Adobe Acrobat X Professional Upgrade Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been a user of Adobe products for 20 years. I have upgraded my Creative Suites from its origin to its current CS5 Design Premium. I have recently had trouble installing updates to Illustrator -- and after 6 hours with customer service and technical support was told to uninstall and reinstall, which I did and did NOT solve the problem. They have no answer. I was having the same problem with Acrobat 9 Pro and spent additional WASTED hours. Finally, I decided to upgrade to Acrobat X Pro. I purchased it from Amazon. I tried to install it on my laptop, put in the X serial number and copied the 9 serial number from my registration page at Adobe -- and it did not recognize my serial number as valid. So deleted the 9 serial number and typed it in exactly as it was on the Adobe registration page -- and still not a valid serial number! I finally called Adobe customer service, who could do nothing, and transferred me to technical support. After 45 minutes (!) on the phone, I was given a pin number which activated my Acrobat X Pro on my laptop. I told them that I did not want to keep calling to get a pin number for an installation on my desktop computer and for a new laptop I planned to buy shortly. They said they would look into solving the problem so that my own installation would automatically activate the program. I got a call back from technical support in India and was told that I could only install by calling technical support every time and get an activating pin number. This is TOTALLY INEXCUSABLE! Imagine your hard drive crashing and having to reinstall and spending waiting time, often over 20 minutes and then head time of around 10 minutes just to activate a program from a company whose products you have used for 20 years! The new Acrobat X Pro is NOT WORTH THE TROUBLE!

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Adobe Acrobat X Professional Upgrade Review

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(More customer reviews)Adobe is really falling behind the times. They seem to think they can provide products with known defects and simply lie about them. Specifically, when I previously purchased Acrobat 8 Pro I found that I could not make a simple PFD file from a MS Word document no matter what I did. And, after trying to figure out what I was doing wrong I contacted Adobe tech support and was told that Acrobat 8 Pro was not compatible with the current mac OS and MS Word. So, now a few years later, before I was going to consider buying Acrobat X Pro for mac I call Adobe Sales and asked them specifically if these problems had been resolved and would Acrobat X work with the OS 10 and MS Word. They said absolutely, so I proceeded with my purchase. But, I guess I'm just too trusting because no matter what I tried, no matter what Adobe tutorial I reviewed, I could not make a simple PDF file using Acrobat X. I spent lots of my time speaking with Adobe Sales & Customer Support being told how to make it work, but was finally transferred to Adobe tech support. The first techie told me how to make a PDF from Word, but I still couldn't get it to work. Finally, on my 3rd tech support person (I think this one was in India) I was told, "well, you know that Acrobat X is not yet compatible with mac OS 10 and Adobe is working on a patch that should be out in ~ 6 months. Just for reference, mac OS 10 has been out for more than a year now. This support tech did provide me with "work around" so I was finally able to make PDFs, but the program does work the way Adobe says it does.
Lots of emotions and thoughts went through my mind at discovery -anger, frustration, I want my money back, but at least vindication that I was not technically incompetent, as I do have a Ph.D. So, my recommendation to anyone thinking about buying Adobe Acrobat X for mac - DON'T, buy one of the many alternate PDF making programs. Maybe someday Adobe will figure out that making poorly designed and tested software products is not a good thing to do, and it's even worse to lie about them!
Finally, to my knowledge, as of today, March 5, 2011 the patch still does not exist.

