23rd April, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments
During this week’s RSA security conference, Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at security firm F-Secure, recommended that users should switch to another PDF reader and away from Adobe Reader. The reason? Nearly half of the targeted Internet attacks this year exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader, and another six security issues have been discovered in Acrobat. Adobe » Read More
5th March, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments
I don’t know if you’ve seen the Flash-fired timeline on the Adobe PDF page at Adobe. The timeline takes you on a nostalgic journey, starting from the adoption of PostScript as a global printing standard in 1990, and the subsequent release of the “Camelot” white paper written by Dr. John Warnock in 1991. We pass through time, » Read More
17th February, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments
The results are in. And interesting. In an earlier post, I wrote about the survey being conducted by WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind) on screen reader user activity. The point of the survey was to determine how actual users worked with their screen readers, not how others (like yours truly) might assume they are used. The quantified » Read More
6th January, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments
Sometimes you run into stuff online that makes you wonder about the author’s sanity (among other things). Other times, you come across little visual or informational gems that make you chuckle. Here’s a good one. … just one more reason to appreciate PDF! Read More
1st January, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 3 Comments
Welcome to 2009, the year of digital TV. Here’s wishing all a rewarding and productive new year. Resolutions, anyone? There are a couple of significant AcroFacts resolutions this year. To wit: Stay on the regular posting schedule. Expect 2 to 3 posts per week. Launch AcroFacts video. How extremely cool. Expect to see announcements in coming weeks of a new » Read More
26th December, 2008 - Posted by MsD - No Comments
Here at Acrofacts, we are pleased to host Acrobat software reviews for The Lawyer’s PC, written by Stephen Bird. Stephen’s reviews focus on features important to lawyers, as you’d expect. Content management and redaction is one of the features included in recent versions of Acrobat 9 Pro (Win, Mac), and Pro Extended (Win). Custom patterns for » Read More
22nd December, 2008 - Posted by MsD - No Comments
Well, Sparky, the short answer is because the times, they are a’changin’. Over time, the design of programs, both Adobe and otherwise, changes and evolves. Joel Geraci published a terrific list of supported software for the last four versions of Acrobat on his IT Matters blog the other day. Here’s his technical explanation for the changes– Because » Read More
16th December, 2008 - Posted by MsD - 2 Comments
I’ve been installing software for the past few days. Not as a full-time gig, mind you, but when the spirit moves, and when I have the energy. Making a lot of software changes is tiring in its own way. And when there are installation errors, it’s much worse. I hate that almost-visceral feeling watching and » Read More
