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• Combine multiple files into a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.
• Scan paper documents with OCR technology to create compact, searchable Adobe PDF documents. Convert Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes e-mail archives to Adobe PDF to facilitate search and retrieval.
• Save Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content.

• Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to participate in document reviews, fill and save electronic forms offline, and digitally sign documents.
• Send documents for review and track which reviewers have contributed feedback. Compile comments into a single PDF document with one-button ease and sort them by author, date, or page.
• Combine multiple files as PDF documents in a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.

• Easily create databases to manage customers, clients, products, assets and more
• Instantly access the information you need
• Easily convert or create popular formats such as Excel or PDF

Connect to the world of data in so many new ways!
Combining both power and simplicity, FileMaker Pro 9 gives you the tools you need to connect to the world of data!

Get started quickly
The award-winning ease of use that is built into every aspect of FileMaker Pro continues to be praised by millions of customers and industry experts around the world. With its easy installation and setup, you'll be up and running in a matter of minutes--not hours or days.

Gather your information in one place
Information comes in many forms, from business cards to Microsoft Excel files, images to SQL Server data--FileMaker Pro helps you bring it all together with a few clicks. Convert Excel spreadsheets and other files to FileMaker Pro databases for easier searching, sorting, reporting, and sharing. Or use powerful productivity features designed to make data entry much faster and more accurate.

Instant access to the information you need
Use FileMaker Pro to organize, sort through, and find information from individual contacts to large data sets. When someone calls, you will have the contact history, the project state, or the shipment status right at hand. Bring up records by date, location, or content. Create formulas and calculations and summaries. You will be amazed how easy it is to be informed.

Report and communicate all your information
Transform data into useful information by creating reports and layouts that work the way you do. FileMaker Pro comes complete with step-by-step tools that help you create reports and then email them to your colleagues as Adobe PDF or Excel files. Or choose from hundreds of pre-defined templates for labels and envelopes to help get the word out with ease.

Power to take you further
Build powerful yet flexible custom applications using the FileMaker Pro relational database management system. Design complete scalable solutions for your organization and automate repetitive tasks with the powerful scripting language, all without the help of a programmer.

Built-in network sharing and security
Securely sharing databases is easy with FileMaker Pro. Windows and Mac OS FileMaker Pro users on the same network can access the same database file simultaneously. And with the advanced security model in FileMaker Pro, you can determine what your users can do and see.

Connect with the Web
Publishing basic web forms or web-based status updates and lists is simple with the Instant Web Publishing feature built into FileMaker Pro. You can create web forms for event sign-ups, customer feedback and service requests. Or setup security privileges for your clients so they can login through their web browser to get a status update. And you can harness the information that is available on the Web by using the FileMaker Web Viewer to get real-time information from the Web that is associated with your data without having to open a Web browser.

New! Connect to Your FileMaker Data

On your mark, get set, connect!
Connect directly to the information you need every time you launch FileMaker Pro 9 with the new FileMaker Quick Start Screen. Whether you want to create a new database, open an existing database or learn more about using FileMaker Pro 9, you'll get to where you need to go faster than ever.

Faster from the start
The FileMaker Quick Start Screen is the first screen you see when launching FileMaker Pro 9. It provides a simple navigation to create a new database, open an existing database, or learn more about the product with the FileMaker Learning Center.

• Create Database--Build a FileMaker Pro database from scratch or choose from one of 30 Starter Solutions.
  
• Open Database--Browse files, open recent files or choose from your customized list of favorite files. Even add or delete files from your favorites list.
  
• Learn More--Learn FileMaker Pro at your own pace with the FileMaker Learning Center.

For those who are new to FileMaker Pro, you'll have everything you need in one place to get you started on your first database. For those who have been using FileMaker Pro for years, you'll love being able to open recent files or create a favorites list of the databases that you use most often.

Help when you need it
Now it is even easier to harness the power and flexibility of FileMaker Pro to build a solution that works for you. When you are working on a calculation, setting up a button, creating a new layout, or adding a FileMaker Web Viewer, just click on the new ÒLearn moreÓ button in these dialogs for quick access to the relevant sections of the built-in FileMaker Help.

