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ePaper Solutions
ePaper Solutions Market Opportunity
A significant opportunity exists to enable intelligent integration of paper and digital document
communications with fidelity and reliability in corporations, governments, and education. Adobe Acrobat
software, which contains annotation, collaboration, digital signature, Web capture, and security features, is
the cornerstone of Adobe’s ePaper Solutions platform. We believe our Acrobat product delivers unique
functionality and capabilities that are required in several markets.
Adobe ePaper Solutions, which also includes Adobe Acrobat Reader and Adobe Portable Document
Format (‘‘PDF’’), enables users to transition from a paper-based to an electronic workflow. 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 and time-to-market gains.
We have distributed more than 400 million copies of Acrobat Reader. The adoption of the PDF
format by many industries and governments worldwide have contributed to its widespread use. We had a
significant increase in revenue from Adobe ePaper Solution products in 2001 due to increased licensing of
our Adobe Acrobat product.
Based on the growth of online business processes, the increasing government requirements for paper
reduction, and the desire of enterprise customers to lower expenses through the leverage of previous
Internet and Intranet investments, Adobe has increased its investment in the ePaper business.
In April 2001, we released version 5.0 of Adobe Acrobat. The new version includes tighter Web
integration, support for industry standard protocols like Open DataBase Connectivity (‘‘ODBC’’) that
connect Adobe PDF forms with back-end databases, and easier data exchange in Adobe PDF files through
support for XML.
We also shipped a new ePaper product called Acrobat Approval in August of fiscal 2001. Approval
allows corporate customers, government agencies and solution providers to deploy cost-effective electronic
forms solutions based on Adobe PDF. It enables users to easily fill-in, spell-check, digitally sign, save, and
submit eForms that have been created using Acrobat software.
We believe that our ePaper products will help companies integrate legacy paper documents, forms,
output from office and database applications, and other paper-based communication devices (such as
faxes, letters, air courier shipments, and e-mails) so that companies and governments can use the Internet,
intranets, and extranets as safe, secure, and reliable communication and collaboration platforms. In fiscal
2002, we plan to expand our marketing programs, and our enterprise sales, service, and support channels,
to meet the needs of our ePaper customers and to grow our ePaper revenue.
ePaper Solutions Products
Adobe Acrobat—software that allows users to publish and distribute business documents using
corporate e-mail and intranets, the Internet, or CD-ROM. Enables users to easily convert files from almost
any application to Adobe PDF, a compact cross-platform electronic format that generally preserves layout,
fonts, colors, and images. Adobe Acrobat software includes everything needed to create and distribute rich
electronic documents that can be viewed easily within leading Web browsers.
Adobe Acrobat Approval—a new application that enables business workgroup users to quickly fill in,
save, and approve electronic forms, marketing materials, and other documents that have been created as
interactive PDF files.
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