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LiveCycle Assembler 7.2

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Agenda

Adobe® LiveCycle® Assembler 7.2 Overview

Migration strategies for Adobe Document Server

The Adobe document generation product line

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Business Problem

The high cost of processing customer communications Typically very paper-based and manual

Difficult to automate with existing tools

The time and cost of preparing documents as part of regulatory filings for agencies such as FDA, FAA, EPA, etc.

The need to automate processing for the creation of complex document packages such as RFQs, proposals, contracts, insurance policies, loan packages, etc...

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Introducing Adobe LiveCycle Assembler 7.2

Automates enterprise document preparation workflows

Leverages your organization’s current investment in PDF

Integrates well as part of a larger LiveCycle automation solution

Customized document package delivery to customers

Technical document assembly

Medical document packaging and assembly

Government case file packaging

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LiveCycle Assembler 7.2 Snapshot

Target

Adapt existing documents for new purposes

Integrate associated data into new PDF “result” documents

The source documents can include the following items:

• Multiple PDF documents

• XML data such as metadata and bookmark information for insertion in the result document

• Documents to be attached to the result document

The result documents can include the following items:

• Multiple PDF documents

• XML data extracted from the source documents

• Attachments extracted from the source documents

• XML data with query responses

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LiveCycle Assembler 7.2 - Key Capabilities

Assembles, disassembles, and manipulates PDF documents Automates on a J2EE server many of the functions found in Acrobat

Professional on desktops

Generate table of contents, insert cover pages

Insert, extract, delete, rotate, scale, crop, overlay, renumber PDF pages

Apply headers & footers, watermarks & backgrounds

Import/export/delete metadata, attachments, annotations, links, bookmarks

J2EE-based architecture (WebSphere, Weblogic, JBoss)

Orchestration with other LiveCycle products

LiveCycle replacement for Adobe Document Server

Target

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Comparing LiveCycle Assembler 7.2 to Document Server

Improved integration capability with other LiveCycle products to better support end-to-end business process automation

Increased performance over Document Server

Simpler commands

Native Java implementation

Enhanced architecture

Improved command file

New features to manage the process for text extraction, links, etc.

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Key Features

Adobe LiveCycle Assembler

Adobe Document

Server

Capabilities

X X Password-based encryption & decryption (basic permissions: view, print, edit)

X X Optimize/linearize PDF for fast Web view

X X Invoke functions with Web services

X No Invoke functions with Java APIs, QPACs, or Watched folders (QPACs use with LiveCycle Workflow, includes limited user workflow)

X No Support PDF 1.6 features (e.g. tagged PDF, layers)

X No Extract text from PDF

X No Set initial open view (set document, window, UI)

X No Disassemble (burst) PDF documents

X No Extract/crop PDF pages

X No Import links with bookmarks

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Migration Strategies for Adobe Document Server

Not a direct migration – Certain capabilities in Document Server were not migrated to Assembler 7.2

Enterprises with Premium M&S – Migrate to LiveCycle Assembler and PDF Generator for Postscript (single CPU)

Some capabilities require a different migration strategy – purchase LiveCycle Forms or Graphics Server

Support strategy – 5 years from release date of Document Server 6.0 with the possibility to extend for an additional 2 years

Migration is similar architecture (not plug-compatible, but is not a complex migration)

Document Server 6.0

Assembly & Customizati

onPostscript Distillation

Form Data Extraction

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Graphics Manipulatio

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LiveCycle Assembler

7.2LiveCycle

PDF Generator 7.2

LiveCycle Forms 7.2

Graphics Server 6.0

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Adobe Document Generation Products

Product Name Description

Adobe Acrobat - Professional / Standard / Elements / 3D

Flagship products for desktop creation and manipulation of PDF files

Adobe LiveCycle PDF Generator - Professional / Elements / PostScript

Centrally deploy and manage PDF file creation across the enterprise

Adobe LiveCycle Assembler Streamline enterprise document preparation processes with automated assembly, dissasembly, and manipulation of PDF files

Adobe LiveCycle Print Automate, template-driven generation of customized print documents for targeted customer communications– Sweet spot: Print output option for enterprises using Adobe LiveCycle Designer, Forms, and Workflow that require basic single document printing

Adobe Output Server - Output Designer - Central Pro Output Server - Output Pak for mySAP.com - Output Manager - Web Output Pak

Automate, template-driven generation of customized documents for PDF, print, fax, e-mail, or web based delivery – Sweet spot: Document generation in distributed printing environments that demand fine printer control, batch processing, and/or higher output speed

Adobe Acrobat Elements ServerAdobe Acrobat Distiller ServerAdobe Document Server

End-of-Life / Maintenance Only- Migrate to PDF Generator- Migrate to PDF Generator- Migrate to PDF Generator and PDF Assembler* * Not a one-to-one capability migration, see FAQs for details

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