RE: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Although Adobe's installers do not prevent Reader and Acrobat from being installed in parallel, I MOST STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST such installations. Unless you are very technically sophisticated, you are likely not to get the "desired results" when trying to maintain such an installation. Further

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-07 Thread Dov Isaacs
Although Adobe's installers do not prevent Reader and Acrobat from being installed in parallel, I MOST STRONGLY RECOMMEND AGAINST such installations. Unless you are very technically sophisticated, you are likely not to get the "desired results" when trying to maintain such an installation. Further

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Mike Wickham
> Mike's take is that Acrobat and Reader interact in some way that can > cause problems. And I disagree... > > Reader is a separate product that doesn't conflict or inter-operate > with Acrobat binaries Art, I could swear that I've heard Dov say there are possible issues, not only with multip

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Art Campbell
Or before you do that, you may want to clarify and question Mike's opinion on version compatibility, which I think is different than Adobe's. Mike's take is that Acrobat and Reader interact in some way that can cause problems. And I disagree. As far as I know, Adobe has always recommended that onl

Re: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Mike Wickham
> Mike's take is that Acrobat and Reader interact in some way that can > cause problems. And I disagree... > > Reader is a separate product that doesn't conflict or inter-operate > with Acrobat binaries Art, I could swear that I've heard Dov say there are possible issues, not only with multip

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Austin: You can enter a formal request at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform You might want to request that the installer test for and report the presence of conflicting Acrobat installations. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Austin Meredith wrote: > Dov, I'm wonder

Re: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Art Campbell
Or before you do that, you may want to clarify and question Mike's opinion on version compatibility, which I think is different than Adobe's. Mike's take is that Acrobat and Reader interact in some way that can cause problems. And I disagree. As far as I know, Adobe has always recommended that onl

Re: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Austin: You can enter a formal request at http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform You might want to request that the installer test for and report the presence of conflicting Acrobat installations. On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Austin Meredith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Austin Meredith
Dov, I'm wondering if you should alert Adobe to revise their installation instructions for Adobe Acrobat: that they should include as an initial step in their instructions, the purging of the Adobe Reader from the user's machine.

RE: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-06 Thread Austin Meredith
Dov, I'm wondering if you should alert Adobe to revise their installation instructions for Adobe Acrobat: that they should include as an initial step in their instructions, the purging of the Adobe Reader from the user's machine. ___ You are curren

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Mike Wickham
> The unexplained crashes we get are of two sorts. One sort of crash is > the one we get in Acrobat Pro 8, during the process of distillation, > and then when we repeat our procedure, the distillation succeeds > without any further problem. The other sort of crash is the one we > get in the Adobe R

Re: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Mike Wickham
> The unexplained crashes we get are of two sorts. One sort of crash is > the one we get in Acrobat Pro 8, during the process of distillation, > and then when we repeat our procedure, the distillation succeeds > without any further problem. The other sort of crash is the one we > get in the Adobe R

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Austin Meredith
The problems we are having with Acrobat Pro 8 are problems of 1.) the very significant processing effort that is required, to re-distill an updated FM8 file into an updated PDF suitable for posting to the internet, and 2.) the frequency with which Acrobat Pro 8 suddenly crashes. This processing

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Fred Ridder
Austin Meredith wrote: > Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our > FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to > Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"? Upgrading to a new version of a tool just because it exists has never ma

RE: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
Acrobat 9 was just announced and has NOT been released. The projected release date is sometime shortly before July. For the record, in terms of interoperability with FrameMaker, Acrobat 9 provides no new Distiller features, but should be fully compatible with all versions of FrameMaker that were c

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Dov Isaacs
Acrobat 9 was just announced and has NOT been released. The projected release date is sometime shortly before July. For the record, in terms of interoperability with FrameMaker, Acrobat 9 provides no new Distiller features, but should be fully compatible with all versions of FrameMaker that were c

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Mike Wickham
> Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our > FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to > Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"? I'll get it when Creative Suite 4 comes out. There's no sense buying Acrobat twice. Mike Wickham

RE: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Austin Meredith
The problems we are having with Acrobat Pro 8 are problems of 1.) the very significant processing effort that is required, to re-distill an updated FM8 file into an updated PDF suitable for posting to the internet, and 2.) the frequency with which Acrobat Pro 8 suddenly crashes. This processing

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Combs, Richard
Austin Meredith wrote: > Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our > FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to > Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"? Do you have a problem with Acrobat 8 that version 9 fixes? Do you have an u

Re: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Mike Wickham
> Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our > FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to > Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"? I'll get it when Creative Suite 4 comes out. There's no sense buying Acrobat twice. Mike Wickham

RE: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Combs, Richard
Austin Meredith wrote: > Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our > FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to > Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"? Do you have a problem with Acrobat 8 that version 9 fixes? Do you have an

RE: FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Fred Ridder
Austin Meredith wrote: > Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our > FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to > Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"? Upgrading to a new version of a tool just because it exists has never

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Austin Meredith
Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"?

FM8 and Acrobat Pro 9

2008-06-05 Thread Austin Meredith
Acrobat Pro 9 is just being released. Since we presently distill our FM8 files into PDFs with Acrobat8 -- should we upgrade immediately to Acrobat9, or should we "wait for the dust to settle"? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PR