9 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
 Good Product, Poorly Documented, 2003-04-12
I didn't understand the multiplicity of ways in which Acrobat can be used until I took part in an Acrobat focus group. The documentation is awful and even the "official" Adobe instruction books (which are expensive) are no better.That said, as I have gotten to know the product, I find myself using it more and more. It is particularly useful for file-sharing -- unlike MS Office files, which will repaginate for different users, the Adobe .pdf format is a graphic one, so that everyone who looks at a document is literally reading off the same page. It is also possible to store large amounts of information in relatively small files. I know that because I know that files I pull down off the Web are relatively small, but being able to do it myself has proved elusive. There are some useful web pages on the topic on Adobe's website, but that too is poorly organized.
4 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
 Magic for everyone who needs document review or control, 2003-04-06
If you use Photoshop, this is a natural complement. It is great for document editing and management --- as well as downloading websites. There are more features than one needs to or will learn --- but an absolute for anyone who sends documents to others, as you can limit the use of the content sent (no printing, no extraction, allowing or not allowing editing, etc.
2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 Too much money, 2003-03-29
Adobe Acrobat in my opinion is not powerful enough as a product to tweak output. Extremely cumbersome. It basically is just another way of printing documents (read PRINTER DRIVER) from other programs and ... is too much for a printer driver. I've also found in order to get decent graphical output you have to cut down on the compression but then get HUGE Acrobat files (I've seen them up to 4MB!).
Adobe got the world hooked on lightweight portable documentation but comes up far short when creating/editing them in this product.
I found a simple, easy to use product which creates small Acrobat files of high quality. It is integrated right into MS Word with a macro but you can "print" Acrobat files from anything...
2 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
Image Quality is Horrible, 2003-02-26
I have spent hours trying to get the images in my PDF files to print with descent quality. I have searched Adobe's site and countless others for hints. The settings allow you to create huge PDF files with the same horrible quality of the small, highly compressed files. For me, as a technical writer, who needs clients to review documents that are image-intensive, this software is absolutely useless. This software purchase was a colossal waste of money.
5 of 11 customers found the following review helpful:
Useless Product, 2003-02-23
Organizations and businesses are using Adobe generate forms and applications that can be downloaded from the WEB. I purchased this product thinking I could easily fill out necessary application by editing the downloaded PDF file. Nothing could be further from the truth. Adobe makes it extremely difficult to edit or fill in a form with Acrobat. Try to mark a box with an "X"---good luck. Don't buy this product if you are planning to fill out a PDF form or application. You will be sadly disappointed.
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