Adobe Brainiacs...
- SportsFan68
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Adobe Brainiacs...
I know you're out there, any input appreciated.
A co-worker wants Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and was quoted $742 for license etc.
I never paid a cent for the versiion I have at home. Does that make any sense? Is there an extra, exorbitant fee for the newest version?
A co-worker wants Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and was quoted $742 for license etc.
I never paid a cent for the versiion I have at home. Does that make any sense? Is there an extra, exorbitant fee for the newest version?
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Adobe Acrobat Reader is free. Always has been, and will be. With the 'reader' versin you can read the pdf files created by Adobe Acrobat Standard (or Professional).
The Standard and Professional versions allow you to create pdf output from any other software and to edit and compile and create pdf documents from scratch. That is what you are paying for.
I have a Standard Version at work that is about $300, I think.
The Standard and Professional versions allow you to create pdf output from any other software and to edit and compile and create pdf documents from scratch. That is what you are paying for.
I have a Standard Version at work that is about $300, I think.
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~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Re: Adobe Brainiacs...
I don't know how you came by your version (is it the full version, or just the reader?) but the price your co-worker was quoted is about right.SportsFan68 wrote:I know you're out there, any input appreciated.
A co-worker wants Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and was quoted $742 for license etc.
I never paid a cent for the versiion I have at home. Does that make any sense? Is there an extra, exorbitant fee for the newest version?
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Check out E-bay on deals for 7.0.
If the co-worker wants 8.0 and doesn't have a previous version, it might be cheaper to buy a 7.0 version off e-bay then buy the upgrade for $100.
Just a thought (buyer beware).
If the co-worker wants 8.0 and doesn't have a previous version, it might be cheaper to buy a 7.0 version off e-bay then buy the upgrade for $100.
Just a thought (buyer beware).
..what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms.
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
~~ Thomas Jefferson
War is where the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
-- Benjamin Franklin (maybe)
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Re: Adobe Brainiacs...
Following up on this...there are programs that do the same thing as Adobe but are less expensive. Our church uses a program called CutePDF, which makes Adobe-format documents but doesn't cost nearly as much as Adobe Acrobat. Also, the $742 sounds like it's for the Professional version, as opposed to the Standard version. Your co-worker may need Adobe but may not need the deluxe version. (No, I don't know exactly what the differences are.)SportsFan68 wrote:I know you're out there, any input appreciated.
A co-worker wants Adobe Acrobat 8.0 and was quoted $742 for license etc.
I never paid a cent for the versiion I have at home. Does that make any sense? Is there an extra, exorbitant fee for the newest version?
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Thanks! That answers that. I do have just the reader, which is free.
He's doing the create forms, etc.
I think BiT's right -- I think there are caveat emptor ways to do it for less than $742. We'll see what happens.
Thanks for ending my confusion.
He's doing the create forms, etc.
I think BiT's right -- I think there are caveat emptor ways to do it for less than $742. We'll see what happens.
Thanks for ending my confusion.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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I use PDF Creator pro from Nuance to create forms. Its esp. good at converting pdf forms to forms that can be filled in with Adobe Reader. Its about $100.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.