Why no LiveCycle for Mac?

[StudioManager@adobeforums.com]

Why is LiveCycle only included with Acrobat 7 Pro for Windows and not for Mac?

I need to create a rights-enabled PDF form, but have the application for the Mac not windows.

Is there any way around this apart from me having to buy a further copy for the PC?

(I notice Mac users get charged a the same price despite their copy being inferior to the windows version)

[Aandi_Inston@adobeforums.com]

>I need to create a rights-enabled PDF form, but have the application for the Mac not windows.

Acrobat 7 Professional on Windows cannot create rights-enabled PDF
forms. What is included (on Windows) is LiveCycle Designer, not
LiveCycle Reader Extensions. LiveCycle is a big and confusing family
of things.

What is it that you want to do?

Aandi Inston

[pjonesCET@adobeforums.com]

I think he said he wants to create a rights enabled PDF form.

What advantages, or reasons are there for LiveCycle (or LifeCycle). What is for, for those that have never heard of it.

By the way have you heard about the new technology that Gates is coming out with that is going compete head to head with PDF and claims to be an acrobat Killer. The report says that its its supposed to be written xul and anything that can read XUL will be able to view it. It was both in yesterdays ZDnet and cNET news. Supposedly he wants to cripple or kill off entirely Adobe.

[Gary_A.@adobeforums.com]

By the way have you heard about the new technology that Gates is coming
out with that is going compete head to head with PDF and claims to be
an acrobat Killer.




And it doesn't run on Macs either.

[StudioManager@adobeforums.com]

I need to create a form that users can fill in, save changes and email onto the next person in the process to fill out their bit and email on... etc.

PDF seemed the ideal format, but now I wonder if it is. I really can't get my head around Livecycle and which bit does what.

Any ideas anyone?

[de_Siem@adobeforums.com]

Although live cycle Reader extensions is a windows product itself, the right-enabled pdf files it can be used on all platforms as long as the reader is 5.1 or later.

For the amount of money it costs it's safe to assume that the organisation buying it will have a windows machine somewhere.

[StudioManager@adobeforums.com]

Sounds ominous - how much are we talking?

[de_Siem@adobeforums.com]

Depends, you call Adobe, tell them what you need and they give you a quote. Can be anything from thousends to hundreds of thousends. Don't be mistaken this is a product aimed at large organisations, such as the IRS (who is using it for their forms)

[pjonesCET@adobeforums.com]

Your right for Office2004 for now.

Since they are after Adobe's head (must got mad about adobe buying MacroMedia), I figure it will be added.