What is the difference between adobe acrobat and adobe pagemaker?

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 11 Apr 2006 03:12 PDT

Please let me know if this sufficiently answers your question:

"While PageMaker 7.0 can create PDF files, it lacks many of the
capabilities available from Adobe Acrobat...
(...)
Acrobat lets you convert existing documents to PDF format, merge
multiple documents into a single PDF document, and use PDF documents
as part of a collaborative workgroup. You can add comments, as well as
embed signatures within the document, as a method of signing off on
the content or design. You also have greater control over security,
including determining whether a document may be printed or just viewed
and whether text or graphics may be extracted from the document."
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/g0910/40g10/40g10.asp

Best regards,
Rainbow

Acrobat is set of programs and print drivers for creating and
manipulating PDF files, but is generally used to convert from other
sources.  Pagemaker was (development on it has been discontinued) a
simple page layout program similar to MS Publisher. You create layouts
with Pagemaker, you turn them into PDF files with Acrobat.