Acrobat 8 is now available, Reader 8 soon to follow
Adobe Systems announced today that Acrobat 8 Professional for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X (a Universal Binary application), and Acrobat 8 Standard for Windows, are now available in English, French, German and Japanese language versions.
According to the Adobe Store, “ship dates vary from product language and deliver type,” as follows:
English and French electronic download versions are now shipping, while the box versions are expected to ship in mid-November
Spanish electronic download and box versions are expected to ship in early January 2007
As noted in a previous blog post, the Acrobat Connect hosted Web conferencing service is available as a free trial through the end of 2006. According to Adobe, the “commercial release of Connect, initially in English, is expected to be available in January 2007 for a subscription price of US$39 per month, or US$395 per year per personal meeting room.”
Windows users can download a free 30-day trial version of Acrobat 8 Professional.
The free Adobe Reader 8 is expected to be available in early December 2006.
