This upgrade version of Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional will install
only if you are a licensed user of Adobe Acrobat Professional v. 6.x; Adobe
Acrobat Professional v. 7.x or Adobe Acrobat Professional v. 8.x.

The Acrobat 9 family helps users initiate, manage, and
organize ad-hoc collaboration by creating and sharing content-rich documents;
combining multiple files into a single, polished Adobe PDF document; managing
and organizing feedback to expedite document collaboration; collecting and
exchanging high- value information; and controlling document access with
confidence.

Communicate and collaborate more effectively and securely with Adobe
Acrobat 9 Pro software. Unify a wide range of content into a single,
organized PDF Portfolio. Collaborate through electronic document reviews. Create
and manage dynamic forms. And help protect sensitive information.

• Deliver Professional Documents - Use templates to unify
  a wide range of content in compelling PDF Portfolios. Apply permissions and
  passwords to help protect sensitive information.


• Manage Document Reviews - Gain the input you need
  through interactive document reviews that enable participants to see and
  build on other reviewers' comments.


• Create and manage forms - Build dynamic forms,
  distribute and track forms and responses, and easily export data for
  analysis and reporting.


• Help Protect Sensitive Information - Control access to
  PDF files with document passwords and permissions.

FEATURES:

• Unify a wide range of content in a PDF Portfolio.


• Include FLV content in PDF files.


• Create and edit forms with the new Form Wizard.


• Take advantage of improved web capture and optical character recognition
  (OCR).


• Launch Acrobat faster.

MORE FEATURES:

• Create and reliably share PDF documents - Easily
  convert any document that prints to PDF to preserve formatting and ensure
  document integrity.


• Easily convert files to PDF - Convert documents to PDF
  with one-button ease from Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook,
  Internet Explorer, Project, Visio, Access, and Publisher, as well as
  Autodesk AutoCAD and Lotus Notes *
  .


• Insert video in PDF files - Insert FLV or H.264 video
  in PDF files for direct playback in Acrobat and Adobe Reader.


• Work with Acrobat.com - Use Acrobat.com services with
  Acrobat to store and share large documents, collect form data, and review
  documents with virtually anyone, anywhere.

Combine Files from Multiple Applications

• Unify a wide range of content in a PDF Portfolio -
  Combine documents, drawings, e-mail, and spreadsheets in a single compressed
  PDF Portfolio.


• Use professionally designed templates - Choose one of
  many professional templates to quickly integrate content, define navigation,
  and add polish to your PDF Portfolio. Add your logo and include descriptions
  to guide recipients through the contents.


• Merge multiple documents into one PDF file - Combine
  documents, drawings, and rich media content in a single polished PDF
  document. Optimize file size and arrange files in any order regardless of
  file type, dimensions, or orientation.


• Unify with headers, footers, and watermarks -
  Automatically remove headers and footers from source files and add unifying
  headers, footers, or watermarks to your merged PDF file or PDF Portfolio.

Help Protect and Control Sensitive Information

• Help secure PDF documents - Help protect PDF documents
  with 256-bit encryption.


• Help protect data with passwords and permissions - Use
  passwords to help control access to PDF documents. Use permissions to
  restrict printing, copying, or altering. Save passwords and permissions as
  security policies that can be easily applied to new PDF files.


• Help protect attached files - Help protect all the
  documents in your PDF Portfolio with 256-bit encryption.


• Remove hidden data - Inspect PDF documents for
  metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and remove it
  before distributing the files to others.

Collaborate through Shared Document Reviews

• Easily review video - Comment on video using any of the
  commenting and markup tools to add feedback to a specific frame.


• Modify and end reviews - Use the Review Tracker to add
  and change review deadlines, end reviews, delete reviews, and start a new
  review with the same reviewers.


• Synchronize document views - Help colleagues, clients,
  and partners get on the same page at the same time with the ability to
  co-navigate documents. To provide clarity and enhance discussion, use
  Acrobat.com services to enable collaboration on a PDF file. Then distribute
  the PDF file and walk recipients through it in real time by controlling the
  page view they see.


• Export comments to Word or AutoCAD - Select and export
  comments back to your original Word or AutoCAD file. Comments appear in Word
  as tracked changes and in AutoCAD as a separate layer.

Easily Create Forms and Collect Data

• Easily create and manage electronic forms - Use the new
  Form Wizard to convert Microsoft Word and Excel documents or scanned paper
  to fillable PDF forms.


• Optimize form distribution - Easily distribute forms,
  combine collected forms in a single document or view for easy filtering and
  analysis, and export collected data to a spreadsheet.


• Create dynamic forms - Use Adobe LiveCycle Designer, a
  professional form design tool included with Acrobat 9 Pro, to further
  customize and automate dynamic XML forms.


• Easily track forms and participation - Use the Form
  Tracker to see when forms have been completed and by whom and to send
  reminders.

Use Open Standards

• Create standards-compliant documents - Create documents
  in PDF/A, the ISO standard for long-term archiving of electronic documents;
  PDF/X, the ideal format for high-quality, professional printing; and PDF/E,
  the standard format for reliable exchange of engineering documentation and
  drawings.


• Verify compliance with PDF standards - Get details on
  compliance with the new PDF Standards pane, which provides information on
  PDF/A, PDF/X, and PDF/E.


• Create and validate accessible PDF documents - Ensure
  your PDF documents are optimized for people with disabilities. Create
  accessible PDF documents from almost any source to help comply with
  standards. Quickly evaluate, correct, and automatically tag PDF documents
  for optimized accessibility and reflow.

* Windows Only.