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Add, remove, and replace PDF pages
Pariah Burke walks you through the process of adding, removing, and replacing pages in complex Acrobat Pro PDF files.
Extracting content from PDF files
Contrary to popular belief, it's really easy to retrieve content from finished PDF documents.
More Mac bundles for the masses
TheMacSale 2 and TheMacBundles offer their own respective bundles of Mac software for $50, but at what cost to developers?
Mac News Briefs: Business Card Composer 5 adds map integration
Google Maps integration in the latest version of the business card creation tool lets users include a map and directions on their business cards. Also, Ambrosia Software updated Snapz Pro X and RecoSoft announced a version of its PDF2Office file conversion utility aimed at iWork users.
Mac News Briefs: Acrobat, Reader updates tackle security vulnerability
The 9.2 updates for Acrobat and Adobe Reader address vulnerabilities that could cause the applications to crash and potentially allow an attack to take control of the affected system. Also, SuperDuper and Cocktail both saw maintenance updates released on Tuesday.
Bugs & Fixes: When PDFs won't load in Safari
Snow Leopard has been out for more than a month, but Ted Landau keeps stumbling across compatibility problems. The latest? It involves trying to view a PDF document, accessed as a Web link in Safari.
Mac News Briefs: PDFpen has new OCR engine
PDFpen 4.5 uses version 15.5 of the OmniPage OCR engine, which should improve accuracy in the PDF editing program. Also updated on Tuesday were Typinator, RealBasic and Real Studio, VideoFlash Converter, and Djay.
Combining PDF pages in Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard has changed the way you combine PDF documents in Preview. It works like this.
Mac News Briefs: BoinxTV, Cinematize add Snow Leopard compatibility
Boinx added Snow Leopard compatibility to its BoinxTV video podcasting tool, while Miraizaon did the same for its Cinematize DVD movie clip extraction offerings. Also, Werck unveiled Checkout 3, and Zervix released the new PDF Checkpoint.
Promising Prospect: Read Right
Read Right is a specialized PDF reader that turns your MacBook into an e-book.
Paste tables as graphics in iWork
Sometimes, you want to copy and paste tables as graphics--rather than live, editable tables--from Numbers into Pages. Here's how.
Create a digital ID with Adobe Acrobat
Need a digital ID? Here's how to create one with Adobe Acrobat.
Mac News Briefs: CrumplePop releases ShrinkRay for Final Cut
ShrinkRay -- offered for free for the next week -- uses tilt-shift photographic techniques to make large scenes appear tiny. Also, ProVue released Track Magic Pro, an OS X-based analysis tool for Ruby on Rails applications, while SmileOnMyMac updated PDFpen.
QuarkXPress 8.1 emphasizes PDF output improvements
QuarkXPress 8.1 improves PDF output with native transparency support; Quark Publishing System also gets improvements.
Adobe updates Acrobat, Reader with security improvements
Adobe has updated Acrobat and Reader to 9.1.3, making security improvements.
Mac News Briefs: Drive Genius ready for Snow Leopard
ProSoft Engineering has updated its hard drive maintenance and optimization utility for the OS X 10.6 release. Also, Realmac launched a new Web service aimed at creative pros and AJA updated its Kona video capture cards to support last week’s Final Cut Studio release.
Review: PDF Reader Pro for iPhone
This PDF-reading app lets you upload files to your mobile device and organize them. More important, PDF Reader Pro can handle any PDF file with ease.
Adobe promises patch for seven-month old Flash flaw
Adobe admitted its Flash and Reader software have a critical vulnerability and promised it would patch both next week.
Zero-day PDF attack goes after Flash flaw
Adobe's unfortunate security problems continue: Symantec today reported that is has discovered a new attack in the wild using malicious PDFs that target a...
Adobe admits users vulnerable after downloading Reader
Adobe acknowledged that some users are vulnerable to attack after downloading an outdated version of Reader from its Web site, and said it is reevaluating how it updates the popular PDF reader.
Mac News Briefs: Modem Mate boosts 3G modem signal strength
The Modem Mate is designed to work with modems that lack external antenna connectors. Meanwhile, the updated Combine PDFs adds a preference window that lets users set whether PDF files should open with Acrobat Reader or Preview.
Opinion: Acrobat.com app suite still undercooked
Adobe's Acrobat.com suite of collaborative applications is out of beta. PC World's Michael Scalisi takes a look at the word processing, web conferencing, PDF creation, and file storage apps.
Mac News Briefs: Daz 3D releases enhanced version of animation program
In addition to releasing a free version of Daz Studio 3, the developer rolled out Daz Studio 3 Advanced, which targets 3-D animators, designers, and illustrators with professional level tools.
Adobe's Acrobat.com collaboration services emerge from beta
Adobe's Acrobat.com collaboration services emerge from beta Monday.
Mac News Briefs: Adobe puts out Acrobat, Reader security updates
The software maker says the 9.1.2 versions of its PDF creation tool and viewer address critical security vulnerabilities. Also, new versions of Vue Personal Learning Edition and PDF Enhancer were released Tuesday.
Adobe will deliver its first quarterly patches next Tuesday
Adobe Systems will deliver its first set of quarterly patches next Tuesday.
Adobe fixes security holes in Acrobat, Reader
Following up on a promise made last week, Adobe on Tuesday updated its Acrobat and Reader apps with security fixes.
Adobe promises fixes for latest flaws by next week
Adobe expects to have patches ready for its Acrobat and Reader products by next week.
Adobe confirms PDF zero-day, urges users to kill JavaScript
Adobe acknowledged that all versions of Reader and Acrobat contain at least one critical vulnerability.
‘Paperless Office’ bundles combine Devonthink, Fujitsu scanners
Devontechnologies has announced two "Paperless Office" bundles that combines Devonthink Pro Office with Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners.