Adobe said numerous new or improved features are a “direct result” of user feedback and “there’s a lot more innovation in the pipeline”.
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Users previewing PDF files on the Dropbox website can mark up, comment, eSign, and take other actions with Adobe Acrobat.
The integration is beneficial to both Adobe and Dropbox users as now they can view and take additional actions on PDF files stored in their Dropbox Basic, Pro and Dropbox for Business accounts, and all the changes made will be saved to Dropbox.
Speaking of partnerships, Adobe also announced today a new agreement with Dropbox created to help workers access documents and files from anywhere.
“Companies are in the midst of massive digital transformation, with a relentless push to streamline all business processes”, Bryan Lamkin, senior vice president and general manager of digital media at Adobe, said in a statement. “Partnering with Adobe helps our users work better together”.
Adobe is making it easier to work with PDF files stored in the cloud, thanks to a new partnership with Dropbox that connects users of the Acrobat PDF editing and viewing products with documents stored in the cloud storage firm’s online locker.
Starting today, users worldwide can add their Dropbox account in Acrobat DC or Acrobat Reader on desktop.
Updates to formatting let you easily convert Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI), or InDesign (INDD) files to PDF from Acrobat DC across platforms.
Expanded partner integrations with Workday, Salesforce and Ariba promise to make it easier for organizations to add e-signing capabilities to company HR, sales, procurement and legal departments. The service, which is primarily focused on offering electronic signature functionality, now has a drag-and-drop workflow tool that lets anyone with a Document Cloud subscription set up a system for passing a document around to multiple people for them to review and sign.
The iOS integrations between Acrobat Reader and Dropbox will be available in the coming months, Adobe says, with Android and web integrations to follow sometime next year, in 2016.
The company said it is adding support for digital signatures, the more secure form of e-signature, which is due to be adopted across Europe next year.
Compared to its Creative and Marketing Cloud solutions, Adobe’s recently launched Document Cloud and eSign services (formerly known as EchoSign) don’t quite get the same amount of attention yet, but they are becoming an increasingly important part of the company’s business.
Signature Capture – This eSign Manager DC mobile application feature allows enterprise employees to take a photo of their handwritten signature using their mobile device camera. Enterprise mobility management features enable administrators to manage employees’ Document Cloud mobile apps and devices using Android for Work, and soon, Good Technology and Microsoft Intune.
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The new eSign capabilities will start to roll out in November through to early 2016.
