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4 of 5 customers found the following review helpful:
 What a ripp off!, 2008-09-07
I have to use acrobat professional for my job. I have been using version 8.1.2 for the last year. I decided to upgrade to 9.0 because I had to get a third license. Acrobat only let's you install each package on two computers. I bought a third computer and instead of activating and deactivating a license each time I switch computers I decided to buy an additional package. What ticks me off about 9.0 is that it cost more than I paid for 8.1.2, but it seems to be the same package. The menus look the same and the software does essentially the same. I have yet to see a difference in my day to day work. If you are a user who uses the main functions of the software only, then you might reconsider upgrading. The software does not add any functionality. That aside, $499 for the package is a stiff price and results more from Adobe's monopoly position for this kind of software than from the quality and functionality of the product.
3 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
 Great-for what I use it for, 2008-08-21
I bought this at school at the student price (about a quarter of the price) and really, if I wanted acrobat, they only offer pro. That being said, I am not totally aware of all the various things that pro will do compared to the other versions, however, it has been great for me so far. My professors pass everything out as pdf files. Sometimes they allow comments, sometimes not. Anyways, I use it so I can write, comment, highlight, add bookmarks, remove any security they have added, amongst other things. Anyways, thus far I have had zero problems. I actually greatly enjoy the interface. It allows for toolbar customizations which help tailor it to my style and likings. All in all, it has been great. Like I said, I have not had the same issues as the other reviewers, but that is likely because I am using it for different reasons. If I had to pay full price, I would have purchased the regular edition. If I did in fact pay for the pro, I would make sure I knew how to use the whole program though. I hope this helps.
8 of 9 customers found the following review helpful:
Good luck, 2008-08-14
The product is mediocre on a good day.
Support is non-existent. Call support, be on hold for 30 minutes, then 10 minutes of proving you are a real customer, then back on hold for 30 minutes and the line hangs up on you. So, if you are foolish, you start all over. I did not.
11 of 12 customers found the following review helpful:
Terrible Software, 2008-08-03
This is the Windows Me of all Windows. If I have an alternative, I will absolutely not to spend $500 to buy this software. It is slow. It crashes all day long. It does not follow any kind of standard. The LiveCycle Designer is a joke! The entire product is like some high school kid wrote it in the garage.
The only thing that is good that I can think of is the built-in Javascript debugger.
Stay away from this product if you can.
32 of 35 customers found the following review helpful:
Colossal pain in the *&@!, 2008-07-23
Adobe Acrobat 9.0 has been a source of frustration. Conflict between Adobe's PDF Maker add-in and Microsoft Office 2007 causes the Microsoft application to crash. Adobe's add-in is automatically disabled by Word, Excel, etc., so you can't make an Adobe PDF while using a Microsoft application. If you enable the add-in in Word (a tricky process in itself) and then try to create an Adobe PDF from a Word file, Word crashes. But now you can create a PDF from a Word file when you are in the Adobe application! Major heartburn! I wish I had stayed with Adobe Acrobat 5.0!
On Adobe's website there is a TechNote that will guide you through no less than FIVE solutions (three printed pages) to help you resolve the conflict between Acrobat 9.0 and Microsoft Office 2007. Buy Adobe Acrobat 9.0 only if you are prepared to do battle with the default settings in Microsoft Office 2007.
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