You'll quickly be on your way to managing people, projects, assets and more--the easy way!

Stay on top of the details that matter the most. Conditional formatting is great for visually identifying when something is out-of-bounds or needs attention.

At-a-glance indicators

At-a-glance knowledge
Are any payments overdue? What contracts are expiring next month? Are you on-time and under budget? Connect to changes in your data with Conditional Formatting. You set the way a field or object is displayed based on parameters that you decide. Choose the font, font style, font size, font color and fill color. You'll know who owes you money and what tasks are overdue because the font will change to bright red and bold (or whatever you want it to) when this occurs.
Never miss a due date again

Let's say that you schedule shifts for a department where employees can only be scheduled to work if all of their certifications are current. A visual reminder of the status of a certification would be very helpful to you. For example, with Conditional Formatting you can set the date field so that:

• If date is more than 30 days away, the date appears green.
  
• If date is within the next 30 days, the date appears yellow.
  
• If date is today or has already occurred, the date appears red.

Quick performance indicators
Many organizations use performance indicators to judge how well they are doing or to achieve desired outcomes. Choose from a list of 20 pre-defined conditions or create your own with a calculation. This makes it simple to monitor and troubleshoot when your performance indicators are outside of the thresholds that you've defined.

Use Conditional Formatting with External SQL Data Sources to create useful information dashboards of your organization's data.

Database sharing made even easier

Simultaneous sharing
Let's say that you create a database in FileMaker Pro and then someone else in your organization wants to use that database too. No need to post files to a server; sharing is built right into every copy of FileMaker Pro. If your computers are connected to a network, you and up to nine other Windows and Mac OS FileMaker Pro users can access the same database file simultaneously.* Plus, the new Send Link database sharing feature makes it easy for others to connect to your database by creating an email with a hyperlink that launches your database with one click.** You can also extend your database to publish basic Web forms, status and lists with Instant Web Publishing or connect FileMaker Pro to your website with PHP Web Publishing.

And if you ever want to share with larger groups, FileMaker has easy-to-use server solutions available.

Powerful security
Databases can contain information from the most simplistic to the highly confidential. With the advanced security features of FileMaker Pro, you decide who has access to what information and when. You can secure your databases by assigning account names and passwords, and then assign custom privileges for each user, specifying what they can view and edit, down to the field level. So you can limit what users can see and do by restricting access based on your work rules.

*If you have more than 9 users, please learn more about FileMaker Server
**The recipient of the email must have FileMaker Pro installed.

Effortless reporting
Whether you want to create an invoice to send to a customer or publish a report to your team, FileMaker Pro 9 makes it easy to create an Adobe PDF from your FileMaker data directly within FileMaker using PDF Maker, a feature introduced in FileMaker Pro 8. Now, with the new Append to PDF feature, you can combine multiple reports into one PDF and email the PDF to the recipients you specify, connecting them to the latest information.

Latest Updates
Stay current with the latest software with new Software Update Notification. FileMaker Pro 9 automatically checks for software updates weekly. All it takes is an Internet connection.

Create live connections to Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL with ease!

New! Connect to Your SQL Data

Create solutions that include SQL data
No longer do you need high-end programming skills to add SQL data to FileMaker Pro solutions. Now anyone can extend FileMaker Pro solutions to include information located in SQL systems--all without needing to know any programming languages or how to write SQL queries. You can create new information by adding supplemental calculation and summary fields to the SQL table in FileMaker. Run finds, sorts, and exports on the table. Even use the values in scripts. It's easy because it is
FileMaker Pro.

FileMaker Pro gives you the tools you need to do all sorts of useful things with data from an external SQL data source, multiple external SQL data sources, or FileMaker Pro and external SQL data source(s). Use SQL information to create name badges or shipping labels. Track requisitions and purchase orders. Develop a visual catalog of inventory and assets. Everything that FileMaker Pro can do--now you can do with data from SQL.

