Should we upgrade from Acrobat X Pro to Acrobat XI Pro?

Question

One of our team member who is in charge of creating the pdf form is leaving. Currently he is using Acrobat X Pro, and we are thinking to move forward with Acrobat XI Pro. Are there any features that avaialble in the Acrobat X Pro are no longer available in the Acrobat XI Pro? Are there any glaring things that we need to watch out before moving from Acrobat X Pro to Acrobat XI Pro?

Answer 1

Acrobat 11 has a number of new features that will appeal to people who work with forms. You can now turn off the automatic reordering of the tab order when fields are moved/added/edited, and you can select multiple fields at once when changing the tab order. I think it's worth the upgrade price for these features alone.
Note that LiveCycle Designer, which previously came with Acrobat Pro, is no longer included, and it is actually uninstalled from your system when you install Acrobat 11. You are supposed to be able to get a free update of Designer by submitting a form.
There are also a number of new keyboard shortcuts when in form editing mode that are helpful, including:
Form Editing keyboard accelerators
P
Toggle between editing & previewing form
L
Align selected fields left
B
Align selected fields bottom
R
Align selected fields right
T
Align selected fields top
H
Align selected fields horizontal
V
Align selected fields vertical
Shift+V
Center fields vertical
Shift+H
Center felds horizontal
Shift+L
Highlight fields
Shift+N
Show Tab Order
Shift+D
Document JavaScripts
G
Toggle guides On/Off
A
Toggle Form Editing mode
Shift+Edit>Paste
Paste fields in place
F
Field tool (current)
Shift+F
Cycle through field tools (text, check box, radio button, list, dropdown, signature, bar code). Button not included.
Ctrl+J
JavaScript debugger/console