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1. 2010 microsoft office add in microsoft save as pdf or xps upgrade#
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3. 2010 microsoft office add in microsoft save as pdf or xps software#
4. 2010 microsoft office add in microsoft save as pdf or xps windows#

For many people though, the upgrade price of the newest version may be more affordable than buying Acrobat Pro especially for just the one feature. Before you say “but that’s not all people pay for with Office”, no it’s not, but most people who have Office 2k3 would probably hold onto it for a very long time if the new version didn’t have PDF creation. Now, here comes Microsoft who is making not only a commercial OS capable of generating PDF-like files, but their commercial (and highly profitable) office suite can generate PDF files as well! So here is someone getting paid for being able to create PDFs.

2010 microsoft office add in microsoft save as pdf or xps software#

They have no reason to complain about the above free software as it benefits them, and to my knowledge they have not complained. So Adobe has PDF editing they can hold on to but they have sacrificed a monopoly on PDF creation so the format would become more widespread. The only thing in my experience that Adobe Acrobat Pro can do that OpenOffice and all the other free PDF creators cannot is edit an existing PDF file (and I believe there exist, or used to exist, some programs that would). You opened up a large portion of what is arguably your most successful creation and now, via several freeware and FOSS programs, your customers can do most of what they could with your PDF creation package, but for free. But, put yourself in Adobe’s shoes for a moment. You are right by saying that the above software packages aren’t making money off PDF and that they are not out to do harm to Adobe.

They’re not out to kill adobe or take over the market. This was one of the “wow” features Office users were waiting for. So the 2 choices are: 1) Microsoft drops XPS and carries only PDF 2) Microsoft drops PDF and only carries XPS (More likely of the 2) A lot of users will be upset at this. This is where I think antitrust comes into it.

2010 microsoft office add in microsoft save as pdf or xps portable#

By creating XPS, they now control most means of portable document creation.(Not sold seperately included) Oh, and I’m assuming that Microsoft is allowing XPS to be fully alterable with Word or some other program, which means they’re shoving into Adobe’s space for both creation and edit of portable documents. Had Microsoft just carried the PDF format, and not created XPS, then there wouldn’t be an issue. Having Microsoft carry PDF functionality at the same time it’s carrying XPS or “Metro” format could be considered an antitrust breach. Microsoft now has a competitor in the same space as what Adobe does (create and edit portable documents). I think the problem here doesn’t extend so much to the PDF format itself, for licensing purposes, as it does the fact that Microsoft has now entered the same market space with “Metro”. Yet now it appears they would sue rather than compete and adhere to the terms for which they licensed PDF. Adobe previously commented that they had no problem with MS’ implementation in Office and that they expected the revenue around PDF generation to go away someday so they focused on complimentary tools (such as editing tools - Office does not offer this capability). MS already has included PDF export capability in Reporting Services and Sharepoint (maybe elsewhere). If Adobe wanted to maintain control over who implements the format, they should not have opened it in the first place. Including export capability for a third-party, supposedly open format wouldn’t be tying. Office was never ruled a monopoly and it is the product carrying PDF. This is tying and the difference is that the potential for harm to Adobe’s business is irreperable.

2010 microsoft office add in microsoft save as pdf or xps windows#

However, unlike other products that have pdf capability built-in, none have the power of being delivered ala carte via the Windows and office monopolies.