RE: [PDF-Forms] PDF Forms Saving and Signing

[Rich Sprague]

I think there's some confusion, here.   Acrobat Elements is a new concept/product (with version 6). It is listed on the Adobe "Acrobat" page. One must purchase 1,000+ units. This software does more than fill in a form:   Adobe® Acrobat® Elements 6.0 software enables enterprises to extend the value of their Microsoft Office investment by standardizing on Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) for reliable document distribution. Convert documents easily to Adobe PDF Enable reliable document distribution Preserve document integrity Extend your software investment   Acrobat Approval was discontinued (or appears to have been discontinued) with version 5. It is not listed on the "Acrobat" web page, but it is listed in the Adobe store. Single downloads are $39.00. Adobe probably determined that users weren't going to pay $39.00 for the privilege of completing someone else's form.   The concept now appears to be to get the maker of the form to fork over the money to pay for users to complete the forms. At several thousand dollars a form, it's priced out of my league.   Rich From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Becker Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 8:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PDF-Forms] PDF Forms Saving and Signing Max,   I stand corrected. I was misled by the Adobe rep when I was looking into a similar forms solution. They are not above "misleading" ;O), to make a (lot of) buck(s). When you check their website for Approval, it doesn't say on the pricing that you have to buy in bulk, just $39 for a single copy. I guess you find out when you actually try to purchase it.   Ed   --------------------------------------------- Edward Becker Design Consultant Technology Department MTA Bridges & Tunnels 2 Broadway, 24th Floor New York, NY 10004 646-252-7814 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/25/2004 11:31:55 AM >>> PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Approval is still available (in bulk; not as a consumer/end user product). As stated before, the price of the comparable licencing model for Adobe Document Server for Reader Extensions is kind of comparable too (with the exception that you get more possibilities with the latter ... remember the word "with Approval, you can not approve" ... because Approval does not support commenting...). Hope, that can help. Max Wyss PRODOK Engineering Low Paper workflows, Smart documents, PDF forms CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland Fax:  +41 1 700 20 37    or  +1 815 425 6566 e-mail:  mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.prodok.com [ Building Bridges for Information ] ______________________ Shameless Plug: My next conference appearances and workshops: • Conference presentations at the 2004 Symposium of the BFMA, May 23 to 27 in Reno, Nevada (http://www.bfma.org) and pre-/post-conference workshop, May 22/23 and 27, organized by essociates Group (http://www.essociatesgroup.com/AdvancedAcrobatForms.htm) • And, as always, available for on-site workshops/tutorials/consulting. _________________________ > To my knowledge, Approval has been discontinued as a product that > Adobe is offering, they are pushing their Reader with Extensions (much > more $$$$ for them). So we now have one less option to work with. It > all really comes down to who will be using the forms that you want > people to be able to edit, internally (within your own company) or > externally (anyone else who has Acrobat Reader 5 or 6 and needs to use > your forms). >   > You then get into the area of who authors the form and how you want > the form to be used within browser or externally. > To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html