Adobe Share has received a much needed update to its document embed capability. The previous version required keen eyesight or the use of a magnifying glass to read the embedded docs. The new version has received the “fullscreen” button treatment. I consider this the only real way to read these documents. Really… how many times have you read embedded documents in blog pages even if they have adequate scaling controls in place (Scribed, etc…)?

The second update to Share is the ability to generate PDF versions of your uploaded documents. Which is really awesome all “five” times you’re able to do it. As advertised on the login page you get 5 conversions. There doesn’t seem to be any way to get additional conversions and there isn’t any explanation on whether more will be possible in the future (that I could find). I recommend you just ignore that “Convert to PDF” button for now. Why? Because if you’re anything like me the “neat” factor will be far outweighed by the “aggravation” factor in this case.

If in the future they do open up the PDF creation, then I will definitely add it to the Handout program. In conclusion it is good to see improvements being made to the Share service. I expect these improvements to get more exciting in the future, hopefully with ties coming between applications and services such as Buzzword, Share, Digital Editions, etc…

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