Enable knowledge workers to use SQL data - safely
If you are an administrator for a SQL database, you know the constant demand for ad-hoc data pulls and custom solutions. Simply provide the knowledge workers in your organization with access to your SQL views or tables. FileMaker Pro utilizes standard system-level DSNs and you decide what level of access to provide (read only or read/write). Then they'll be off reporting and creating solutions to their heart's content and you'll be free to work on other projects. Or use FileMaker Pro yourself and enjoy a dream environment for Rapid Application Development and deployment.
Based on future-proof open ODBC standards

FileMaker Pro's External Data Source feature was built with future expansion in mind. The initial release is certified to work with the following popular SQL databases:

• MS SQL Server 2000
  
• MS SQL Server 2005
  
• Oracle 9g
  
• Oracle 10g
  
• MySQL 5.0 Community Edition (free)

The External Data Source feature also allows you to connect to remote FileMaker Pro databases, creating a "one source" tool for bringing all your critical data together.

New! Connect to Your Creativity

Get organized
Tracking down the script you need is virtually trouble-free with new Script Organization features. Group related scripts for faster access. You can put all Report scripts in one group and all navigation scripts in another group. Categorize scripts in whatever way makes sense to you. If you have a lot of scripts, you can collapse and expand groups to make the list more manageable.

Instant discovery
Find the scripts you need in the blink of an eye, even if you don't know which group to look in. Just type as much of the script name as you know in the search box and FileMaker Pro will show you the list of scripts that match.

Super script editing
Get more out of scripts you have, and create new scripts faster. Quickly create new scripts by duplicating similar ones you've already created. With multiple script editing windows, you can view existing scripts while you develop a new script.

In addition, now multiple users can login to the same solution and edit scripts at the same time.

Connect to your creative side with more tools to make your layouts, including those with a Tab Control or FileMaker Web Viewer, even better than before.

Creativity at your fingertips

Precision tuning
The Tab Control is a great way to logically organize information. Now you can set the tabs to the width you want. For example, you may have a small label but want the tab containing the label to be larger, possibly because it looks better or because you want a larger area to click on. Or you may be putting images on the tabs so you want the tabs to be big enough to fit the image. Now you can specify the size of the tab. Also, you can designate which tab is the default front tab.
Up-to-date information

When a web page is loading in your browser, you can glance at the status bar to monitor progress. Now, you can add the same status bar to the FileMaker Web Viewer. Also, you can dynamically display web pages in the FileMaker Web Viewer that are driven by HTML stored in a field in your database.

One size fits all
Design it once. Use it anywhere. Layout objects, such as portals, tab controls, and the FileMaker Web Viewer, will scale to fit the screen or printer being used. With the new Auto-Resize feature, layout objects that you choose will resize or move in order to maintain a constant distance to the sides of the window or container that they have been anchored to.

More great features

FileMaker Pro 9 also includes these new and exciting features:

• New! Field Level Spell Checking so you can turn on or off visual spell-checking for individual fields.
• New! Multiple Undos and Redos so you can undo and redo more than once when editing text within a field.
  
• New! Enhanced Toolbars, including the new Align Toolbar for faster layout design and an updated Standard Toolbar that includes buttons for PDF Maker and Excel Maker.
  
• New! 10 additional Avery labels layouts including Shipping Labels ideal for packaging and printing postage.

• Student version intended for student and educational use only
• Quickly construct documents from predefined parts and styles; compose and publish blogs directly from within Word
• Format your references automatically by selecting a predefined style guide, including APA, MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, and others

• Combine multiple files into a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.
• Scan paper documents with OCR technology to create compact, searchable Adobe PDF documents. Convert Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes e-mail archives to Adobe PDF to facilitate search and retrieval.
• Save Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content.

• Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to participate in document reviews, fill and save electronic forms offline, and digitally sign documents.
• Send documents for review and track which reviewers have contributed feedback. Compile comments into a single PDF document with one-button ease and sort them by author, date, or page.
• Combine multiple files as PDF documents in a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.

