Can I upgrade my original Adobe Acrobat 3.0 with a copy of Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Standard Upgrade???

[HomeAppraiser]

I would much rather pay $99 to upgrade over $299 for an all new copy of Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Standard.

Can a version that old be upgraded?

Thanks

 

[GeekDrew]

... check the terms & conditions for Acrobat 8.0 Standard?

Out of curiosity, what do you do with Standard that Reader doesn't do?

 

[AsianriceX]

From adobe's website:

"UPG from Acrobat 5.x or Acrobat 6.x or 7.x Standard"

I would say no, but it wouldn't hurt to email them and ask.

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
... check the terms & conditions for Acrobat 8.0 Standard?

Out of curiosity, what do you do with Standard that Reader doesn't do?

perhaps create PDFs?

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Originally posted by: RichieZ

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
... check the terms & conditions for Acrobat 8.0 Standard?

Out of curiosity, what do you do with Standard that Reader doesn't do?

perhaps create PDFs?

:thumbsup:

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: RichieZ

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
... check the terms & conditions for Acrobat 8.0 Standard?

Out of curiosity, what do you do with Standard that Reader doesn't do?

perhaps create PDFs?

I was asking him, thanks. :|

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
:thumbsup:

The only reason I ask is because most people I know just use CutePDF now. I have a copy of Acrobat Pro (mainly for Designer) that I use frequently for designing forms... I've just personally not found much of any use for Acrobat itself; I just use Designer and CutePDF. <shrug>

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Is that something you can set as a printer in order to create the pdf?

 

[RichieZ]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: RichieZ

Originally posted by: GeekDrew
... check the terms & conditions for Acrobat 8.0 Standard?

Out of curiosity, what do you do with Standard that Reader doesn't do?

perhaps create PDFs?

I was asking him, thanks. :|

you're welcome, anyways i'm j/k. didn't mean the reply to come across as flippant, sorry if it was taken that way.

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
Is that something you can set as a printer in order to create the pdf?

Yes, it is a PDF printer. CutePDF is free. In my experience, it preserves proper formatting (particularly with tables, and documents larger than 5000 pages) better than Adobe's own Acrobat PDF printer does.

 

[HomeAppraiser]

I have to print from my appraisal software and save a locked pdf. I am guessing I need the pro version to lock it?

 

[LEDominator]

I like the opensource PDFCreator myself

Edit: Link, and there is an option under the settings should you want to password

 

[ForumMaster]

i use FoxitReader. very light and quick.

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Nice alternatives. Anyone know who, besides the ordering number, I would call to see if they will upgrade my version 3 to version 8 for the $99 price.

 

[zerocool1]

Originally posted by: LEDominator
I like the opensource PDFCreator myself

Edit: Link, and there is an option under the settings should you want to password

so do i, i really like it a lot

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
I have to print from my appraisal software and save a locked pdf. I am guessing I need the pro version to lock it?

Ah... no idea, as I've never needed to lock a PDF.

 

[Lord Zado]

I have Acrobat 7 Professional and CutePDF here at work. If all you do is create PDF's, then yeah CutePDF should be good enough for you. I've noticed some issues with CutePDF's interpretation of objects, but I can't remember any specific details off the top of my head. Everyone in our office has CutePDF on their machine, which is a huge life saver. At my old office, everyone came to me to make PDF's. Now they can all make them themselves.

However, if you work with PDF's in any other compacity than simply creating them, Acrobat is the way to go. Batch processing security settings, PDF optimization (huge here working at an engineering firm, shrinking the Microstation and GIS PDF's), combining multiple PDF's through Window's Explorer, etc. Can also do little things like add bookmarks to PDF's for navigation. There's really no comparison to CutePDF for anyone who does a lot of work with PDF's.

 

[jlfirehawk]

i know this thread is swaying from the original topic but what do you guys use to edit exsisting pdfs, I have a hard time trying to do it in Adobe standard or pro or I just have not found the right instructions for it. Especially pdfs created from our network scanners around here.

 

[j00fek]

http://forums.anandtech.com/categories.aspx?catid=33&flcache=9533625&entercat=y

 

[mcvickj]

We have a copy of Acrobat 7.0 Professional at work. However most of the time I just use the built in PDF feature in OpenOffice. All of our computers have it installed.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
Is that something you can set as a printer in order to create the pdf?

Yes, it is a PDF printer. CutePDF is free. In my experience, it preserves proper formatting (particularly with tables, and documents larger than 5000 pages) better than Adobe's own Acrobat PDF printer does.

I've also found adobe's print to pdf buggy. We have adobe pro on our work computers, but actually use cutepdf.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: jlcampbell
i know this thread is swaying from the original topic but what do you guys use to edit exsisting pdfs, I have a hard time trying to do it in Adobe standard or pro or I just have not found the right instructions for it. Especially pdfs created from our network scanners around here.

Acroabat isn't meant as an editing application. PDFs created via scanning will either be OCR, in which case your best bet would be to move all the type into the word processor of your choice, or raster images, which would be better edited in your image editing application of choice.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: preslove

Originally posted by: GeekDrew

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
Is that something you can set as a printer in order to create the pdf?

Yes, it is a PDF printer. CutePDF is free. In my experience, it preserves proper formatting (particularly with tables, and documents larger than 5000 pages) better than Adobe's own Acrobat PDF printer does.

I've also found adobe's print to pdf buggy. We have adobe pro on our work computers, but actually use cutepdf.

I've been using Acrobat for a decade and have never had any issues that weren't user created. Then again, less than 5% of my documents have come from anything other than Illustrator, InDesign, Quark or Photoshop.

 

[Lord Zado]

Originally posted by: rivan

Originally posted by: jlcampbell
i know this thread is swaying from the original topic but what do you guys use to edit exsisting pdfs, I have a hard time trying to do it in Adobe standard or pro or I just have not found the right instructions for it. Especially pdfs created from our network scanners around here.

Acroabat isn't meant as an editing application. PDFs created via scanning will either be OCR, in which case your best bet would be to move all the type into the word processor of your choice, or raster images, which would be better edited in your image editing application of choice.

Yeah PDF's aren't really meant to be editted. PDF's created in Illustrator with the Save As option can remain editable in Illustrator. You can edit text in PDF's created from word processors if the fonts are embedded using the Touch Up Text tool. You can move some objects around in Acrobat Professional depending on how the PDF was created.

Like Rivan said, if your PDF's come from a scanner, the best way to edit them is with an image program (Photoshop). Or if you need text edits, OCR the text in the PDF and copy/paste it to a word processor.

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Can the free version of CutePDF be Locked to only allow viewing and printing, and not allow coping info off the pdf pages?

Does CutePDF writer conflict with Adobe Reader 8.0?

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
Can the free version of CutePDF be Locked to only allow viewing and printing, and not allow coping info off the pdf pages?

Does CutePDF writer conflict with Adobe Reader 8.0?

It does not conflict with Adobe Reader 8.0.

That said, the free version does not permit locking, as far as I know. Not sure about the higher versions.

Perhaps PDF Factory (or some other cheaper package) can do everything you need it to.