Accountants in all facets of the profession continue to adopt PDF files as the foundation of their document storage and management platforms. Further, PDF files increasingly serve as a medium for exchanging information between accountants and their peers, clients, customers, vendors, and other trading partners. Unfortunately, many professionals using PDF technologies continue to labor under the erroneous assumption that PDF files are secure and others cannot change them. In fact, PDF files are unsecured by default and those using PDFs should take specific actions to secure these documents and prevent disclosing sensitive and confidential data. Fortunately, Adobe Acrobat provides a number of very good options for securing PDF documents.

Like dandelions in the spring, social media tools seem to be showing up everywhere. Facebook, Twitter, Plaxo, and LinkedIn are just a few of the players in a market that is growing at warp speed. In this article, we will examine some of the social media tools available to accountants and review how you can get started with social media.