Note: This is an upgrade version.

Top reasons to upgrade to Acrobat 8

Create and optimize Adobe PDF documents
Create an Adobe PDF document from Microsoft Office, Outlook, Internet Explorer, or any application that prints. Easily convert and optimize documents, spreadsheets, e-mails, websites, and technical drawings into more secure Adobe PDF files that preserve the formatting and integrity of the original files. Share information with anyone using free Adobe Reader software.

Acrobat 8.0 Professional has a new, more intuitive user interface. View larger.

Enable Adobe Reader (version 7.0 or 8) users to participate in document reviews, digitally sign documents, and fill in and save PDF forms. Then organize comments from multiple reviewers with Acrobat's sorting and filtering tools.

Acrobat lets you combine files from multiple applications into a single Adobe PDF document.

Combine files from multiple applications
Easily assemble documents, spreadsheets, presentations, e-mails, web pages, forms, CAD drawings, and diagrams into a single Adobe PDF document. Present files in your preferred order, regardless of file type, paper size, or orientation. Embed multimedia, 3D designs, audio, and video for a richer experience.

Enhance and extend document collaboration
Accelerate feedback and approvals with robust tools for initiating, managing, and tracking document reviews. Enable Adobe Reader (version 7.0 or 8) users to participate in document reviews with commenting tools. Reviewers can use familiar commenting toolsâ€"including sticky notes, stamps, highlighter, pencil, strikethrough, callout, dimension lines, shapes, and cloudsâ€"for review and markup of Adobe PDF files. Merge feedback into a single PDF file to reconcile comments.

Streamline data collection with Adobe PDF forms
Automate manual entry and help reduce costly errors by managing information electronically with PDF forms. Easily create a wide range of electronic forms for distribution through e-mail or on the web. Enable users of free Adobe Reader (version 7.0 or 8) to fill and save forms (for ad-hoc forms distribution and data collection for up to 500 people.). Capture and consolidate inbound data into spreadsheets or back-end systems.

Apply advanced document security and controls
Control access to and use of Adobe PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity. Set document permissions to define whether a file can be printed or changed. Apply passwords to help restrict document access. Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source. Create and reuse document control policies to precisely manage who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

• Enable advanced features in Adobe Reader â€" Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to participate in document reviews, fill and save electronic forms offline, and digitally sign documents.
• Combine and optimize documents â€" Combine documents, drawings, and rich media content into a single, polished Adobe PDF document. Optimize file size and arrange files in any order regardless of file type, dimensions, or orientation.
• Accelerate document reviews â€" Send documents for review and track which reviewers have contributed feedback. Compile comments into a single PDF document with one-button ease and sort them by author, date, or page.
• Save in Microsoft Word â€" Save Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content.

With a scanner and Acrobat's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, you can turn stacks of paper documents into easily searchable electronic PDF archives.

• Create advanced forms â€" Design dynamic, interactive forms to collect and aggregate data through email or on the web with included Adobe LiveCycle Designer software.
• Easily create Adobe PDF documents â€" Create Adobe PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Office applications. Windows users can also create Adobe PDF documents from Outlook, Internet Explorer, Project, Visio, Access, Publisher, AutoCAD, and Lotus Notes.
• Apply passwords and assign permissions â€" Restrict access to Adobe PDF documents using 128-bit encryption. Set document permissions to help restrict who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.
• Permanently remove sensitive information â€" Permanently remove metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and use redaction tools to permanently delete sensitive text, illustrations, or other content.
• Archive papers and e-mails for easy search and retrieval â€" Scan paper documents with OCR technology to create compact, searchable Adobe PDF documents. Convert Microsoft Outlook e-mail archives to Adobe PDF to facilitate search and retrieval.
• Generate professional, print-ready files â€" Automate the preflight process and correct issues that might compromise print quality without creating a new Adobe PDF document.

