I did not know Acrobat could do that

Update on Adobe Reader Issue

This is an update on the Adobe Reader vulnerability first discussed on the Adobe PSIRT blog on April 27 (“Potential Adobe Reader Issue”). All currently supported shipping versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat (Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1, 8.1.4, and 7.1.1 and earlier versions) are vulnerable to this issue. Adobe plans to provide updates for all affected versions for all platforms (Windows, Macintosh and Unix) to resolve this issue. We are working on a development schedule for these updates and will post a timeline as soon as possible. We are currently not aware of any reports of exploits in the wild for this issue. To mitigate the issue disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader and Acrobat using the following instructions below:

1. Launch Acrobat or Adobe Reader.
2. Select Edit>Preferences
3. Select the JavaScript Category
4. Uncheck the ‘Enable Acrobat JavaScript’ option
5. Click OK

In addition, Adobe is in contact with Antivirus and Security vendors on this issue in order to ensure the security of our mutual customers.

Adobe is also currently investigating the issue posted on SecurityFocus as BID 34740.

We will continue to monitor this!

For all you form junkies out there, here is a quick tip on that sexy form layout that we all crave!

You can use grids to help position form fields precisely on a page. You can define the grid spacing, color, and position. You can also choose whether to have the boundaries of a form field snap to grid lines when you’re editing the form field. Grid lines don’t print.

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Well this is a question for the ages now isn’t it.  Why? Is Word more important than Excel?  Only Microsoft can tell us that! I do get asked many times, “Tim, why can I export a PDFback to Word and not Excel, or PowerPoint?”  Well Click continue to find out. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello all you Acrobat heads, well, I have taken the big dive into PODCasts! Of course, the podcast is called Man, I didn’t know Acrobat could do that! It should be listed on iTunes by Thursday November 15th , but if you are not an iTunes user, then you can go to my hosting site and watch it with any media player. You can also download it! Click here for my podcast site.

Well just thought you would enjoy that, so please as always, keep some life in your life, and show a little love!

Tim

Oh yes and if you have any suggestions on what you would like for me to cover in the podcast or this blog please enter it in the comment area!

Hello all you crazy Acrobat kids, I have been getting a lot of feedback on the entry I did on Custom Dynamic Stamps in Acrobat 8. I have to say that you all are doing great and I love the fact that you are thinking outside the box. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello all, well, I am rededicating myself back to my blog and really trying to get you the best information about the Acrobat Family of products out there! So here is a quick hit for you! Read the rest of this entry »

This is funny but get this question alot. Previous to release 8 of Acrobat, this was not an easy task. But in Acrobat 8 we gave you an easy way to create a blank PDF Read the rest of this entry »

Hello all, next week there will be some killer eSeminars on Adobe Acrobat the great thing for you is that we are going to repeat them 3 times each day! Read the rest of this entry »