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Adobe FrameMaker—an application for authoring and publishing long, structured, content-rich
documents including books, documentation, technical manuals, and reports; provides users a way to
publish their content to multiple output formats, including print, Adobe Portable Document Format
(‘‘PDF’’), HTML, Extensible Markup Language (‘‘XML’’), and Microsoft Word.
Adobe FrameMaker+SGML—integrates all of the capabilities of FrameMaker with additional fea-
tures designed to simplify the SGML and XML authoring and publishing processes.
Adobe Illustrator—an illustration design tool used to create compelling artwork for print publications
and the Web.
Adobe InCopy—a powerful editorial tool for seamless collaboration between editors and designers;
InCopy is a companion to Adobe InDesign and is sold through Adobe’s system integrator partners.
Adobe InDesign—an innovative, new page-layout application for graphics professionals. Based on a
new, open, object-oriented architecture that is highly extensible, it enables Adobe and its industry partners
to deliver powerful publishing solutions.
Adobe PageMaker Plus—software used to create high-quality business documents simply and reliably
with robust page layout tools, templates, and stock art.
Adobe PressReady—powerful printing software used by professionals and based on Adobe
PostScript 3. PressReady turns color inkjet printers into high-quality proofing devices.
Adobe Publishing Collection—suite of four award-winning application products that allows consumers
to create visually compelling print and online communication. Suite includes Adobe PageMaker Plus,
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat.
Adobe Streamline—converts scanned bitmap images and shapes into smooth PostScript line art.
Adobe Type Library—contains over 2,500 Roman and almost 100 Japanese high-quality outline
typefaces used by graphics professionals and Internet content creators worldwide.
Adobe Type Manager—provides powerful, easy management of all Type 1 and TrueType fonts.
ePAPER SOLUTIONS
ePaper Solutions Market Opportunity
An opportunity exists to enable intelligent integration of paper and digital document communications
with fidelity and reliability. In the second quarter of fiscal 1999, we released Adobe Acrobat 4.0 software,
which contained new and enhanced annotation, collaboration, digital signature, Web capture, and security
features. As the cornerstone of Adobe’s ePaper Solutions platform, we believe Acrobat 4.0 delivers
functionality and capabilities that are needed in several markets.
Adobe ePaper Solutions, which also include Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe PDF, enable users to
transition from paper to digital-based processes and workflows. Companies in markets such as aerospace,
financial services, government, insurance, legal, and pharmaceutical—those with paper-intensive
processes—use Adobe ePaper Solutions to ensure that their electronic documents are delivered reliably
and securely and can be viewed by the recipient in the exact form that the originator intended. Companies
can reduce paper and storage costs through the use of our ePaper Solutions and can realize productivity
gains.
We have distributed more than 110 million copies of Acrobat Reader from our Web site. Its
widespread use and the adoption of the PDF format by industries and many worldwide government bodies
have contributed to a dramatic increase in revenue from Adobe ePaper Solution products in 1999.
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