MS Office 12 to natively support PDF

Colin Dunstan · 10-02-2005, 12:31 PM

This is huge news for all PDF skeptics among us. According to Brian Jones who works with the MS Office team, the next release of Microsoft Office, currently code-named Microsoft Office "12", is going to natively support the Adobe PDF format. In other words, in future you'll be able to use Office to convert these yucky PDF documents into more widely supported formats.

Update: Laurens correctly pointed out that "support" goes only so far as to Microsoft implementing PDF export. Not exactly what we wanted.

[via Scobleizer]

Laurens · 10-02-2005, 01:03 PM

Like OpenOffice, MS Office 12 will only support exporting documents to PDFs. You cannot edit or manipulate existing PDFs.

Colin Dunstan · 10-02-2005, 01:08 PM

Bummer.

rmeister0 · 10-02-2005, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colin Dunstan

Update: Laurens correctly pointed out that "support" goes only so far as to Microsoft implementing PDF export. Not exactly what we wanted.

That is, however, what most business users want, without having to pay extra for.

MrSaint · 10-02-2005, 01:48 PM

Adobe ain't going to like this considering how much money they charge for Adobe Acrobat Professoinal.

Laurens · 10-02-2005, 02:01 PM

There are free solutions for generating PDFs. For example, PrimoPDF.

Bob Russell · 10-02-2005, 03:38 PM

I like pdf995. It acts like a printer driver, but you print to a pdf file. It does open your browser and pop up a web page when you print, but no big deal. The printed output really works. It's perfect for programs that have things like design diagrams, and which can't output to a file for someone else to see the diagram electronically.

macrotor · 10-02-2005, 06:46 PM

Adobe will like this fine. I can assure you that Microsoft must license this from Adobe in order to sell the feature. The fact that Adobe gets a little cash for every Office license sold will do them well.

- macr0t0r

kimsea · 12-12-2005, 06:37 AM

can you write detail about microsoft office 12?

dwig · 12-13-2005, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by macrotor

Adobe will like this fine. I can assure you that Microsoft must license this from Adobe in order to sell the feature. The fact that Adobe gets a little cash for every Office license sold will do them well.

- macr0t0r

There is no requirement to pay Adobe for a license to create a program to either write or read PDF documents. When I was a Macromedia, I worked on the projects to add support, first export then import, for PDF in Macromedia FreeHand (v5.5/Mac back in '95 was the first released with PDF Export). We wrote our own code and there was no need to pay Adobe any license fee.

10-02-2005, 12:31 PM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	MS Office 12 to natively support PDF This is huge news for all PDF skeptics among us. According to Brian Jones who works with the MS Office team, the next release of Microsoft Office, currently code-named Microsoft Office "12", is going to natively support the Adobe PDF format. In other words, in future you'll be able to use Office to convert these yucky PDF documents into more widely supported formats. Update: Laurens correctly pointed out that "support" goes only so far as to Microsoft implementing PDF export. Not exactly what we wanted. [via Scobleizer]

10-02-2005, 01:03 PM	#2
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	Export only Like OpenOffice, MS Office 12 will only support exporting documents to PDFs. You cannot edit or manipulate existing PDFs.

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Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Bummer.

10-02-2005, 01:48 PM	#5
MrSaint Little Computer Guy Posts: 73 Karma: 2466 Join Date: Aug 2005 Device: Treo 650 + iPaq	Adobe ain't going to like this considering how much money they charge for Adobe Acrobat Professoinal.

10-02-2005, 02:01 PM	#6
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	There are free solutions for generating PDFs. For example, PrimoPDF.

10-02-2005, 03:38 PM	#7
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	I like pdf995. It acts like a printer driver, but you print to a pdf file. It does open your browser and pop up a web page when you print, but no big deal. The printed output really works. It's perfect for programs that have things like design diagrams, and which can't output to a file for someone else to see the diagram electronically.

10-02-2005, 06:46 PM	#8
macrotor Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 2418 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fremont, CA, USA Device: Tungsten\|C with Nokia6200	Adobe will like this fine. I can assure you that Microsoft must license this from Adobe in order to sell the feature. The fact that Adobe gets a little cash for every Office license sold will do them well. - macr0t0r

12-12-2005, 06:37 AM	#9
kimsea Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 12 Join Date: Dec 2005	can you write detail about microsoft office 12?