


A major advance in Acrobat 9 – and an excellent demonstration of the new Flash integration – is the conversion of packages into “portfolios”. Previously this was left to PDF Packages which simply bundled all files together – not exactly professional. Rather than dealing with single PDFs, you’ll often want to combine PDFs from multiple sources and even include other file formats.

When it comes to data retrieval, Acrobat 9 also adds easy searching across all PDFs within a folder. Combined with the improved output to Word’s DOC format, Acrobat 9 can now double up as a dedicated OCR app. Even bigger strides have been made when it comes to converting hard copy to electronic archive with improved OCR technology and wider support for scanners.
