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organizations to build a complete online training system with Microsoft PowerPoint presentations that include surveys,
analysis, course administration and content management; Connect Events allows users to provide seminar and training
sessions as well as to conduct business presentations through the Web.
Adobe Acrobat Elements—desktop software that enables enterprises to extend the value of their Microsoft Office
investment by standardizing on Adobe PDF for reliable document distribution; provides for the easy conversion of Microsoft
Office documents to Adobe PDF, preserving document integrity for reliable viewing and printing on other operating systems
and hardware platforms inside and outside the enterprise’ s IT firewall.
Adobe Acrobat Messenger—software that works with a scanner or digital copier and is designed for workgroups and
departments to transform paper documents into electronic Adobe PDF files and deliver them via e-mail, Web or fax; allows
users to preview their documents on-screen, crop or rotate pages and add electronic annotations.
Adobe Acrobat Standard—creates secure, reliable and compact Adobe PDF files from desktop authoring applications
such as Microsoft Office software, graphics applications and more; supports automated collaborative workflows with a rich
set of commenting tools and review tracking features; includes everything needed to create and distribute rich electronic
documents that can be viewed easily within leading Web browsers or on computer desktops via the free Adobe Reader.
Adobe Acrobat Professional—in addition to all the capabilities of Acrobat Standard, Acrobat Professional delivers
specialized capabilities for creative professional and engineering users, such as pre-flighting, color separation and measuring
tools.
Adobe Document Center—a hosted service that enables businesses to secure and manage Adobe PDF files and other
common business document files such as those in Microsoft Office formats.
Create Adobe PDF Online—a Web-based subscription service that provides for the easy conversion of Microsoft Office
documents and other application files to Adobe PDF for the secure and reliable sharing of rich electronic documents that can
be viewed easily within leading Web browsers or on computer desktops via the free Adobe Reader.
Enterprise Business Process Opportunity
Enterprises are under increasing pressure to save money, offer improved customer service, adhere to regulatory
requirements and leverage existing investments in core systems. As a means to address these issues, a critical component of
an organization’ s business processes is the need to interact with data stored in enterprise applications. As this need expands
beyond the core users of those applications, adapting systems to accommodate a diverse group of users – including those
within and those external to the organization – has become an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. The outcome is a
proliferation of manual workarounds that result in process inefficiencies, delays and poor quality of information.
In addition, enterprises have built Web applications which enjoy the reach of the Web but often fail to deliver a user
interface with the ease of use and richness that users expect. This impedes utilization of these applications and increases
training costs, reducing the overall return on investment (“ROI”) that enterprises expect. Organizations are now looking to
Rich Internet Applications (“RIA”) to boost their ROI for these Web applications by combining a rich graphical application
interface with the universal reach of the Web.
We believe significant opportunities exist to help enterprises address these issues by making their business processes
more efficient and their Web applications more engaging. To address these opportunities, we offer Adobe LiveCycle
solutions to securely extend the reach of information, processes and services to engage with customers and constituents. Our
solutions leverage our technology platform which helps businesses and government agencies inspire commitment in their
customers and constituents by engaging them — anywhere, anytime and in any medium through our universal clients and
application solutions.
Our technology platform utilizes our universal Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash Player software which ensure reliable,
secure and rich application experiences across browsers, desktops and devices. The technology platform provides developers
with an RIA programming model to integrate and optimize workflows and a server software framework to simplify
integration and leverage existing enterprise infrastructures. We also offer services and other software components to
accelerate the creation of compelling, relevant and actionable applications, either through RIAs or through intelligent
electronic documents based on Adobe PDF.