[Macworld]

Post your comments for Adobe Acrobat X Pro here

[synterx]

What about people who bought CS5 Suites and got 9 Pro with it? Now what? Are we supposed to pay $200 to get the update? I thought you couldn't update individual apps in a Suite. Or wait until CS6, by which time Acrobat 11 will be coming? Any ideas how Suite users will get the newest?

[flybynight]

@synterx, I have the same complaint. You can upgrade, but you have to pay for it. Loyal CS users are hit with the Acrobat tax every time.

[brobdingnagian]

Adobe’s persistent weaknesses are interfaces and installation.

[Danielsw]

I just downloaded and installed Adobe Reader X, and I think the new Find window is an improvement.

It's normally not in the way for when it's not needed, and it appears (and stays) in the upper right corner when it is. It has its own "next" and "previous" arrows for navigating through hits, and it has its own dropdown menu for selecting search preferences. Clicking on its "x" closes it.

Nice and neat in my opinion.

This post has been edited by Danielsw: 14 December 2010 - 11:18 AM

[WingDing]

in reading the review it sounds to me that this is a "pass" upgrade ... way too expensive.

[rcarlton]

i agree.... it may be a decent upgrade, but it's really crappy, adversarial behavior towards existing CS5 suite customers.

$99 or maybe even $129, and i'd upgrade the whole team.

at $200, i'll wait until CS6 - because there's no "must have" feature in X that would limit us if we stick with 9.

[jcwelch]

Unfortunately, you pay the same price as for the windows version, but what you get is rather crippled:

1) No office integration

2) No way to integrate Acrobat with any other program. (It has a scripting implementation, but unlike the other Adobe applications, which have amazing implementations and documentation, Acrobat's looks like they did just enough work to say they have one. Most of it doesn't work.)

3) No sharepoint integration

4) Security modes aren't as good as the windows version.

5) no LiveCycle designer, so that you can create and edit forms with a tool designed for it, not the "works but you don't want to mess with it much" AcroForm tools.

[Inkling]

Great review. You've confirmed my decision to stick with PDF Pen Pro. There's a lot to be said for getting the basics right and not worrying about features I may never use. And I get enough of Adobe's overly complicated UIs with InDesign.

I wonder why Adobe expends so much effort supporting Microsoft Word. I've got some PDFs that I'd love to be able to import into InDesign, but, even assuming the PDF to Word translation is perfect, I don't want to endure all the hassle that comes with Word imports into InDesign. You'd think PDF-to-InDesign would be a higher priority with them than PDF-to-Word. Let Microsoft handle the latter.

Any rumors that Adobe is working on an ePub design application? PDF is a very mature technology. Reflowable formats are still like the Wild West. It'd be great if someone with Adobe's statue would bring a bit of law and order to the digital Tombstone.

[davidlfoster]

"Less than a must-buy application" = over-priced Adobe bloatware marketed to extract maximum cash from long-term customers. And as always, Mac users get the short end of the stick; much reduced functionality compared to users on the Windows platform.

Don't pass, run away.

[bigcloits]

What exactly does it take to get Macworld to give a product less than 4 stars? Does it have to insult the reviewer’s momma? Does it have to pee on his loafers? Does it have to actually asplode his computer?

[leicaman]

I'm adding my voice to the complaints that Acrobat Pro is out of sync with the Creative Suite. One time or even two might be coincidence, but every single time for how many iterations now? It's completely unacceptable on Adobe's part to be so close to finishing Acrobat Pro X and not include it as a free or small upgrade fee to people who paid a boat load of money for a Creative Suite.

And you think they'd get a clue after screwing so many people and getting this same complaint over and over again so many times. It's really inexcusable.

[nw3227]

Can't believe you didn't list the price as a con.

[YoLeroy]

leicaman, on 14 December 2010 - 02:20 PM, said:

It's completely unacceptable on Adobe's part to be so close to finishing Acrobat Pro X and not include it as a free or small upgrade fee to people who paid a boat load of money for a Creative Suite.

AMEN. I've spent a small fortune on MM/Adobe suites over the last 15 years. I stopped at CS3 and Acrobat 9.....and my workflow is as good as ever.