Adobe Acrobat
Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) is the open de facto standard for electronic document distribution worldwide. Adobe PDF is a universal file format that preserves all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. Adobe PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as intended by anyone with free Adobe Acrobat® Reader® software. You can convert any document to Adobe PDF using Adobe® Acrobat® 5.0 software.
Text above was taken from the Adobe web site:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html
| Acrobat® Reader® | Features | Acrobat® 5.0 | |
X |
View and Print PDF files |
X |
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X |
Fill in and Submit |
X |
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* |
Save as a file |
* NOT allowed within Acrobat® Reader® |
X |
Create and Save PDF files |
X |
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Convert any document from any application to PDF |
X |
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Convert Web pages/sites to PDF |
X |
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Review and share comments on a PDF file |
X |
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Add electronic sticky notes, highlights, and strikethroughs within a Web browser |
X |
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Add digital signatures to a PDF file from within a Web browser |
X |
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Add security controls, protecting document integrity, to a PDF file |
X |
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| Create PDF documents that are accessible for those with disabilites (allowing for use of Windows-based screen readers — additional information is available on the Acrobat® Accessability Web page) |
X |
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| Cost | |||
Free Acrobat® Reader® |
Academic Version — for non-university owned computers (Faculty, Staff, and Student ID required) |
Available at the IMU Bookstore |
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Free Acrobat® Reader® |
Department Contractual License Purchases (Departmental Credit Card or Requisition required) |
Call IMU Bookstore, 335-3179 |
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Where can I get Acrobat® and what is the cost?
To download Adobe's free Acrobat Reader software, go to Adobe's website: Adobe Acrobat® Reader®
To save completed forms created in pdf format, you must purchase the full version of the Adobe Acrobat product. The cost and where to obtain the software are shown in the table above. The shrink-wrapped, Academic Version contains media and manuals. The Contractual License offered to departments prices the license and media separately. This allows users of campus-owned machines to share the media for installation purposes. However, departments must purchase a license for every campus-owned machine with Adobe® Acrobat® installed on it. Departments wishing to purchase manuals may do so at the IMU Bookstore.
NOTE: While working with forms, if your form is displayed in a browser window, you will still not be able to save the completed form even if you have the full version of Acrobat. See e-forms tips for detailed information on form usage options.
Are you looking for a particular University of Iowa Electronic Form? Check e-forms to view central repository for electronic forms at the U of I. If you have an electronic form you wish to have added to the repository, click here.
What are the System Requirements?
| Windows® | Macintosh® |
Intel Pentium processor |
Power PC Processor |
W98,WME,WNT4 w/SP5 or 6, W2K, WXP w/recommended upgrade procedure |
Mac OS 8.6 *, 9.0.4, 9.1, OS X * |
64 MB Ram (recommended) |
64 MB Ram (recommended) |
150 MB Hard Drive |
150 MB Hard Drive |
70 MB additional Hard Drive - Asian fonts |
70 MB additional Hard Drive - Asian fonts |
CD-Rom Drive |
CD-Rom Drive |
IE 4.0.1 or higher for WNT users |
(see note below) |
* Some features may not be available.
Windows are either register trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Macintosh and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United State and other countries.
Is Adobe® Acrobat® Compatible with Microsoft® Office®?
| Adobe® Product | Compatibility | Microsoft® Office® |
Acrobat® 5.0 |
X | Office® 97 and 2000 |
Acrobat® 5.05 (free download) |
X | Office® XP |
Where can I get some assistance?
There are many resources available to the end-user. We hope that you will find this web page that we have created helpful in providing you with many avenues to obtain helpful tips, tutorials, training, and support. Adobe® has created many support sources. Click on any of the links shown the table below to be routed to the appropriate web site.
Expert Support (per-incident fee) |
Knowledgebase Articles that we suggest are:
Document 330729 Recommendation for Creating PDF files from Microsoft Word (Acrobat 6.0-7.0 on Windows)
Document 317147 Troubleshoot problems with Acrobat PDFMaker (6.x and 7.0 on Windows)
Document 328398 Create PDF files from Excel XP or 2000 by using Acrobat (6.0 on Windows)
Document 326968 Create PDF Files in Mac OS X (Acrobat 5.0-6.0.x)
