[Web4lib] Adobe Acrobat

[S Park]

I would have to agree with Micah's assessment, but would like to add
that I was able to download Adobe LiveCycle Designer for free with my
Acrobat Pro 7. I don't know about Acrobat Pro 8.

Another option you could try is Flashpaper 2
(http://www.adobe.com/products/flashpaper/). It does not have all the
features of Acrobat Pro, but it does allow you to convert your
document to both swf and pdf file formats. I find Flashpaper files to
be much easier and faster to view with a browser. In addition, it is
hundreds of dollars cheaper. You could download the free trial version
to see if it will work for you.

Sang

On 3/15/07, Micah Stevens <micah at raincross-tech.com> wrote:
> On 03/15/2007 02:27 PM, dschumann at trlib.org wrote:
> > We publish many online forms and highly formatted document on our public
> > web site and our Intranet. Some of these documents need to be in PDF
> > format, and we'd like to utilize some of the advanced PDF features, such
> > as dynamic forms, etc. We have decided it's time to buy either the full
> > version of Adobe Acrobat or one of the alternate PDF file generators.
> > After testing a few of the Acrobat alternatives, I am leaning strongly
> > towards buying Adobe Acrobat. Does anyone have any feedback about PDF
> > generators that have worked or not worked?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> I've never seen anything that compares with Acrobat on the basis of
> features. I've been less than satisfied with the quality of their reader
> as of late, but the generator seems to work fine.
>
> It used to be very easy to generate forms, but the newest version
> separated out this functionality into another program, and although the
> creation of the form is still straightforward, dealing with PDF form
> data in a dynamic server environment is nearly impossible now without
> buying additional software. It used to be very standardized and
> straightforward. This I'm opposed to as it's a very Microsoft-esqe tactic.
>
> I hope that helps!
> -Micah
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