This is the seventh part of a series of reviews that will cover what is contained in the Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3) Master Collection. When Adobe released CS3 earlier this year, they not only released single version products, but also six separate suites of products. They are Design Premium, Design Standard, Web Premium, Standard, Production Premium, and Master Collection. You can go online to compare what is contained in each version. The goal of this series it to define what each product does and provide information of what the new version brings to the table.
What do you need to run Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional? On Windows you need an Intel® Pentium® III or compatible processor, Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4; Windows Server® 2003 (32-bit or 64-bit editions) with Service Pack 1; Windows XP Professional, Home, Tablet PC, or 64-bit Editions with Service Pack 2; or Windows Vista™ Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise (32-bit or 64-bit editions). On the Mac you need OS X v10.4.3. Both platforms require 256 MB RAM, 64 MB Video RAM, 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card, 860 MB hard drive space and DVD-ROM Drive.
Adobe Acrobat is a family of software who's applications use the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) as their native file format. Adobe Reader is the free version of their software that enables one to read PDF files. Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional is the software application that allows one to create PDF files for distribution. Version 1 was released in 1993 and only available on the Mac. Version 2 was released in September 1994 and made available on both Windows and Mac. Version 8 was release in November 2006 and is part of the Creative Suite.
So what is new with Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional
• Combine files from multiple application – allows you to easily assemble documents spreadsheets, presentations, emails, web pages, and other content into a single Adobe PDF file. You can present files in what ever preferred order you would like regardless of file type, paper size, or orientation. You can embed multimedia, 3D, audio and video as well.
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Article comments
1 - Charles Corsentino
I have been having problems with errors while trying to download a virus or other things and a window pops up and says that the adobe flash player was at fault. So I unistalled adobe flash player and Installed a newer version of adobe flash player and I was able to download the virus protector and also able to acess videos without the computer freezing up. It seems that they want to bring privacy into the matter but I don't have any problems with privacy. What I would like to know is what adobe products should have on my computer and if Ineed to upgrade the ones I have?
2 - T. Michael Testi
Hi Charles,
Without seeing the error, it would be impossible to diagnose what was wrong, but I would say that you can either upgrade the products as they come out, or just wait until a message pops up that says you need to get the latest.
What I would like to know is what adobe products should have on my computer
I am sure that Adobe would like you to have each and everyone, but beyond the ones that you have a need for, you probably need the latest reader for Acrobat and it would appear that you have the newest for Flash. Those two will probably cover you for searching around the web.
Thanks for your comments
T.
3 - bliffle
I abjure Flash because it is proprietary code and therefore antagonistic to the founding open architecture of the internet. On the few occasions that I've installed Flash it has had flaws that would stall the entire system and require a re-boot.
I've used 'gnash' with linux as an alternative, but it is not adequate and often out-of-date. I would prefer to be able to simply download the FLV file and play it offline with an appropriate player.