Adobe Systems has
introduced Acrobat.com, a free suite of browser-based and hosted
office productivity tools.
Now available as a public beta, the tools are designed to aid
communication, collaboration and productivity.
Just as Adobe Acrobat software enables the publishing of
electronic documents that anyone can read, Acrobat.com enables
individuals to work collaboratively on electronic documents, said
Adobe.
The tools take advantage of PDF, Adobe Flash and Adobe Air
technologies.
The hosted services in Acrobat.com include Adobe Buzzword, a
web-based word processor that can be used to co-author and share
documents for comment and review, and Adobe ConnectNow, a personal
web conferencing service that includes desktop sharing, video and
voice conferencing and integrated chat.
There is also centralised online file sharing with access
controls, online PDF conversion for up to five documents, and
support for high-quality, web-embeddable documents.
In addition, there are developer APIs for real-time
collaboration, file sharing and conversion.