Adobe Acrobat’s Next Version Puts Paper in the Cloud
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Sometime in the next 30 days, Adobe will launch the latest version of its popular Acrobat PDF software, and it will be notably different from prior versions. The new Acrobat DC, as it will be called, will be part of a broader offering, Adobe Document Cloud, all aimed at reducing the waste and inefficiency of working with paper documents.
Document Cloud will be similar to Adobe’s Creative Cloud and Marketing Cloud, services that package related tools in an integrated cloud platform that can be accessed across any device. Document Cloud will allow users to create, review, approve, sign and track documents from any device, mobile or desktop. A user will be able to start working on a document on one device and then move seamlessly to finish it on another.
Adobe’s general counsel and senior vice president Mike Dillon, who gave me a preview earlier this week, says the goal is to eliminate the hassle and clutter of dealing with paper, whether it is for a multi-million-dollar legal transaction or your child’s school permission slip, and to make the product easy and intuitive to use.
“I can start to work on something from my desktop here in the office then go home and finish it,” Dillon says. “I’ll edit it on my tablet and then sign it on my mobile phone.”
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