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Close-up on early adopters: users report good results using PDF, as more partners enhance its productivity. (Portable Document Format)
The Portable Document Format: It's not your father's PostScript, as Frank Romano likes to say. Romano, a professor of graphic arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology, goes so far as to claim that the Portable Document Format is "the next r The Portable Document Format:...
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., PostScript
Research articles 1997-09-01
ISO approves PDF for document archives.(International Organization for Standardization)(Portable Document Format)(Brief Article)
International Organization for Standardization ISO has approved ISO 19005-1, Document management-electronic document file format for long-term preservation. Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1), defines a file format based on Portable Document Format International Organization for Standardization ISO has approved ISO 19005-1, Document...
Tags: Adobe PDF, ISO
Research articles 2005-11-01
AutoDWG.(autocad software)(Brief article)
AutoDWG of Hangzhou, China, is shipping AutoDWG, an AutoCAD drawing-format to portable-document format ... AutoDWG of Hangzhou, China, is shipping AutoDWG, an AutoCAD drawing-format to portable-document format conversion tool. Users don't need AutoCAD installed to run the program, which supports AutoCAD 2006.
Tags: AutoCAD, software
Research articles 2006-04-01
Adobe Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif., which makes portable document format software.(Briefly Noted)(OKYZ S.A.)(Brief Article)
Adobe Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif., which makes portable document format software, ... Adobe Systems Inc. of San Jose, Calif., which makes portable document format software, has acquired OKYZ S.A. of Paris, which makes three-dimensional collaboration software.
Tags: Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., software
Research articles 2005-01-01
News: EnFocus tool to find, fix PDF glitches
EnFocus Software Inc. will hit the road next week at Seybold Seminars New York98 with Ferrari, the code name for new autocorrection software for PostScriptand Portable Document Format files.The company will also roll out an upgrade to CheckUp, its Adobe AcrobatExchange 3.0 plug-in for preflighting Portable Document Format PDF files.EnFocus...
Tags: Ferrari, tool
Research articles 1998-03-09
Document management.(software Exchange)
Capability: This software application, called Document Locator, enables companies to store, access, and manage any documents that can be saved on Microsoft file servers, including scanned documents, portable document format files, CAD designs, hypert Capability: This software application, called Document Locator, enables companies to store,...
Tags: document management, file server, Microsoft Corp., server, software
Research articles 2003-09-01
FileNet, Adobe Announce Extensions To Document-Imaging Standards; Common Functionality Across TIFF and PDF to Enable Document-Imaging Technology to More Easily Integrate with Broader Set of Business Applications
COSTA MESA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 1, 1996--FileNet Corp. (Nasdaq: FILE) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced that they will jointly propose common extensions to both the Tagged Image File Format TIFF and Adobe Portable Document Format PDF specifications to enable seamless use of both file formats across a broad...
Tags: Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., business application, FileNet Corp.
Research articles 1996-04-01
Cisco Systems, San Jose, Calif., is using Acrobat and Portable Document Format (PDF) solutions from Adobe Systems.(Integration & Infrastructure in brief)
Cisco Systems, San Jose, Calif., is using Acrobat and Portable Document Format PDF solutions from Adobe Systems. Legal department employees are sharing documents with customers and business partners in Adobe PDF, thereby maintaining a clear paper Cisco Systems, San Jose, Calif., is using Acrobat...
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc.
Research articles 2005-02-01
FileNet, Adobe Announce Extensions To Document-Imaging Standards; Common Functionality Across TIFF and PDF to Enable Document-Imaging Technology to More Easily Integrate with Broader Set of Business Applications - ADBE - FILE
COSTA MESA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 1, 1996--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and FileNet Corp. (Nasdaq:FILE) today announced that they will jointly propose common extensions to both the Tagged Image File Format TIFF and Adobe Portable Document Format PDF specifications to enable seamless use of both file formats across a broad range of...
Tags: Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., business application, FileNet Corp.
Research articles 1996-04-01
3-D Adobe.(Adobe Systems Inc. introduces Adobe Acrobat Professional 7.0)
Adobe, best known for its portable document format PDF, the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, and popular programs such as Adobe Photoshop, is now shipping a 3-D ... Adobe, best known for its portable document format PDF, the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, and popular programs such as...