• Combine multiple files into one PDF package â€" Combine multiple files as PDF documents in a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.
• Auto-recognize form fields â€" Automatically locate form fields in static PDF documents and convert them to interactive fields that can be filled electronically by anyone using Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8).

Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source.

• Manage shared reviews â€" Easily conduct shared reviews â€" without IT assistance â€" that allow review participants to see one another's comments and track the status of the review.
• Enable advanced features in Adobe Reader â€" Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to fill and save electronic forms offline and digitally sign documents.
• Permanently remove sensitive information â€" Permanently remove metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and use redaction tools to permanently delete sensitive text, illustrations, or other content.
• Archive Microsoft Outlook e-mail in PDF â€" Configure Acrobat 8 Professional to automatically archive e-mail in Microsoft Outlook for easy search and retrieval.
• Archive Lotus Notes e-mail â€" Convert e-mail in Lotus Notes to Adobe PDF to facilitate searching, archiving, and retrieval.
• Save in Microsoft Word â€" Take advantage of improved functionality for saving Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables.
• Enjoy improved performance and support for AutoCAD â€" More rapidly convert AutoCAD drawing files into compact, accurate PDF documents, without the need for the native desktop application.
• Take advantage of a new, intuitive user interface â€" Complete tasks more quickly with a streamlined user interface, new customizable toolbars, and a "Getting Started" page to visually direct you to commonly used features.

• Upgrade available on these qualifying applications: Microsoft Access 2000-2002; Microsoft Office Access 2003; Microsoft Works 6.0-10; Microsoft Works Suite 2000-2006 or later; any 2000-2007 Microsoft Office suite; and any Microsoft Office XP suite
• Quickly construct documents from predefined parts and styles; compose and publish blogs directly from within Word
• Format your references automatically by selecting a predefined style guide, including APA, MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, and others

Microsoft Office Word 2007 is a document authoring program that helps people create and share great-looking documents by combining a comprehensive set of writing tools with an easy-to-use interface. Rich review, commenting, and comparison capabilities help you quickly gather and manage feedback from colleagues. Advanced data integration helps ensure documents stay connected to important sources of business information. With Word 2007 you'll create professional-looking documents effortlessly. Spend more time writing, less time formatting -- while communicating more effectively than ever. Initiate, manage, and track document review and approval processes from within Office Word 2007, to accelerate review cycles across your organization Share documents in Portable Document Format file (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) format without using third-party tools XML support facilitates smaller, more robust documents and deep integration with information systems and external data sources Master Reduce file sizes and improve corruption recovery - Office Open XML Formats are compressed, segmented file formats that offer a dramatic reduction in file size and helps ensure damaged or corrupt files can be easily recovered Digital Signature signs your documents so the people who read them know it hasn't changed since it left your hands Create dynamic Smart Documents that update themselves by connecting to your back-end systems, using new document controls and data bindings Track your documents with the Document Information Panel; Add Windows SharePoint Services information or custom properties to your document templates Detect documents with embedded macros

• Document authoring program helps people create and share great-looking documents
• Quickly construct documents from predefined parts and styles; compose and publish blogs directly from within Word
• Format your references automatically by selecting a predefined style guide, including APA, MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, and others

Use Quick Styles in a Word document to easily choose and apply a new style. View larger.

The new tri-pane review panel of Office Word 2007 enables you to quickly compare or merge two versions of a document and helps identify moved text and tracked changes within tables. View larger.

You can use the Document Inspector to remove comments. View larger.

The new user interface of Office Word 2007 enables you to create documents more quickly than ever because it presents the right tools when you need them. View larger.

Office Word 2007 enables you to digitally sign your documents, so readers know they haven't changed since they left your hands. View larger.

Gather Information, Create Documents, and Communicate Effectively
Rich review, commenting, and comparison capabilities help you quickly gather and manage feedback from colleagues, and advanced data integration ensure documents stay connected to important sources of business information. With Word 2007 you can spend more time writing, less time formatting and communicate more effectively than ever. Initiate, manage, and track document review and approval processes from within Word 2007, and accelerate review cycles across your organization.

