celebrating Christmas Magazine 2006

Dan Shea

If you are going to be hosting any Christmas-related festivities this year and are feeling a little overwhelmed, you might be interested in checking out the free, downloadable PDF magazine from Celebrating-Christmas.com for some fresh ideas.

Enterprise & Government   December 06, 2006

Karl's Corner - What do you think?

Karl De Abrew

The latest rumblings and ramblings from BinaryThing CEO Karl De Abrew. This week, Karl asks you for your feedback regarding the release of Acrobat 8 and the associated ruckus.

Enterprise & Government   November 30, 2006

SmileOnMyMac Releases PDFpen and PDFpenPro 3.1

Nettie Hartsock

SmileOnMyMac has released the updated versions of its PDFpen and PDFpenPro 3.1. The latest release gives users the ability to add, edit and remove URL and page links in PDFpen, and access text formatting attributes using AppleScript. In addition, the updated versions corrected the bugs in the "Merge Imprints into Page" function and the redraw performance problem.

Enterprise & Government   November 29, 2006

Tailgate party, Acrobat wows and Padova penning a new tome

Nettie Hartsock

Just in case you wanted to know more about the outstanding Omaha PDF conference, we're doing this short wrap of how it really went and some new tidbits about Acrobat 8 tidbits.

Enterprise & Government   November 21, 2006

This week in PDF: Office-to-PDF widget released

Dan Shea

This week in PDF, Microsoft launches its PDF export widget, Adobe introduces a new document security solution and the PDF/A Competence Center welcomes its first official member in the US.

Enterprise & Government   November 21, 2006

Viewers, deals and Big Faceless updates

Nettie Hartsock

PDF news bulletin: World's Smallest PDF Reader released, Big Faceless updates PDF Library and OPENLiMiT Holding AG inks deal with CSC for OPENLIMIT SignCubes Base Components 2.0 with OPENLiMiT SignCubes PDF Plug-In.

Enterprise & Government   November 16, 2006

Karl's Corner - Real-time collaboration

Karl De Abrew

The latest rumblings and ramblings from BinaryThing CEO Karl De Abrew. This week, Karl talks about real-collaboration with Rosebud.

Enterprise & Government   November 16, 2006

Letter to the editor: Acrobat 8 the weakest upgrade in years

Dan Shea

Not everyone is impressed by Adobe's latest Acrobat offering. In this letter to the editor, well-known electronic publishing consultant, analyst and author Thad McIlroy claims that, despite his enduring love for Acrobat, version 8 is the weakest upgrade in years.

Enterprise & Government   November 14, 2006

This week in PDF: Prepress, design and automation software released

Dan Shea

This week in PDF, newsworthy developments have focused on the design and print side of PDF, with training and software releases from callas software, TerraGo Technologies and Total Training, while the Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG) held its quarterly summit in Amsterdam.

Creative & Print   November 14, 2006

Ubiquitous PDF: Java Game Programming for Dummies

Dan Shea

Keen to add a little action to your Web site but don't know how? One option is to add Java-based games -- perhaps a viable option for even the less coding-savvy among us with the help of free PDF eBook Java Game Programming for Dummies. According to its entry on Ebooknetworking.com, the eBook is "The fun and easy way to create your own games and put them on your Web page."

Developer   November 14, 2006

Karl's Corner - PDF goes to Iowa

Karl De Abrew

The latest rumblings and ramblings from BinaryThing CEO Karl De Abrew. This week, Karl talks about the Melbourne Cup and the inaugural PDF Central Conference.

Enterprise & Government   November 09, 2006

Ubiquitous PDF: Free PDF Calendar

Dan Shea

Designlicious.com is offering a 2006 PDF calendar illustrated by a small group of selected artists that includes Jeremyville and Superdeux. Although the year is almost over, the appeal of these designs may last for years to come. The November entry has recently been released and December's offering should follow shortly.

Enterprise & Government   November 08, 2006

This week in PDF: Acrobat 8 rolls out

Dan Shea

This week in PDF, Adobe released a major update to its flagship product range, with PDF security vendor FileOpen immediately announcing full compatibility, while AIIM declares a push towards a standardized document format in healthcare. Conference attendees at the PDF Central Conference were given a full overview by Adobe's Lori DeFurio (see Karl's Corner for more).

Enterprise & Government   November 08, 2006

Ubiquitous PDF: Glowing pumpkins

Dan Shea

Halloween is upon us again! If you feel like a change of pace from traditional Jack-O'-Lanterns, you might like to try your hand at carving a pumpkin with the image of, say, Johnny Carson or Groucho Marx. Printable PDF templates of these and more are now available for free download, courtesy of PumpkinGlow.com.

Enterprise & Government   November 01, 2006

This week in PDF: Treats, no tricks

Dan Shea

Happy Halloween! Luckily, this week in PDF sees more 'treat' than 'trick'. PDF editing and security is in focus, with software updates from Global Graphics, OneVision and LockLizard.

Enterprise & Government   November 01, 2006

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