Adobe CS academic and commercial version format

I am a staudent and my dealer has told me that I qualify for an academic license for the Adobe CS design bundle. I have not used the Adobe suite before. Can someone experience tell me how the license and registration works?

I was told by my dealer that I pay for a license, and will get some CDs. I think I was told that the CDs will allow me to install online. And no printed manual is provided. I was also told that there is no difference if I purchase an academic license or a full commercial license, I will still be getting this installation CDs and no manual. Is this correct? I can’t seem to get into Adobe’s website and their sales phone line is constantly jammed up these days. I have been trying to call for about a week now.

My question is that I have a laptop which I take to classs and a desktop, and I will need the Adobe software to be installed in both for me to work on them. Is that possible if I purchase an academic license? And is this possible if I purchase the full commercial license?
I am also asking because software I purchased before always provide CDs with the full software on them. I have had my computer crashed and have to reinstall everything. How is this done if installation is online? I just want to make sure that I am making the correct decision. I am always worried about having to reinstalled as I have to do this twice before.

Thanks for any help provided.

"alissa" wrote in message

I am a staudent and my dealer has told me that I qualify for an academic license for the Adobe CS design bundle. I have not used the Adobe suite before. Can someone experience tell me how the license and registration works?

I was told by my dealer that I pay for a license, and will get some CDs. I think I was told that the CDs will allow me to install online. And no printed manual is provided. I was also told that there is no difference if I purchase an academic license or a full commercial license, I will still be getting this installation CDs and no manual. Is this correct? I can’t seem to get into Adobe’s website and their sales phone line is constantly jammed up these days. I have been trying to call for about a week now.

My question is that I have a laptop which I take to classs and a desktop, and I will need the Adobe software to be installed in both for me to work on them. Is that possible if I purchase an academic license? And is this possible if I purchase the full commercial license?
I am also asking because software I purchased before always provide CDs with the full software on them. I have had my computer crashed and have to reinstall everything. How is this done if installation is online? I just want to make sure that I am making the correct decision. I am always worried about having to reinstalled as I have to do this twice before.

Thanks for any help provided.

A,

See
http://www.adobe.com/uk/education/students/studentedition/el igibility.html The Acedemic version is identical to the commercial version and you can install it on both PC’s (if you do not use both simultaneously, I think, though why you would want or be able to…and how would Adobe know if you did?.)
You should be given a reg code which you inform Adobe of and they will give you an activation code to enable your use. Your "Educational Reseller" should be able to explain all you questions re this problem to you.
HTH
MH

I am a staudent and my dealer has told me that I qualify for an academic license for the Adobe CS design bundle. I have not used the Adobe suite before. Can someone experience tell me how the license and registration works?

I was told by my dealer that I pay for a license, and will get some CDs. I think I was told that the CDs will allow me to install online. And no printed manual is provided. I was also told that there is no difference if I purchase an academic license or a full commercial license, I will still be getting this installation CDs and no manual. Is this correct? I can’t seem to get into Adobe’s website and their sales phone line is constantly jammed up these days. I have been trying to call for about a week now.

My question is that I have a laptop which I take to classs and a desktop, and I will need the Adobe software to be installed in both for me to work on them. Is that possible if I purchase an academic license? And is this possible if I purchase the full commercial license?
I am also asking because software I purchased before always provide CDs with the full software on them. I have had my computer crashed and have to reinstall everything. How is this done if installation is online? I just want to make sure that I am making the correct decision. I am always worried about having to reinstalled as I have to do this twice before.

Thanks for any help provided.

A,

See
http://www.adobe.com/uk/education/students/studentedition/el igibility.html The Acedemic version is identical to the commercial version and you can install it on both PC’s (if you do not use both simultaneously, I think, though why you would want or be able to…and how would Adobe know if you did?.)
You should be given a reg code which you inform Adobe of and they will give you an activation code to enable your use. Your "Educational Reseller" should be able to explain all you questions re this problem to you.

HTH
MH

Hi, this is a reply to all replies so far …

Thanks for the info. What happens if you need to re-install, like when your hard disk crashed or something? Do you need to "activate" the software again? Or can I use the old code? I am asking because I have this experience 2 times, and one time, I need to replace my hard disk and re-intall everything.

So I gather from all your answer that the softwares are on the CDs, but I will need to "activate" it. Correct?

MH, thanks for your explanation – for some reason, I can’t get into adobe’s website. When the home page load, it always hang my IE. Do you by any chance know why??