New Interface and Tools
Together with a new, streamlined, results-oriented interface, Word 2007 gives you the tools you need to create professional-looking content. You can add Building Blocks of predefined content and reduce the errors associated with copying and pasting frequently used content, while the Quick Styles function saves you time by helping you format text and tables throughout your document. And to make sure you documents are consistent, Document Themes apply the same colors, fonts, and effects.

Professional-Looking Documents
SmartArt diagrams and a new charting engine help you add a professional look to documents, while shared diagramming and charting with Microsoft Office Excel 2007 spreadsheet software and the Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 presentation graphics program help ensure a consistent look across your documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. You can even compose blogs directly from within Word, and complete your blog posts with pictures, rich formatting, spelling checker, and more. When it's time to publish your blogs you can do so directly from Word to many common blog services including Office SharePoint Server 2007, MSN Spaces, Blogger, TypePad, Community Server, and more.

Display Important Information
Word 2007 offers a variety of tools and functions to help you express and display important information. The Equation Builder helps you construct editable, in-line mathematical equations using real mathematical symbols, prebuilt equations, and automatic formatting. Live word count keeps track of the number of words in your document as you type, and is always in view in the new user interface. Typographic capabilities offer improved bulleted and numbered lists, numbered list styles, and new fonts designed to improve on-screen reading.

Add Building Blocks to an Office Word 2007 document to increase efficiency and reduce errors. View larger.

In addition, the Citation Manager and Reference Builder give you the ability to add references, footnotes, endnotes, tables of contents, tables of figures or tables of authorities. To save time, format your references automatically by selecting a predefined style guide, including APA, MLA, The Chicago Manual of Style, and others. There's even a Contextual Spelling Checker that helps you avoid common mistakes and misuse of similarly spelled words.

Editing and Reviewing Tools
Word 2007 provides editing and reviewing tools that help you create professional documents faster than ever before. Live visual previews, predefined style galleries, table formats, and other options are always at your fingertips. To help minimize time wasted re-typing, take advantage of new Building Blocks designed specifically for the addition of frequently used content to your documents. You can even create your own Building Blocks to simplify the addition of custom text, such as legal disclaimer text or other frequently used materials. For that professional touch, select from a predefined gallery of cover pages, pull quotes, headers, and footers.

High-Impact Graphics
Word 2007 helps you communicate more effectively with high-impact graphics. New charting and diagramming features that include 3-D shapes, transparency, drop shadows, and other effects help you create professional-looking graphics that result in more effective documents. Quickly apply a new look and feel to your documents using Quick Styles and Document Themes to change the appearance of text, tables, and graphics throughout your entire document to match your preferred style or color scheme.

Share Your Documents and Content Confidently
With Word 2007, you can share documents with colleagues to gather feedback efficiently. You can also help prevent unwanted distribution of your documents and even remove private comments or hidden text prior to publishing. Additionally, the tri-pane review panel makes it easy to compare and combine two versions of a Word document, so you can detect even the smallest differences when dealing with changes from reviewers.

Participate in Office SharePoint Server 2007
To help make users more efficient when working in a managed environment, participate in Office SharePoint Server 2007 workflows without leaving Word. You can start workflows, interact with workflow tasks, or get information about your documents from the new Document Alert Bar. Managed document repositories can also be accessed from within Word 2007, so you have greater control over document versions. For added peace of mind, information management policies consistently enforce the labeling, auditing, and expiration of documents stored in SharePoint Server 2007 managed document repositories. You can also choose to keep track of your documents with the Document Information Panel which can help add workflow and tracking information directly to your documents. And Word 2007 uses a separate file format (.docm) for macro-enabled documents, so you can quickly tell whether a file is capable of executing any embedded macros.

