Screenshots: Adobe's Acrobat.com office suite

Screenshots: Adobe’s Acrobat.com office suite

By Andy Smith June 1, 2008, 11:25 PM PDT

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Acrobat.com

Adobe launched Monday a beta version of Acrobat.com an online office suite that allows you to create word processing documents, share files, convert PDFs and hold Web conferences. For more information, read Larry Dignan’s blog.rnrn

Here’s the online home page for the tools. You can also download a copy for your desktop to work offline.rnrn

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Buzzword

The Acrobat.com word processing tool is called Buzzword. Here’s what the blank page looks like.

Traffic alert

Warning, remember this is a brand new, free beta. The problem only lasted a few minutes.

Opening a document.

Toolbar

In Buzzword, Adobe uses a toolbar, similar to Photoshop, for the main edit tools, such as paragraph, font, lists, and images.

Tables

To create a table, hit the table icon and a box that you can click on to create a table will appear next to it. Then you can fill it out.

Synch

On the lower right is an icon that shows whether your work has been saved or not.

Spell check

And of course, there’s a spell check. There’s no grammar check.

ConnectNow

ConnectNow, Meet Anywhere is a meeting tool that is available on Acrobat.com. Here’s the room you enter.

You can chat and share documents in ConnectNow.

PDF creator

This tool allows you to create PDF files.

My Files

Acrobat.com also includes a tool that helps you manage your files.

In your file mangager, you can locate your documents through a variety of searches.

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