Adobe Systems Documentation kit

Advantages: Free, used globally, secure file transfer
Disadvantages: None

...this then this is the solution for you. It is so safe and you can feel confident that if anybody tries to alter documents, that they won't be able to. The quality of the document still remains top quality and is good enough for formal presentation. ~More Information~ For more detailed information on products and services from Adobe, you can visit their global or UK websites: www.abobe.co.uk www.abobe.com Adobe Acrobat is supported on all computers and systems and a full list can be found on the company website.... Read review

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Advantages: Range of features, ease of use, cheap or free
Disadvantages: Limited functionality, but who's complaining at this price?

...It's not easy to criticise free software (Netscape Navigator excluded!), but Pagemill is an excellent bit of kit. I'm working on a website and am far too cheap to pay for the software, so was really pleased when this came bundled with a new iMac. In fact, iMac users can quite easily create a good quality site just using Apple Works and Pagemill, both pre-bundled free - especially if you get Adobe Photoshop LE free with your scanner! OK, some features just aren't there, and in a sense this is the first step on the ladder; I'm sure somewhere down the line I'll decide I need more functionality and will go buy something better. But for beginners, it's excellent; a really clear WYSIWYG interface (shame about Adobe's usual palette frenzy, though), absolutely excellent documentation, support for forms and frames, the superb Site Manager... Read review

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Advantages: Allows documents to be viewed on different platforms and operating systems, protects intellectual property, reduces use of paper and saves money for businesses, compresses data for effective storage
Disadvantages: You can't copy data from pdf files which might be a problem for some people, acrobat reader 5.0 had quite a few bugs

...then be viewed by everyone the the pdf file has been sent to. Many businesses and organisations have communication systems developed around the adobe acrobat software programmes. The systems created using the Adobe Acrobat software are often used to communicate business critical information. On the Adobe acrobat website I saw that organisations such as the Civil Service, were gaining considerable benefits from using acrobat. Another great advantage of using adobe acrobat is that it means less paper is used, therefore important documents could be archived in a computer based filing system rather than a paper based filing system. The pdf files created by distiller are considerably smaller in size than they would be in any other format such as Excel spreadsheet format. The compressed size of the the pdf files is yet another good feature making... Read review

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