| Adobe today introduced the Acrobat 6.0 product line, a major upgrade to its software for PDF workflow, allowing users to create, share, review, and archive files in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format. The new Acrobat 6.0 family includes Acrobat 6.0 Professional, Acrobat 6.0 Standard and Acrobat Elements with different levels of functionality to address specific customer needs as well as new Acrobat Reader 6.0 software, its free, cross-platform document reader. Acrobat 6.0 Professional helps business improve the process of document exchange, review and archive. Acrobat 6.0 Standard enables workgroups to simplify document reviews using intuitive tools and a new, task-based interface. Finally, Acrobat Elements is a volume-license-only product that allows enterprises to place inexpensive Adobe PDF creation capability on every desktop, enabling reliable document distribution.
The company also announced Adobe Reader 6.0 software. which it ssays is expected to be available in by the end of May 2003. Adobe Reader supports numerous desktop and mobile device platforms, is the definitive application for viewing, interacting with and printing Adobe PDF content ranging from business documents and forms to Photoshop® Album slide shows, eBooks, and embedded multimedia. Adobe Reader will be available free of charge as a download from Adobe.com by the end of May 2003. The company has distributed over half-a-billion copies of the product since its 1993 introduction.
Acrobat 6.0 Professional and Acrobat 6.0 Standard will be available for Mac OS X 10.2.2. It is expected to ship in English by the end of May 2003. Acrobat 6.0 Professional will be $450; registered users of Acrobat 4.0 and Acrobat 5.0 can upgrade to Acrobat 6.0 Professional for $150. The Standard version will be available for $300 (upgrades for $100). Acrobat Elements is available for Windows systems only starting at $28 per seat.
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