Reader X vs. Acrobat 9 Portfolio

Reader X doesn't render the portfoio in quite the same way as Reader 9, probably 'by design'. Unfortunately, my carefully constructed welcome page is now, for the most part, hidden. So the portfolio is now a bit of a mess. Grrr....

As I recall, for an Acrobat 9 portfolio, clicking on a thumbnail previews a PDF, from where one can open the document fully in Reader or Acrobat using a button in its header. So, unless I'm being a liitle dim (which is entirely possible), I'd suggest 'triple-mode' isn't new, but is - in the grand scheme of things - something of an improvement.
As for that welcome screen, you're right: It does display in Reader X. However, for my portfolios, it's overlaid by the preview pane, or crunched to the left, which isn't so great since it kinda looks more bug that Adobe doing its best.
That aside, your confirmation that welcome screens & headers have been, in effect, deprecriated is useful. The fix for my portfolios is now obvious.
As for X, well I suppose IT departments will distribute it eventually. An upgrade to Acrobat Pro X depends entirely on other factors, such as whether its integration with SharePoint and the standardization offerred by Actions can deliver an adequate ROI.
--M
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:39:12 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Reader X vs. Acrobat 9 Portfolio
You are correct that the Acrobat X Family does not display Acrobat 9 PDF portfolios in the same way - it will respect the navigator embedded in the file but will use the new triple-mode method of displaying content, where clicking on a file thumbnail opens the document in Read Mode and access to the full content requires the file to be opened separately via the button on the right of the toolbar.
If a PDF portfolio created in Acrobat 9 has a welcome screen and/or a header, these WILL display in Acrobat X and Reader X, at least until you dismiss the welcome screen with the "Don't show again" checkbox.
The creation of PDF portfolios with welcome screens and dynamic content in headers (SWF files, links, etc) has been removed in Acrobat X.
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