ArcGIS 9.3 supports Adobe Acrobat 9 software and new geospatial capabilities available in PDF. Users of PDF map documents can find and display a location in the file using x,y coordinates as well as measure features directly on the map. This enabling capability both enhances existing customer workflows and creates new ones because recipients without ArcGIS can directly interact in new ways with maps using Acrobat 9.

ArcGIS 9.3 users can author a map document and export it in PDF for wide distribution while passing along the ability for increased end-user interaction with the document beyond simple viewing. The enhancements supporting PDF in ArcGIS 9.3 are available as a free download for ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Server at http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=downloads.patchesServicePacks.viewPatch&PID=80&MetaID=1407