Keep Your Documents Safe and Secure
Word 2007 offers the Document Inspector feature to help you detect and remove unwanted comments, personally identifiable information, hidden text, or other information from documents so that private information stays that way. You can also add digital signatures to help others verify that content has not been changed since it was published. Another option is to add a new signature line to prompt other Word users for their signature, or to provide a visible digital signature within your documents. Additionally, the Reading Mode offers you an immersive, full-screen reading experience that makes online reading easier, reducing the need to print the document. And because quality editing depends on the ease of viewing text, new navigation controls and typography display improvements make the reading experience better than ever.

Convert Your Word Documents
With Word 2007, you can share documents in Portable Document Format file (PDF) and XML Paper Specification (XPS) format without using third-party tools. XML support facilitates smaller, more robust documents and deep integration with information systems and external data sources. Because Office Open XML Formats are compressed, segmented file formats, they offer a dramatic reduction in file size and helps ensure damaged or corrupt files can be easily recovered.

Facilitate Important Business Processes
Word 2007 offers a host of integration points to enable organizations to build powerful solutions that are easy for users to utilize successfully. XML Formats give developers unprecedented access to the contents of your documents, enabling broad interoperability with a wide range of programs and solutions. The Document Information Panel means users enter correct metadata by making it possible for you link document properties to Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services or to other external data sources. Content Controls help you structure the document authoring process by requiring specific types of information or by adding sections of documents that may not be edited or reformatted.

Tools For Developers
Custom-defined schema support of the Office XML Formats enables developers to host their own content within Word documents, using their own custom XML vocabularies. Instead of expensive translations, custom XML content is hosted directly within the file. You can also take advantage of Data Bindings and provide developers with an easy way to link the contents of external data sources and custom-defined schemas to their word documents.

• Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to participate in document reviews, fill and save electronic forms offline, and digitally sign documents.
• Send documents for review and track which reviewers have contributed feedback. Compile comments into a single PDF document with one-button ease and sort them by author, date, or page.
• Combine multiple files as PDF documents in a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.

Note: This is an upgrade version.

Top reasons to upgrade to Acrobat 8

Create and optimize Adobe PDF documents
Create an Adobe PDF document from Microsoft Office, Outlook, Internet Explorer, or any application that prints. Easily convert and optimize documents, spreadsheets, e-mails, websites, and technical drawings into more secure Adobe PDF files that preserve the formatting and integrity of the original files. Share information with anyone using free Adobe Reader software.

Acrobat 8.0 Professional has a new, more intuitive user interface. View larger.

Enable Adobe Reader (version 7.0 or 8) users to participate in document reviews, digitally sign documents, and fill in and save PDF forms. Then organize comments from multiple reviewers with Acrobat's sorting and filtering tools.

Acrobat lets you combine files from multiple applications into a single Adobe PDF document.

Combine files from multiple applications
Easily assemble documents, spreadsheets, presentations, e-mails, web pages, forms, CAD drawings, and diagrams into a single Adobe PDF document. Present files in your preferred order, regardless of file type, paper size, or orientation. Embed multimedia, 3D designs, audio, and video for a richer experience.

Enhance and extend document collaboration
Accelerate feedback and approvals with robust tools for initiating, managing, and tracking document reviews. Enable Adobe Reader (version 7.0 or 8) users to participate in document reviews with commenting tools. Reviewers can use familiar commenting toolsâ€"including sticky notes, stamps, highlighter, pencil, strikethrough, callout, dimension lines, shapes, and cloudsâ€"for review and markup of Adobe PDF files. Merge feedback into a single PDF file to reconcile comments.

Streamline data collection with Adobe PDF forms
Automate manual entry and help reduce costly errors by managing information electronically with PDF forms. Easily create a wide range of electronic forms for distribution through e-mail or on the web. Enable users of free Adobe Reader (version 7.0 or 8) to fill and save forms (for ad-hoc forms distribution and data collection for up to 500 people.). Capture and consolidate inbound data into spreadsheets or back-end systems.

Apply advanced document security and controls
Control access to and use of Adobe PDF documents, assign digital rights, and maintain document integrity. Set document permissions to define whether a file can be printed or changed. Apply passwords to help restrict document access. Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source. Create and reuse document control policies to precisely manage who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.

