Contents. History Since the early 1990s the Acrobat product has had several competitors, some of which used their own document formats, such as:. AnyView from Binar Graphics company. Common Ground from No Hands Software company. from. Folio from company. Replica from (formerly Farallon Computing).
WorldView from company. from Adobe also allows third parties to develop Acrobat plug-ins, which can add extra functions to the Acrobat program. Product names Adobe has changed the names of the products of the Acrobat set several times, also dividing, merging, or discontinuing products. Initially, the name 'Acrobat' was used as the parent name of a set of products which included Acrobat Reader, Acrobat Exchange and Acrobat Distiller. Over time Acrobat Reader became Reader; and the name Acrobat Exchange was simplified to Acrobat. Between version 3 and 5, Standard and Professional versions were one product known simply as Acrobat.
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As of April 2015, the main members of the Acrobat family include. Main article: Note: Beginning with Adobe Acrobat 15 version numbers differ among the new continuous and classic tracks. Prior to the 2015 release there was only one version (now represented by the classic track). Internationalization and localization Language availability Adobe Acrobat is available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian.
Arabic and Hebrew versions are available from, ' partner. Specific features for Arabic and Hebrew languages The Arabic and Hebrew versions are developed specifically for these languages, which are normally written. These versions include special TouchUp properties to manage digits, ligatures option and paragraph direction in right-to-left Middle Eastern scripts such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian, as well as standard left-to-right Indian scripts such as Devanagari and Gujarati. The Web Capture feature can convert single web pages or entire web sites into PDF files, while preserving the content's original text encoding. Acrobat can also copy Arabic and Hebrew text to the system in its original encoding; if the target application is also compatible with the text encoding, then the text will appear in the correct script.
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There have been security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat on January 10, April 10 and August 14, 2012, and January 8, 2013. From Version 3.02 onwards, Acrobat Reader has included support for. This functionality allows a PDF document creator to include code which executes when the document is read. Malicious PDF files that attempt to attack can be attached to links on web pages or distributed as email attachments. While JavaScript is designed without direct access to the file system to make it 'safe', vulnerabilities have been reported for abuses such as distributing malicious code by Acrobat programs.
Adobe applications had already become the most popular client-software targets for attackers during the last quarter of 2009. Predicted that Adobe software, especially Reader and, would be the primary target for software attacks during 2010. September 2006 warning On September 13, 2006, David Kierznowski provided sample PDF files illustrating JavaScript vulnerabilities. Since at least version 6, JavaScript can be disabled using the preferences menu and embedded URLs that are launched are intercepted by a security warning dialog box to either allow or block the website from activating. February 2009 warning On February 19, 2009, Adobe released a Security Bulletin announcing JavaScript vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9 and earlier. As a workaround for this issue, recommended disabling JavaScript in the affected Adobe products, canceling integration with and (while carrying out an extended version of de-integration for ), deactivating Adobe indexing service and avoiding all PDF files from external sources.
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