I think you're right, Fred. I looked at a copy of Standard and saw that it had the entry and assumed it worked the same way that Pro does. But I leaped to the wrong conclusion.
Thanks, Art On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:42 PM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Art Campbell wrote: > > > > > If you want to create stand-alone PDFs that people can mark up with > > Reader 8, yes, you do need Pro or 3D. > > > > However, to make things a little less expensive, Standard delivers and > > performs the shared review functionality that includes the ability for > > reviewers to edit and comment with Reader, as stated on the Adobe > > site: > > > > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html > > > > Pro and 3D are great, but they're not required to conduct shared > > reviews with the reviewers using Reader 8. You only need them if you > > want to add this functionality outside the review cycle -- for > > instance, if you want customers to be able to download and annotate a > > PDF that you placed on your www site. But for reviews, if you're > > counting pennies, you can pass. > > Sorry, Art, but I think you're misinterpreting the matrix. The shared > review > capability that Acrobat Standard supports requires all reviewers to have > Acrobat and not just Adobe Reader. The minimum version that allows you > to create a PDF that can be annotated by people who have only Adobe > Reader is Acrobat Pro. So you can either buy the Standard version of > Acrobat for all reviewers, or pop for one copy of Acrobat Pro for the > tech writer preparing docs for review. > > The Standard version of Acrobat 8.0 simply does not have the "Enable > for Commenting and Analysis in Adobe Reader" command. > > -Fred Ridder > > ________________________________ > Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. Get it now! -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358