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PDF Converter Professional 5.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)Scansoft products used to be decent products with strong support. That was before Nuance bought them out. Since capturing a basic monopoly on Voice to text, Text to Voice, scan to text, and PDF conversion, the company has grown arrogant, and less customer oriented than Microsoft at their worst. As one reviewer wrote, they charge you for customer support. The process goes something like this.
You visit the web page, and if you product is the current generation, or one prior, (it doesn't matter, current gen get treated no better)you have to enter in your license/product code, enter in your credit card number, and agree to be charged $9.95 for a totally useless email experience that only allows you access to their support page when you get a reply. My most recent experience involves Omnipage Pro, which has PDF converter and Creator built in. Omnipage Pro is such a slow and practicality useless program, that I uninstalled it after a week. However, a need came up where I needed a PDF converter, so I thought I'd load that part of the software.
I ran set up, used custom, had PDF creator and Converter installed leaving out the scanner software, entered in my key code, started the program, was asked if I wanted to activate the software, I did, however it wouldn't let me, telling me the license code was not valid. I attempted to find the problem/solution in their knowledge base, but don't bother, there is little if anything in there other than contact technical support.
So off to techincal support I went, only to discover that even for an installation problem, I had to pay. I did, after two days I got a response, telling me they needed my license code. As I'd had to enter it to get to the support page, this was irritating but I went to the webpage since they do no allow you to just hit respond. Entered in the key and two days later got another message telling me that my key code was for Omnipage Pro, not PDF converter. Gee, thanks for telling me that since I had to go to the Omnipage section to begin my initial inquiry.
I tried rewording my request, stating I have OmniPage pro, with comes with PDF creater and PDF Converter, and only wanted Converter to install, however it rejects my key code. Another two days pass, I get an emailed response telling me I don't have the proper code for PDF converter, mine is for Omnipage Pro. Again, I was grateful for the insight.
Back to the website, asked if there was anyway I could just install the portion of Omnipage that had the separate PDF. After more than a week passed, I get an email, telling me that I must install the entire program, register it, activate it, than I can uninstall the Omnipage pro leaving the PDF converter.
Following the instruction, I load the entire program, activate it, test PDF converter which works, go to add and remove, PDF creater and converter are listed separate from Omnipage,so I uninstall it per the directions of the last email. I go to use the PDF converter, it asks me if I want to activate it, (which I'd already done, but what the heck)it asks me for my key code, which I enter, only to get back a reply the key code I've entered is not valid.
Back to the website, explain the problem, and surprise, the response after two days is "your key code is not valid for PDF converter, only for Omnipage".
I give up, decide I'll just load the entire program and live with Omnipage taking up room. I install the entire program, enter the key code, asked to activate, which I do, only to get a message the key code is not valid as I've already installed Omnipage previously. Back to the webpage. set out the problem. A week goes by, I get a response asking me for the key code, and a screen shot, and a copy of the receipt. I supplied all, and am still waiting for a response.
My advice, stay away from all nuance programs. I've spent close to two hundred dollars for a Pro version of a product, received no free customer support, and after wasting more than two weeks, still have no product to run.


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Acrobat 9 Pro Essential Training Review

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(More customer reviews)Had a bit of an issue getting the DVD to run properly. Called the technical support # and received prompt and accurate help. Turned out to be a setting in Quicktime.
I found the DVD very informative and helpful. Much better than reading a book. And it was convenient, I could train whenever I had time in my schedule without having to travel anywhere.

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PDF Converter 6.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this product on a promotion price offered by another software product I own. It was very, very difficult to install. The CD would not auto run; the autorun.exe file on the CD would not execute nor would it run after I copied the entire CD to my hard drive. The Setup.exe program (which I finally located on the CD) seemed to install, but then when I tried to run the program it would not start at all. After much research on the vendor's website, I found a variety of other software that had to be installed first in order to get it run.
After hours of frustration over 2 days (and I'm a computer professional by the way), installing, uninstalling, getting and reporting error messages, I was finally about to get the product to install and activate.
OK, so far so good. It did a decent job of converting a couple PDF files to Word 2000 format so I tried something more difficult. A PDF file that I had created myself from Excel using Adobe Acrobat Pro version 6 with nicely formatted pages and very colorful. When I ran it through PDF Converter 6, it did convert to Excel 2000, however, it did not retain any of the color or text formatting or even much of the layout of the 8 pages of the file. It would have taken me major work if I had really needed this type of conversion to make it into a usable format.
All in all, I'm not overly thrilled with this product, so my suggestion is to check out other products first before buying this one. The marketing hype sounds much better than it is in my opinion. And, the installation nightmare is totally uncalled for. An average user should not be expected to have an IT professional with them just to install a software product - any software product.
I'm glad I didn't pay a lot for it and didn't go for the "pro" version, which is quite expensive. I have not looked at alternative software to see what else might be available.

