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Capability Acrobat 8 Professional Acrobat 8 Standard 3rd Party Support for the latest functionality from the published PDF 1.7 specification Support for the latest ISO standards such as PDF/X and PDF/A Combine multiple documents from different applications into a single PDF package Archive Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes e-mails with attachments and links into a single PDF package Find and delete hidden information like metadata and annotations Conduct and manage a shared document review workflow, online or offline, with no additional IT investment Track feedback from others using review management tools Convert PDF to Microsoft Word and other formats Integration with Adobe® LiveCycle® Rights Management ES for document control and revocation Check that PDF documents comply with accessibility standards, and modify accessibility tags Support for multimedia such as video and Flash within a PDF Support for 3D content within a PDF Distribute forms and collect completed forms into a dataset for further analysis, and export data to CSV and XML Create fillable forms from scanned paper, PDF, Word or Excel documents Support for creating dynamic XML-based forms that integrate with enterprise systems and web services Enable virtually anyone with the free Adobe Reader® 7.0 – 8 to save and digitally sign interactive PDF forms Enable virtually anyone to comment on a PDF and attach files as comments using the free Adobe Reader 7.0 - 8 Permanently delete sensitive information from documents using redaction tools One button PDF creation from Autodesk® AutoCAD®, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Publisher and IBM Lotus Notes ADOBE ® ACROBAT ® 8 VERSUS 3RD PARTY PDF DESKTOP SOFTWARE Comparison Sheet Full support Limited support or partial functionality No support Comparison of Acrobat 8 to 3rd party PDF desktop software
