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Microsoft delivers 'Save as PDF' add-on
September 12, 2006
The free download enables Office 2007 users to save documents as Adobe PDF or Microsoft XPS formats.
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Microsoft to support PDF in Office 12
October 3, 2005
Office 12, due in late 2006, will let people generate PDFs from Office documents. PDF viewer is still required, though.
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Nuance turns text into speech
August 21, 2006
As well as converting PDFs into audio files, ScanSoft update offers tools for disabled users and archival standards.
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Microsoft gunning for Adobe's PDF format?
May 3, 2005
New Metro format could challenge the de facto standard for creating fixed-format documents.
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FileMaker warms to PDFs, Web
August 30, 2005
With its upgraded desktop database, FileMaker Pro allows users to save files in Adobe PDF and Microsoft Excel formats, and give Web access to FileMaker files to others.
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Microsoft offers beta of Adobe rival
June 10, 2005
The pixel-based painting and vector graphics features in "Acrylic" put it squarely in market dominated by Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Microsoft, Adobe squabble over PDF
June 2, 2006
Breakdown in talks over the use of Adobe's PDF in Office leaves Microsoft bracing for an antitrust battle in Europe.
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Office, Vista changed in wake of Adobe threat
June 2, 2006
Microsoft is tweaking its updates to Office and Windows in part to head off a legal challenge over use of PDF technology.
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Adobe to send PDF to standards group
January 29, 2007
The Portable Document Format, already a de facto standard, will be headed to the ISO for formal standardization.
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U.S. military security defeated by copy and paste
May 4, 2005
In the latest example of a snafu with "hidden" electronic text, sensitive data blacked out in a PDF document finds its way into the light.
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Web word processor adds PDF conversion
December 12, 2005
Site converts documents to PDF standard, adding to other new features such as OpenDocument and Rich Text Format support.
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EU voices concerns over Microsoft's Vista
March 29, 2006
European antitrust regulators cite possible bundling of Internet search, PDF-like formatting in the next OS.
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Microsoft says Office beta coming in November
October 3, 2005
And the new version will support for Adobe's PDF format. Office chief Steven Sinofsky talks about the move, as well as the brewing battle over file formats.
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Adobe versus the world
February 23, 2005
CEO Bruce Chizen faces Microsoft on one flank and open-source on the other one. But is he worried? Not a bit.
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Adobe fixes PDF reader flaws
July 12, 2006
If left unpatched, vulnerabilities in Adobe Systems' PDF reader software could put Windows, Mac users at risk of cyberattack.
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Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion
April 18, 2005
Document publishing giant looks to multimedia content as the next step in building its software empire.
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Adobe snaps up document security tools
January 9, 2006
Copy-restriction software lets businesses safeguard sensitive documents, including PDF, Microsoft Office and CAD files.
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AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suit
May 26, 2006
AT&T lawyers publish confidential document that's not properly redacted: Simple copy-paste operation makes it readable.
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Editing tips from the NSA
January 25, 2006
Advice comes after embarrassing incidents in which sensitive data was unintentionally stored in electronic documents.
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Adobe about to release Linux-friendly Reader
April 11, 2005
Final version 7 of the PDF-viewing software for Linux will be released Tuesday, News.com has learned.
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