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For example, a financial institution can make loan applications available
online. Anyone with the free Reader software can download the form, fill it
in offline, and electronically submit the application back to the
institution. Because the data in the application is submitted as XML, it can
be integrated directly into the existing loan processing system. With more
than half-a-billion copies of the Adobe Reader distributed to date,
companies can more easily enable virtually anyone to participate in business
processes across a wide variety of platforms, applications and devices.

"Until now, organizations have been struggling with integrating data and
documents into business processes to effectively and efficiently manage
information flow," said Ivan Koon, senior vice president, ePaper Business
Unit at Adobe. "The new form design software will give our customers the
power and flexibility to create sophisticated, intelligent forms that
capture business critical information for enterprise systems, while ensuring
that the information can be shared or reused in business processes inside
and outside the firewall."

The new form designer will be available for beta testing during Q4 2003. For
more information regarding the XML/PDF form designer, Adobe's XML
architecture specification, intelligent documents and form samples, please
visit www.adobe.com/enterprise/xml.html.

Press/Analyst Contacts
Stephanie Krueger Morey
Adobe Systems Incorporated
408-536-3218
smorey@adobe.com

Matt Rozen
A&R Partners
650-762-2897
mrozen@arpartners.com

About Adobe Systems Incorporated
Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com), the leader in
network publishing, offers a comprehensive line of software for enterprise
and creative professional customers. Its products enable customers to
create, manage and deliver visually rich, compelling and reliable content.
Based in San Jose, Calif., Adobe is one of the world's largest software
companies.

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Sr. Product Manager for PDF, XML, and Web Services