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Adobe Acrobat X Professional Student & Teacher Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)Verification is never fun, but I really believe Adobe's verification process is as easy as it could possibly be.
Please consider the one-star review of a previous reviewer (John M. Wells). The information he provides is false.
When opening the software box, it is difficult to miss a folded instruction card that reads the following:
"STOP: To use this product beyond the 30-day trial period, you must validate your eligibility using the fulfillment process below and the following product code."
This notice of a '30-day trial' is again stated in the very next paragraph. So it's very likely that he knew he could have used Acrobat in 'trial' mode.
I hope Mr. Well's review does not deter you from purchasing Adobe's excellent software.
*** On a more positive note...
I recently purchased the Student and Teacher Editions (academic versions) of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Photoshop CS5 Extended and Acrobat X Professional.
Adobe has 30-day trial versions on most of their software.
For anyone intending on purchasing academic software from Adobe, I suggest they first try out the 30-day trial version, and then if still interested, sign up for an Adobe account. It makes things much easier during the verification stage by having your account already set up.
The entire verification process is very easy and it helps to have your scanned ID or any additional paperwork ready ahead of time. I received all three activation serial numbers in less than 24 hours. Adobe says that it could take up to two business days for verification.
The following might be some helpful information:
Adobe allows you to install and activate your purchased software onto two computers. I have the above-mentioned software installed and activated on two computers on a home network. I am able to 'run' Dreamweaver, Photoshop or Acrobat on both computers at the same time without any licensing problems.
To install and activate your Adobe software on a third computer, you must first 'de-activate' the software on one of the other two computers. Make sure if you ever throw out or give away an old computer, that you first de-activate the Adobe software. Otherwise, you will lose one of your two activations.
After installing and activating, you can then register your software and receive a free gift from Adobe. The gifts vary for each software title. Some of the gifts are AdobeTextPro Font, Photoshop plugins, discounts on Adobe software and 30-day access to training videos on either Lynda.com or CreativeEdge.com. Lynda.com has an amazing amount of training videos. You may want to check out these two websites before registering so you have time to evaluate them.
Concerning future upgrades of Adobe academic software, here is a quote from Adobe's website:
"Upgrades don't have special education pricing. However, you can purchase upgrades for educational products at the regular upgrade prices from any Authorized Education Reseller."
So according to Adobe, you can upgrade your academic software for their standard (non-academic) software if or when you no longer have student or teacher status. That is a really good deal! Many software companies won't allow you to upgrade academic software.
If you are not a student or teacher and you want to purchase academic software, you may want to consider signing up for an interesting class at your local community college. You could then get your student ID and your student status. You don't need to be a full-time student and you don't need to be seeking a degree. Maybe you can find a convenient on-line class. You can then go to a website like JourneyEd and be eligible to purchase all kinds of academic software and hardware.
Also, Microsoft has a program called DreamSpark that allows students to download full-versions of their software for free. You need to first sign up for a Windows Live ID and then sign in and get verified on the Microsoft DreamSpark website. Microsoft uses your college-issued '.edu' email address for verification. During the verification process Microsoft sends an activation email to your .edu email address. You must log in to your .edu email account and click on an activation link within the activation email. My verification didn't go very smoothly as my college had blacklisted Microsoft's mail servers and wouldn't allow me to receive the activation email from DreamSpark. I was eventually verified 'manually' by Microsoft tech support. I had to email them a copy of my scanned school ID and a copy of my class schedule.
After you are verified, Microsoft will verify your student status once a year. You can download all of the software that they have available on their DreamSpark.com website. There are no time limits on the software. You can continue to use their software after your student status expires. After being recently verified, I downloaded the full version of MS Visual Studio 2010 Professional, another very expensive program that was completely free.
With that valuable student ID, you really can save many hundreds of dollars on academic software, hardware and training!

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Adobe Acrobat X Professional Review

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(More customer reviews)I was hoping that Acrobat X would be faster with less glitches than Acrobat Pro 9. However, it is actually worse! The tools are so disorganized. In Acrobat Pro 9, you can customize the tool box in an intuitive fashion, but in version X, it is so convoluted and I couldn't figure out how to make it the way I wanted. Also the Typewriter now pops up with its own window that you cannot integrate into the tool bar. What the heck? And the interface is just ugly. What were the designers thinking???
Don't waste your money on this, and stick to the Acrobat Pro 9.

