Acrobat 9: Tables in the Clouds

 
I've written previously about Adobe's amazing online service– Acrobat.com. Elegant, useful and FREE! Aside from online file storage and file sharing, there is a nice word processor called Buzzword. Many of us raced to sign up for the service, and have even opted to upgrade to the pay service for more functionality.  Acrobat.com Premium is $39 monthly, or $390 per year. Some of the perks include unlimited online PDF creation, 20-person meetings online and larger file sharing.

Not sitting still with this nice offering, Adobe has continued to work on new and improved services. I recently wrote about the cool online application at https://labs1.acrobat.com–Presentations (a quick way to produce PowerPoint-like presentations online WITHOUT the need to have Powerpoint on your computer).

The latest offering to come to the public's use is called Tables.  Using Tables, Adobe has offers you with an spreadsheet program (similar to Excel). These online tables can be shared with others simultaneously!  Two or more coworkers can have the same online-based file open at once, and the service keeps track of everyone's changes & shows them in real time to others.

Don't let the title TABLES lull you into thinking that your files are simply tables (in the word processing way). Columns can be formatted for specific data types, attributes such as decimal places can be defined, and calculations are also available. Data can be sorted and filtered.

Tables in the Cloud

To try out Tables, visit https://labs1.acrobat.com. If you do not have an Acrobat.com account yet, sign up for one. It's free. Play, enjoy, and stay tuned.  I'll bet there's something new and cool up ahead and online.

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David R. Mankin is a Certified Technical Trainer, desktop publisher, computer graphic artist, and Web page developer. He is an Adobe-Certified Expert in Acrobat.

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