The release date of the Office 2007 Service Pack 2 with native support for PDF has been updated from “H1″ 2009 to “sometime within February and April 2009″.

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve worked with PDF and JavaScript, but I always remember that with a bit of patience and know-how, you really could accomplish some pretty amazing tasks. I asked my friend Thom Parker, CEO of pdfscripting.com and WindJack Solutions sent me through a tip on using a calculation to hide/show a form field.

Debenu has released PDF Properties Changer a free tool for editing PDF file properties. This free tool lets you quickly edit the document properties of PDF files by right-clicking on them in Windows Explorer

Tabbloid is a web-based service run by Hewlett-Packard which automatically converts your favorite RSS feeds into a personal magazine.

ElcomSoft have long been a thorn in Adobe’s side. It all started way back in 2001 when Dmitry Sklyarov, an employee of Russian company ElcomSoft, was arrested in Las Vegas for distributing a product (Advanced eBook Processor) that Adobe alleged was designed to circumvent copyright protection measures in its eBook software.

I get daily Google Alerts sent to me for the keywords “paperless” and “paperless office”, as you might have noticed, it’s a topic I’m interested in.
Through this I have noticed a strong trend towards people embracing the concept of a paperless office; people openly acknowledging that paper is inefficient and costly and that a move to an electronic orientated system would save them time and money.
I thought I’d put together a small preview of the various businesses and Government departments that have decided to “go paperless” over the past few …

Long-time player in the PDF game, Apago has released the latest update of their product, PDF Shrink. It has the ability to reduce the filesize of most PDFs, such as those from Mac OS X’s iLife and iWork applications.

PDF isn’t a cool technology (from other peoples perspective!) to work with whichever way you look at it. The mere mention of its name doesn’t get you any dates, for example. Instead, mentioning that you work with PDFs to someone is more likely to get the sort of response that is usually reserved for librarians: “Oh, I see… that must be… interesting… sorting all those… books.”

PDFJoin! is a new online PDF service that lets you merge your PDF documents together online for free.

If you’re looking to perform a quick document to PDF conversion on the run — BCL’s new PDF Service for iPhone will be of interest. You take any document, attach it to an email and send it to “iPhone@PDFOnline.com” — and it’s straight back at you — as a PDF.

Back in the 1990s at Adobe Systems, Mr. T. V. Raman, helped to adapt the PDF format for screen readers. This was a big step forward for the blind in using PDF which was considered to be just a “defacto standard” for electronic documents at that stage.

Over the years Adobe have been known to put together a funny video or two regarding their technology. A recent one posted on YouTube takes a humorous look at one of the ways PDF can make everyone’s work life easier.

According to a report on CrunchGear, Panasonic intend to launch the world’s first fully paperless fax machine in Japan on January 23, 2009.
Just like sending emails on a cell phone, users can use the built-in keypad to type messages.
Alternatively, it’s possible to send documents saved in Word or other formats without having to use a PC. All fax messages can be read and forwarded through a built-in screen without having to print them on paper first.
I’m all for any effort that contributes to a paperless office, but this seems a …