- The Race to Rich-Media Domination
- Adobe Steps into the Interactive Arena
- Adobe's Mission: One Application for Print and Interactivity
- Adobe Redefines the Office Workflow
- Page-Based vs. Timeline Formats
- The Cost of Playback
- Adobe Introduces Reader 5.1
- Multimedia Moves to the Web Page
- Acrobat's Best Friend: Adobe InDesign
- InDesign Gets Interactive
- A Polarized New-Media Industry
- Rich-Media PDF and Disruptive Technologies
- Building a Team That Includes Everyone
- Reader 8 (PDF 1.7)
- Commenting and Forms
- Attached Files
- Viewing Interactive 3D Rich Media
- Adobe and Macromedia
Attached Files
Another reason to upgrade to Reader 8 is the ability to extract attached files. Once again, using Acrobat 8 Professional, you can enable the document for commenting and then attach files to it. Think of PDF as a briefcase where you can hold images, audio, Microsoft Word documents, and so on, and then email one self-contained package to your clients. They can then open the attachments with Reader 7 or later, make their comments, add some different photos, save the document, and send it all back inside one PDF. It's like ZipIt or StuffIt for PDF but without the compression features. It's also a great way to get files through a firewall because rarely does an IT department block a PDF file.