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workflows through the addition of collaboration features built into the Adobe PDF file; these features include review
and markup tools that normally are not present in the standard Adobe Reader product.
Macromedia Flash Player — the most widely distributed rich client software on PCs and consumer electronic
devices, the Flash Player provides a runtime environment for text, graphics, animations, sound, video, application
forms and two-way communications.
Macromedia Shockwave Player — a rich media player used for deploying multimedia content for use in internet
solutions including education, training, games and commerce.
OEM PostScript Opportunities
Graphics professionals and professional publishers require quality, reliability and efficiency in production
printing, and we believe our printing technology provides advanced functionality to meet the sophisticated
requirements of this marketplace. As high-end printing systems evolve and transition to fully digital, composite
workflows, we believe we are uniquely positioned to be a supplier of software and technology based on the Adobe
PostScript and Adobe PDF standards for use by hardware manufacturers in this industry. We generate revenues by
licensing our technology to OEMs that manufacture printers and other output devices.
OEM PostScript Products
Adobe PostScript — a printing and imaging page description language that delivers high quality output,
cross-platform compatibility and top performance for graphically-rich printing output from corporate desktop
printers to high-end publishing printers; gives users the power to create and print visually rich documents with total
precision; licensed to printing equipment manufacturers for integration into their printing products.
Print and Classic Publishing Opportunities
In addition to the market opportunities and our businesses discussed previously, we offer a variety of products
and solutions which address many different and unique publishing market needs. Our Print and Classic Publishing
Business Unit focuses on these solutions, which address the diverse customer needs in markets such as: business
document publishing, CD-ROM publishing, e-learning solutions, on-line help systems, technical document
publishing and typography.
Print and Classic Publishing Products
Adobe Font Folio OpenType Edition — contains more than 2,200 typefaces from the Adobe Type Library in
OpenType format, offering a complete type solution for print, the Web, digital video or electronic documents.
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 PDF, HTML, XML and Microsoft Word.
Adobe PageMaker — software used to create high-quality documents simply and reliably with robust page
layout tools, templates and stock art.
Adobe SVG Viewer — a plug-in for Web browsers that allows users to view Web graphics created in Scalable
Vector Graphics (“SVG”) format.
Adobe Type Library — includes Adobe’s best-selling typefaces, plus Adobe Type Manager; makes it easy to
create beautiful text for print, Web and video projects.
Adobe Type Classics for Learning — a low-cost, introductory font library designed for students and educators.
Adobe Type Manager — available in Light (free) and Deluxe versions; provides powerful, easy management of
all PostScript Type 1, OpenType and TrueType fonts.