Adobe Acrobat Enters the Cloud — Slaw

Jack Newton is co-founder and President of Clio, a leading provider of cloud-based practice management software. Jack writes frequently on the security, ethical, and practical aspects of cloud computing, and has spoken at CLE seminars across Canada and the U.S. about how practice management systems can be used to help a lawyer practice efficiently, ethically and competently. Jack can be reached at jack@goclio.com.

On Friday Adobe announced two new products that demonstrate the company is increasingly embracing cloud-based technologies.

The first product, Adobe SendNow , allows you to send large files to a single or multiple recipients. While this is not a new concept, Adobe adds several features that provide value to lawyers. SendNow allows you to set expiry times for how long a document will be available for download, and allows you to confirm that a document has been viewed by the recipient.

The second product, Adobe CreatePDF , is a cloud-based version of Adobe Acrobat that allows you to convert a wide array of file formats to PDF. Unlike the desktop version of Adobe Acrobat, nothing needs to be installed locally on your computer: you simply upload the file you’d like to be converted to PDF, and Adobe CreatePDF sends you a PDF version of the file. Adobe CreatePDF also provides a PDF combining feature that allows you to easily combine multiple files into a single PDF. At $9.99/month, Adobe CreatePDF is an economical, albeit less feature-rich, alternative to the desktop version of Adobe Acrobat Pro, currently priced at $1,199.

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