Adobe unveils new Acrobat version

SAN JOSE: Publishing software maker Adobe Systems Inc. on Monday unveiled

Acrobat 5.0, the latest update of its popular document-sharing software, which

is slated to be shipped in mid-April.

Acrobat 5.0 offers beefed-up security and collaboration, as well as features

that benefit people with disabilities. The new software also makes it easier to

pull images and information from Web sites and PDF files for reuse in other

mediums. Adobe expects to ship the new version in mid-April, Richard Brown,

product manager of Adobe's ePaper solutions group, said.

Acrobat, that is one of Adobe's best-selling products, enables people to send

and receive documents while preserving their original format. That means

reports, presentations or sample layouts for magazines and catalogs will look

the same to the recipient as they did to the sender.

The current version of Acrobat has been on the market about two years and

contributes the majority of revenue for Adobe's ePaper business, which posted 60

per cent year-over-year revenue growth in Adobe's fiscal fourth-quarter ended

December 1.

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