Adobe Adds Features to Boost CollaborationAdobe Adds Features to Boost Collaboration

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Melanie Turek, Contributor

June 2, 2008

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Adobe has introduced two new products, Acobat 9 and Acrobat.com. The goal is to transform the way people collaborateAdobes new Acrobat 9 PDF tool now uses Flash to let you embed video, audio, animation and all manner of files, which is very cool. Another new capability lets you leverage web conferencing from Adobe to mark up documents on the fly, in real time, without launching a full-blown conference. Both people can take turns walking through the document, there's no need to pass the baton, making it very ad hoc. If you decide you need to, you can launch a full-blown web conference (via Acrobat Connect) with a single click.People can also access Acrobat.com to take advantage of some free services, including Buzzword for collaborative authoring, access to web conferencing for up the three people, five PDF conversions, and document sharing for up to 5 GB. Acrobat and Acrobat.com will work separately or together.And here's a cool tool: I didnt know Adobe Connect lets you share two desktops at once!

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