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Adobe Acrobat & Creative Cloud

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PDF editor and suite of creative software

Faculty, Staff, Students

macOS, Windows, Web

Singer 222, Public Areas, Creative Media Commons, Language Center

Yes

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Description PDF editor and suite of creative software
Access Faculty, Staff, Students
Platform macOS Windows Web
Location Singer 222, Public Areas, Creative Media Commons, Language Center
Supports accessibility Yes

Installation

For new installations, visit adobe.com. Click Sign In at the upper right corner of the page.

Enter your Swarthmore email address (e.g. username@swarthmore.edu) and click Continue.

Sign-in screen with options to enter an email address or continue with Google, Facebook, or Apple accounts
Adobe Sign in Window

Select Company or School Account. Then you will be redirected to the Swarthmore single sign-on page.     

Once logged in, choose Apps from the side navigation to see the list of Adobe apps available for install.

Download and install Creative Cloud to manage all the Adobe apps installed on your computer.

After install, follow the directions below to launch and sign in to Adobe and continue.

Sign in to Adobe if it is already on your computer

Navigate to the Adobe Creative Cloud app to launch Creative Cloud Desktop.

Adobe Creative Cloud app icon with white intertwined loops on a red background
Adobe Creative Cloud app icon

Sign in using your Swarthmore email address. (e.g. username@swarthmore.edu) If you are presented with an option, choose Company or School Account.

Creative Cloud Desktop

Creative Cloud Desktop is where users can quickly launch, install, and update Adobe apps.

Device Activation Limit

Our Creative Cloud license only allows users to activate installed apps on two devices at a time. When you sign in to a device and Adobe detects that you have exceeded your device activation limit, you will be prompted with the message below.  To sign out of one of the other devices, click Sign out on the corresponding tile.

Adobe Creative Cloud window showing device activation limit reached with options to sign out of two devices to continue
Adobe Creative Cloud Sign out of a device window

When you are signed out of the other device, click Continue.

Adobe activation screen confirming "You activated this device successfully." It shows three device statuses: "This device" is activated; "Alex's MacBook Pro" is activated (last launched Sept 23, 2017) with a "Sign out" button; and "BizCorp_JS456 - iMac G5" is signed out and not activated.
Post-activation confirmation screen

The app will then launch on the new device.

Accessibility Features

Adobe Accessibility Features

Captions workflow in Premiere Pro

Acrobat DC Accessibility Checker