Acrobat 3D was now able to produce embedded PRC file format, a very compressed format for geometry and graphics which requires Reader 8.1 to display. The Adobe Acrobat 8 set had a few changes. Also during September 2007, Adobe Reader 8.1.1 released for Linux and Solaris (SPARC) users. Last version to support Windows NT 4.0 Service Packs 6 and 6a, though with limited feature support.Ī later update 8.1 in June 2007 was released in order to be compatible with Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Vista, and 64-bit Windows operating systems. Also included is a version of the capture tool for installation on Unix systems.

Finally, another edition of Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat 3D, was added to the set.Īdobe Acrobat 3D included all of the functionality of Acrobat Professional 7.0 as well as updated assistance for embedded 3D computer graphics, tools for capturing 3D content from OpenGL applications, and the Adobe Acrobat 3D Toolkit for converting CAD documents to PDF objects. Adobe Elements 7.0 was also released which was still only sold by volume licensing outlets but decreased the minimum licenses limit to 100 licenses. u3d Universal 3D formatĪdobe Acrobat 7 Professional for Windows now included Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.0.

Support for embedded 3D object information from the.

Support for Adobe Policy Server rights management.

Last version to support Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows 2000 Service Packs 2 and 3 and Windows XP without a service pack.įirst version to include a mandatory product activation.įor Acrobat 7, Adobe released editions of Adobe Reader for Linux, Solaris ( SPARC only), HP-UX and IBM AIX. The Acrobat 6 plug-ins for web browsers were also criticized for suffering from bad performance and potentially rendering one's web browser non-responsive. Version 6 was criticized for its performance. Last version to support Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98 First Edition, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 5, pre-Service Pack 2 Windows 2000, Mac OS 8.6 and Mac OS 9.0.4 - 9.2.2.Īdobe Acrobat Reader was renamed Adobe Reader.

Last version to support Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0 Service Packs 3 and 4, and pre-OSR2 Windows 95 and Mac OS 7.1.2 - 8.5

Adobe also released the first Acrobat Plug-ins SDK allowing third-party developers to create plug-in programs for the Acrobat Exchange application.įirst version compatible with Windows 95 last version to support Windows 3.1x and pre-Service Pack 3 Windows NT 4.0.

Acrobat Catalog, which creates searchable indexes for PDF files.

Acrobat Reader priced originally at $50 per user.

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