Adobe Unveils Touch-Friendly Document Cloud

Adobe unveiled a new set of touch-friendly document creation and management tools this week, called the Document Cloud (DC). Whether you’re a student, small business owner, entrepreneur, or just someone who enjoys creating documents, chances are you’ll benefit from the use of Adobe DC. It’s a powerful all-in-one suite that’s loaded with helpful features, and did I mention it’s compatible with touchscreen smartphones, tablets and PCs?

Adobe Document Cloud follows in the same footsteps as Google Drive, offering users a remote Cloud-based document creation and storage solution. Rather than using a dedicated word processor installed directly on your computer’s hard drive, you can log into DC to create, manage and share your documents. And in the event  that your computer is ever lost, stolen or damaged, you can rest assured knowing that your documents are backed up to the Cloud. Unlike Google Drive, however, Adobe DC supports editing of PDF documents.

So, what can you do with the Adobe DC? According to TechRadar, business owners and accountants can file receipts by snapping a photo of them with their device’s camera, adjust the rotation and lighting via the touchscreen interface, and sign the newly created digital receipt using an electronic signature. Once complete, the receipt can be uploaded directly to the cloud and/or shared.

There’s also greater sharing functionality with Adobe Document Cloud. It’s not uncommon for professionals to share a PDF document after making an edit. With Adobe Document Cloud, however, you can automatically share PDF documents on the Cloud. There’s no need to send revised documents to other workers after making an edit. Just specify whom you would like to share the document with, and whether or not they can perform edits, and they can access it.

“First off, we’re delivering a touch-first experience across phone, tablet and PC. This is a much more natural way for people to create engaging documents and browse content. You can rotate pages with your fingers and browse PDFs with a swipe of the finger,” wrote Adobe in a recent blog post. “Second, we’ve introduced a new innovation called the Home screen which makes it easy for people to find recently viewed files across devices. It connects you to files on Creative Cloud, the Document Cloud, and Microsoft Office 365. Yes, that’s right, we’re also building out a set of broader connectors to other cloud services as well.”

What do you think of Adobe Document Cloud?