Tags: 3D, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Systems Inc.
Research articles 2006-02-01
The write way.(Answers to Your Technical Questions)(Brief Article)
Q: Is there a defined standard document format in the ISO standards? Let's say we want to create a health and safety manual for the company, for example. Is there a format we should follow for that or other documents? A: The quick answer...
Tags: ISO, Quality
Research articles 2004-10-01
Adobe makes the leap to enterprise-class applications.(Document Management)
Adobe Systems is best known for two desktop applications--the Acrobat program that creates portable document format PDF files; and the companion Acrobat Reader that allows users to read PDF files. Now Adobe is hoping that an enterprise-class Adobe Systems...
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., document management, purchase order, SAP AG
Research articles 2004-12-01
Pass-around PDF.(software exchange)
Capability: Using the upgraded Adobe Acrobat 8 application, engineers can create portable document format files from standard documents. With the upgraded version, several design and construction documents can be combined into a single PDF and delive Capability: Using the upgraded Adobe Acrobat 8 application, engineers...
Tags: Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., software
Research articles 2007-02-01
Adobe makes the leap to enterprise-class applications (MSI)
Adobe Systems is best known for two desktop applications--the Acrobat program that creates portable document format PDF files; and the companion Acrobat Reader that allows users to read PDF files. Adobe Systems is best known for two desktop applications--the Acrobat program...
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc.
Research articles 2004-12-01
Xerox wide-format copier passes rugged battlefield test. (Xerox Engineering Systems Ltd.)
A portable wide-format copier contained in a rugged commercial transit case that is customized to meet the field mapping needs of the military has been announced by Xerox Engineering Systems of Rochester. The Large-Scale Tactical Document Copier consisA portable wide-format copier contained in a rugged commercial ...
Tags: photocopier, Xerox Corp.
Research articles 1993-01-04
Data translation tool: publishes AutoCAD designs in PDF.(SPECIAL SECTION: COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY)
DWGateway data translation tool now offers the ability to publish AutoCAD designs in the popular Adobe Portable Document Format PDF. Thus, design engineers can share designs with anyone, regardless of whether the ... DWGateway data translation tool now offers the ability to publish ...
Tags: Adobe PDF, AutoCAD, computer, tool
Research articles 2005-11-01
Presto Change-O: Xerox Technology Could Transform Camera Phone Into Portable Document Scanner
GRENOBLE, France -- Scientists at Xerox Corporation's (NYSE: XRX) research center in Europe have developed document imaging technology that could turn mobile phones into portable document scanners and ultimately, into devices that allow people to acquire, store, read, print and share documents at will.
Tags: camera, camera phone, phone, scanner, Xerox Corp.
Research articles 2004-11-15
computing: Briefly Noted
Spicer Corp. of Kitchener, Ontario, which makes document productivity software, has released version eight of lmagenation, with which users can scan, review, mark up, and print hundreds of document, CAD, and model formats. * A maker of simulation software, MSC.Software Corp. of Santa Ana., Calif., has released SimManager Enterprise, which...
Tags: 3D, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inc., software
Research articles 2006-09-01
Adobe Introduces Acrobat 7.0 for Workgroup Collaboration
Adobe Systems launched Adobe Acrobat 7.0 software on Nov. 15, claiming that the family of desktop applications provides capabilities far beyond converting documents into the Adobe Portable Document Format PDF. According to Adobe, workgroups can use AcroAdobe Systems launched Adobe Acrobat 7.0 software on Nov. 15, claiming that the family...
Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., collaboration
Research articles 2004-12-01
Adobe forges alliances to create manufacturing-centric PDF tools.(PLM STANDARDS)
Adobe Systems--which supplies popular tools for creating and viewing portable document format PDF files--has taken two steps forward in extending its reach in the product lifecycle management PLM space. Adobe Systems--which supplies popular tools for creating and viewing portable document format...
Tags: Adobe PDF, Adobe Systems Inc., alliance, manufacturing, tool
Research articles 2006-01-01