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When it comes to creating and sharing professional-level PDF files—with audio, video, and rich media—there's Adobe Acrobat X Pro, and then there's everything else.Acrobat X helps you increase your productivity and deliver better, more polished work.It's so much more than just a simple PDF creation tool.Also confidently store and share documents through easy-to-use services at Acrobat.com.
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Adobe Acrobat X Professional Student & Teacher Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)Verification is never fun, but I really believe Adobe's verification process is as easy as it could possibly be.
I recently purchased the Student and Teacher Editions (academic versions) of Adobe Dreamweaver CS5, Photoshop CS5 Extended and Acrobat X Professional.
The entire verification process is very easy and it helps to have your scanned ID or any additional paperwork ready ahead of time. I received all three activation serial numbers in less than 24 hours. Adobe says that it could take up to two business days for verification.
The following might be some helpful information:
Adobe allows you to install and activate your purchased software onto two computers. I have the above-mentioned software installed and activated on two computers on a home network. I am able to 'run' Dreamweaver, Photoshop or Acrobat on both computers at the same time without any licensing problems.
To install and activate your Adobe software on a third computer, you must first 'de-activate' the software on one of the other two computers. Make sure if you ever throw out or give away an old computer, that you first de-activate the Adobe software. Otherwise, you will lose one of your two activations.
After installing and activating, you can then register your software and receive a free gift from Adobe. The gifts vary for each software title. Some of the gifts are AdobeTextPro Font, Photoshop plugins, discounts on Adobe software and 30-day access to training videos on either Lynda.com or CreativeEdge.com. Lynda.com has an amazing amount of training videos. You may want to check out these two websites before registering so you have time to evaluate them.
Concerning future upgrades of Adobe academic software, here is a quote from Adobe's website:
"Upgrades don't have special education pricing. However, you can purchase upgrades for educational products at the regular upgrade prices from any Authorized Education Reseller."
So according to Adobe, you can upgrade your academic software for their standard (non-academic) software if or when you no longer have student or teacher status. That is a really good deal! Many software companies won't allow you to upgrade academic software.
If you are not a student or teacher and you want to purchase academic software, you may want to consider signing up for an interesting class at your local community college. You could then get your student ID and your student status. You don't need to be a full-time student and you don't need to be seeking a degree. Maybe you can find a convenient on-line class. You can then go to a website like JourneyEd and be eligible to purchase all kinds of academic software and hardware.
Also, Microsoft has a program called DreamSpark that allows students to download full-versions of their software for free. You need to first sign up for a Windows Live ID and then sign in and get verified on the Microsoft DreamSpark website. Microsoft uses your college-issued '.edu' email address for verification. During the verification process Microsoft sends an activation email to your .edu email address. You must log in to your .edu email account and click on an activation link within the activation email. My verification didn't go very smoothly as my college had blacklisted Microsoft's mail servers and wouldn't allow me to receive the activation email from DreamSpark. I was eventually verified 'manually' by Microsoft tech support. I had to email them a copy of my scanned school ID and a copy of my class schedule.
After you are verified, Microsoft will verify your student status once a year. You can download all of the software that they have available on their DreamSpark.com website. There are no time limits on the software. You can continue to use their software after your student status expires. After being recently verified, I downloaded the full version of MS Visual Studio 2010 Professional, another very expensive program that was completely free.
With that valuable student ID, you really can save many hundreds of dollars on academic software, hardware and training!

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Introducing Adobe Acrobat X Pro
Experience the full power of Acrobat Dynamic PDF to deliver next-generation PDF communications. Combine a wide variety of file types including video, audio, and interactive media into a polished, professional PDF Portfolio. Gain the feedback you need, faster, through easy-to-manage electronic reviews. Create and distribute fillable PDF forms to collect critical data. Apply passwords and permissions to protect your work. And confidently store and share documents through easy-to-use services at Acrobat.com.

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