In efforts to boost its Acrobat Document Cloud service, Adobe has announced that they have integrated support for DropBox. Having that bubble is an advantage for Adobe as there are thousands of other PDF apps out in the market, but this could also be annoying to a few users who has advanced experiences using the Dropbox cloud storage systems in accessing their files.
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Acrobat Document Cloud and Reader users can now access and take common actions on 18 billion PDF files located in Dropbox directly within the Adobe apps, following a new agreement between the companies. “[T]oday, mobile has become the rule and people expect to complete work quickly and simply wherever and whenever they need”, said Kevin Lynch, senior vice president and general manager of Adobe Document Cloud, in a statement.
Documents will be automatically synced across shared Dropbox folders once any changes have taken place within Adobe, which the firms said will boost collaboration. “We provide the world’s simplest, most powerful collaboration platform for the creative and entrepreneurial lives of our 400 million users”. This means that they will be able to search for and open Dropbox-stored PDF files within the Adobe landscape. “Partnering with Adobe helps our users work better together”.
Edit and collaborate easier.
The deal allows users to connect their Adobe and Dropbox accounts to manage PDF’s within each app. The idea itself isn’t exactly marvel, there are apps already out there that allow you to upload a PDF and electronically sign, modify and export. In addition, Acrobat DC subscribers will be able to fully edit PDFs, organize pages or convert the documents back to their original formats. Among those will be Adobe eSign Manager DC, which the company called “an upgraded mobile app companion”.
Starting today, new features brought by the partnership will begin to roll out to PC users while iOS users should be able to enjoy the new functionalities later this year. The iOS integrations between Acrobat Reader and Dropbox will be available in the coming months, with Android and web integrations to follow in 2016, said the two companies.
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Users worldwide can now add their Dropbox account in Acrobat DC or Acrobat Reader on desktop.
