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Community Blogs: Kurt Foss: Regional Acrobat event draws mix of users & companies

Posted: 2009-09-23

Regional Acrobat event draws mix of users & companies

I had a chance to review the attendee list yesterday to get a sense of the industries and companies that have sent employees this week to the Acrobat & PDF Central Conference in Minneapolis. As you'd expect, there's a large local segment from Minnesota -- many from paperwork-intensive state government agencies, legal firms or healthcare organizations. But there's also representation from at least another 14 states and from Canada.

Among the more prominent and notable organizations in attendance is the U.S. Supreme Court, which has a pair of staff registered. Perhaps just coincidentally, I ran across a legal blog yesterday that mentioned that "PDF copies of bound U.S. Supreme Court opinions are now available." I took a quick look and downloaded a couple of the files posted at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/boundvolumes.html. A quick browse of the website showed that the country's highest court makes considerable use of PDF, as does the legal profession in general. [A great source of legal-related tips and information about Acrobat use in the law field is Rick Borstein's Acrobat for Legal Professionals blog.]

It's going to be interesting to talk with some attendees throughout the conference and to hear about their uses, issues and solutions during the breakout sessions. While there's a lot they will learn from the assembled experts, the mingling and networking with fellow attendees often proves to be equally valuable at events like this.

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