Michael Hankins

Overview  Areas PDFs are used  History of Adobe  Evolution of the PDF  Present Day Adobe Software  How the software has been adapted  Development processes used  Future of the PDF  Conclusion

Areas PDFs are Used  Printing Industry  Online Documents  Online Forms  Company Reports

History of Adobe  Founded in 1982 John Warnock and Charles Geschke  In 1984 they released Adobe Post Script

Evolution of PDF: PDF 1.0  80’s into early 90’s began refining Post Script language and streamlining printing  While refining created a file format that used Post Script, PDF  In June 1993 Adobe released file format  Was released with software for creating and viewing PDF 1.0

PDF 1.1  November 1994 Acrobat 2 came out  Also the new file format PDF 1.1 was released  New format came with some new functionality  Later Acrobat 2.1 was released  During this time the PDF had some competitors

PDF 1.2  November 1996 Acrobat 3.0 was released along with PDF 1.2  First file format that print media companies could really use  It had some useful functionality for these companies  Other companies began releasing plug-ins to support this emerging file format

PDF 1.3  April 1999 Acrobat 4.0 and PDF 1.3 released  File format came with new functionality  Acrobat 4.0 also had new functionality  This version was released with a lot of bugs  By time of official release of the patch 100 million copies of Acrobat Reader downloaded

PDF 1.4  In 2000 PDF 1.4 was partially released with Illustrator 9  Illustrator had new functionality  In May 2001 Acrobat 5 was released along with PDF 1.4 being completely released  Useful features in Acrobat 5 for both printing businesses and the general user

PDF 1.5  May 2003 Acrobat 6 and PDF 1.5 released  PDF 1.5 came with a few new features  Acrobat 6 Pro with a lot of new functions

PDF 1.6  January 2005 Acrobat 7 and PDF 1.6 were shipped out  PDF 1.6 came with a variety of advancements

PDF 1.7  PDF 1.7 was mainly an improvement on already established options  Acrobat 8 released in October 2006  January 2008 PDF 1.7 became an ISO standard  Acrobat 9 was later released

PDF/VT  In 2010 Acrobat X was released  Acrobat X came with some new features  In Fall 2010 PDF/VT was released as a new ISO standard  PDF/VT stands for PDF Variable Transaction  PDF/VT has some advancements & limitations

Present Day Adobe Software  Adobe Acrobat XI  Adobe Reader XI  Adobe Reader Mobile Application

Adobe Acrobat XI  Acrobat XI released in 2012  It comes with some improved photo and text editing features It comes with some improved photo and text editing features  It also has improved capability to save to a Word document It also has improved capability to save to a Word document  Adobe also improved the Portfolio option Adobe also improved the Portfolio option

Adobe Reader XI  Adobe Reader XI released in 2012  Comes with some new features and improvements  Comes with a new way to sign forms

Adobe Reader Mobile Application  This application can be run a variety of mobile operating systems and devices  It comes with features that take advantage of the capabilities of the mobile device

Development Process/Security  Adobe has a couple Development Teams focused on product security  Acrobat & Reader XI have a variety of security features like Protected Mode & Protected View

Security: Protected Mode/View Figure 1: Adobe Protected Mode/Protected View Sandbox Process [12]

Security Adobe Acrobat/Reader XI contd. Figure 2: Acrobat/Reader XI Cross-domain Configuration Example [12]

Future of the PDF  A lot of challenges in the corporate world in the area of electronic files  PDF files are an example of something that meets a lot of those challenges  Now there are no files that are perfect for every stage in the content lifecycle  There are other file formats that can replace older authoring formats

Conclusion  Adobe and the file format it made, PDF, have a broad and diverse history  They also have a large user base in both the corporate world and the general public  With the PDF functionality and the tools Adobe has provided to interact with the PDF  With Adobe’s commitment to stay with/ahead of the times

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