Splashes: Acrobat Distiller

Distiller is used to convert post script files to PDF. It has been bundled with Acrobat since version 1.

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Splashes: Adobe Acrobat

Adobe's fully featured PDF creation software. For the first three versions it was known as "Acrobat Exchange." After that, it was known simply as "Acrobat."

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Splashes: Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac

2011 was the first version of Office for Mac to include Outlook. Previous versions editions had "Entourage," a mail client that was similar, but shared no common code.

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Splashes: Microsoft Office 2010

Office 2010 featured a refinement of the ribbon that was introduced on Office 2007. Though this version also uses identical splash screen across the suite, it is an animated one. These splashes also have the unique options to be closed or minimized. You can even cancel the program before it finishes loading.

Animation Example:

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Splashes: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

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Splashes: Microsoft Office 2007

Office 2007 brought a redesigned user interface using a patented new workspace design known as "the ribbon." The splash screens however, are rather dull. Each program uses an identical design with only the program name changed.

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Splashes: Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

Entourage:

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