Top reasons to buy Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional

• Enable advanced features in Adobe Reader â€" Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to participate in document reviews, fill and save electronic forms offline, and digitally sign documents.
• Combine and optimize documents â€" Combine documents, drawings, and rich media content into a single, polished Adobe PDF document. Optimize file size and arrange files in any order regardless of file type, dimensions, or orientation.
• Accelerate document reviews â€" Send documents for review and track which reviewers have contributed feedback. Compile comments into a single PDF document with one-button ease and sort them by author, date, or page.
• Save in Microsoft Word â€" Save Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables, to facilitate reuse of content.

With a scanner and Acrobat's Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, you can turn stacks of paper documents into easily searchable electronic PDF archives.

• Create advanced forms â€" Design dynamic, interactive forms to collect and aggregate data through email or on the web with included Adobe LiveCycle Designer software.
• Easily create Adobe PDF documents â€" Create Adobe PDF documents with one-button ease from Microsoft Office applications. Windows users can also create Adobe PDF documents from Outlook, Internet Explorer, Project, Visio, Access, Publisher, AutoCAD, and Lotus Notes.
• Apply passwords and assign permissions â€" Restrict access to Adobe PDF documents using 128-bit encryption. Set document permissions to help restrict who can print, save, copy, or modify a document.
• Permanently remove sensitive information â€" Permanently remove metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and use redaction tools to permanently delete sensitive text, illustrations, or other content.
• Archive papers and e-mails for easy search and retrieval â€" Scan paper documents with OCR technology to create compact, searchable Adobe PDF documents. Convert Microsoft Outlook e-mail archives to Adobe PDF to facilitate search and retrieval.
• Generate professional, print-ready files â€" Automate the preflight process and correct issues that might compromise print quality without creating a new Adobe PDF document.

• Combine multiple files into one PDF package â€" Combine multiple files as PDF documents in a searchable, sortable PDF package that maintains the individual security settings and digital signatures of each included PDF document.
• Auto-recognize form fields â€" Automatically locate form fields in static PDF documents and convert them to interactive fields that can be filled electronically by anyone using Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8).

Digitally sign and certify documents to validate they came from a trusted source.

• Manage shared reviews â€" Easily conduct shared reviews â€" without IT assistance â€" that allow review participants to see one another's comments and track the status of the review.
• Enable advanced features in Adobe Reader â€" Enable anyone using free Adobe Reader software (version 7.0 or 8) to fill and save electronic forms offline and digitally sign documents.
• Permanently remove sensitive information â€" Permanently remove metadata, hidden layers, and other concealed information, and use redaction tools to permanently delete sensitive text, illustrations, or other content.
• Archive Microsoft Outlook e-mail in PDF â€" Configure Acrobat 8 Professional to automatically archive e-mail in Microsoft Outlook for easy search and retrieval.
• Archive Lotus Notes e-mail â€" Convert e-mail in Lotus Notes to Adobe PDF to facilitate searching, archiving, and retrieval.
• Save in Microsoft Word â€" Take advantage of improved functionality for saving Adobe PDF files as Microsoft Word documents, retaining the layout, fonts, formatting, and tables.
• Enjoy improved performance and support for AutoCAD â€" More rapidly convert AutoCAD drawing files into compact, accurate PDF documents, without the need for the native desktop application.
• Take advantage of a new, intuitive user interface â€" Complete tasks more quickly with a streamlined user interface, new customizable toolbars, and a "Getting Started" page to visually direct you to commonly used features.

• Software Sub Type: HR Management
• Platform Support: PC
• License Pricing: Standard

The program features are based around four key efficiency zones. The Performance Appraiser is an intuitive and easy-to-use tool that allows you to master each step of the evaluation process, access job descriptions, and transform observations into valuable feedback. Use the Form Designer and enjoy the power to create a performance review system that is relevant to your unique organization. A Performance Manager lets you and your managers track and build performance on a daily basis. Finally, the Application Administrator gives you centralized security, control, and maintenance of access levels for your managers and employees.