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New Feature Highlights
The complete
design solution
for print and Web
publishing
The Adobe Creative Suite
combines the full versions of:
• Adobe Photoshop CS with
ImageReady CS
• Adobe Illustrator CS
• Adobe InDesign CS
• Adobe GoLive CS
• Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional
• The new Version Cue file version
manager, which lets you easily
track iterations and quickly
locate files.
The Adobe Creative Suite is a complete design solution that lets today’s creative professionals create and
publish content for print and the Web faster, more easily, and more affordably than ever. It combines the full, new
versions of Adobe’s leading-edge creative applications—Adobe Photoshop® CS with Adobe ImageReady® CS,
Adobe Illustrator® CS, Adobe InDesign® CS, Adobe GoLive® CS, and Adobe Acrobat® 6.0 Professional—with
the new Version Cue™ file version manager, which lets you easily track iterations and quickly locate files. It
also supports a complete Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) workflow and offers both a collection of
educational resources to help you work more efficiently and expanded support options. In short, the Adobe
Creative Suite offers time-saving integration, simplified workflows, and an unprecedented value.
• Work productively thanks to tight integration. The Adobe Creative Suite gives you a complete, integrated toolset that lets you create beautiful content while working efficiently. Tight integration means that
you can switch applications without slowing down thanks to common commands, tools, and palettes. It
means that you can exchange artwork between Illustrator and Photoshop more easily than ever, and you can
quickly and easily drop native graphics and Adobe PDF files into InDesign and GoLive layouts. You can also
depend on such shared core technologies as the Adobe Color Engine to bring consistency and predictability
to your output, and take advantage of features that streamline your print-to-Web production workflows.
Tight integration means that Adobe technology helps you be more productive, which in turn lets you be
more creative.
• Simplify your workflow. The Adobe Creative Suite offers a host of features that make it easier to manage
files, streamline design reviews, and bridge print and Web publishing processes. The new Version Cue file
version manager lets you find the files you need quickly and easily from within the familiar Adobe design
environment. Use Acrobat 6.0 Professional and Adobe PDF to exchange files seamlessly across platforms,
speed review cycles, preflight files for print production, and print reliable final output. Finally, use scripts
and templates to automate tasks and easily create professional layouts for both print and Web pages.
• Enjoy unprecedented value. The Adobe Creative Suite is an unbeatable value. It combines the full, new
versions of the industry’s leading-edge creative tools—Adobe Photoshop CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe
InDesign CS, Adobe GoLive CS, and Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional—with the Version Cue file version manager. But that’s not all. The Adobe Creative Suite offers expanded support options as well as a workflow guide,
a video training CD, and other educational resources that show you how to use the tools together effectively.
It’s everything you need to create and publish to print and the Web—including substantial savings.
This document introduces the Adobe Creative Suite and delves into the specific features that allow creative
professionals to work more efficiently: namely, those that make you more productive and simplify your workflow. It concludes with pricing and availability, a description of what comes in the box, and system requirements. For more detailed information about the new features in Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, InDesign CS,
GoLive CS, and Acrobat 6.0 Professional, please see the New Feature Highlights documents for those components of the suite.
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Top 5 features in the Adobe
Creative Suite
• Print and Web design. Experience
unmatched print and Web design
capabilities using the newest versions of the industry’s leading and
most trusted professional creative
applications.
• A common toolset. Use a complete
set of professional design tools built
to work together and priced affordably.
• Common interface elements.
Come up to speed quickly and work
efficiently using common commands,
tools, palettes, and keyboard shortcuts.
• Intuitive file-finding. Use Version
Cue to find files quickly by viewing
thumbnails or searching on XMP
metadata such as keywords, version comments, file name, author,
and date.
• Educational resources. Discover
new ways to work between Adobe
tools with documented tips, tricks,
and guides.
• File management in a familiar
interface. Manage files from within
the familiar Adobe design environments of Photoshop CS, Illustrator
CS, InDesign CS, and GoLive CS.
Work productively thanks to tight integration
It’s never been easier to work between your Adobe applications than in the Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe has
long fostered a goal of developing creative applications that work seamlessly together, and the suite brings
such integration to a new level. From common tools, palettes, and other interface elements to native file
format support, shared core technologies, and streamlined print-to-Web production features, the Adobe
Creative Suite can save you time and lets you focus on what you do best: create compelling work.
Common interface elements
Because the components of the suite share common commands, tools, and palettes, creative professionals can
switch between them without losing a beat. The interfaces of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and
Acrobat 6.0 Professional are more in sync than ever before, making it easier to jump between imaging, page
layout, and Web design modes. This consistency also makes it easier to come up to speed when you learn a
new tool. Once you’re adept, customize Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign shortcuts as you desire. Adobe
integration lets you work the way you’re most comfortable—and most productive.
Commands, tools, and palettes Many tools—Selection, Hand, Eyedropper, and others—are common
across various components of the suite, while many palettes—Color, Info, and Navigator, among others—
offer the common functionality and a shared appearance. This makes it easy for both new and experienced
users to jump between the components of the suite and accomplish tasks quickly. Finally, menus and dialog
boxes are organized consistently and logically across components of the suite. For example, the Window menu
always lists available floating palettes, such as Layers and Swatches, while filter dialog boxes in Photoshop and
Illustrator offer the same settings and controls.
Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as other
components of the Adobe Creative Suite,
share many common or similar commands, tools, and palettes, such as the
Tools and Color palettes shown here.
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Once you get the hang of the suite’s interface, you’ll want to use this command: Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.
Available in Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, and GoLive, keyboard shortcuts let you customize
the commands you use most often, making it that much easier to be productive—and creative.
Keyboard shortcuts can be customized
in Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator,
InDesign, and GoLive.
Native file format support
Creative professionals typically start the design process in Photoshop or Illustrator, creating images or
graphics that will eventually be placed in a print or Web page layout. With the Adobe Creative Suite, native
Photoshop files can be imported into Illustrator, and Illustrator files can be placed in Photoshop. Those same
files can be placed directly in InDesign and GoLive layouts, and then be double-clicked to be edited in their
creation application. When deadlines loom and late-stage edits crop up, you can save time by not having to
re-save and re-import files. In addition, Adobe PDF files can be used to place art in print and Web layouts,
as well as to exchange documents reliably across platforms, to streamline reviews, and to produce final print
output. (For more on how Adobe PDF and Acrobat 6.0 Professional can simplify your workflow, see page 10.)
Seamless import/export between Photoshop and Illustrator Export vector files from Illustrator CS
and open them in Photoshop CS with layers, text, slices, transparency, and image maps intact. Or save raster
files from Photoshop and then open or place them in Illustrator files. Illustrator CS can recognize and preserve Photoshop text, vector shapes, and layers, making it easy to work with layered Photoshop content.
The Photoshop Options dialog box lets you specify
how you want to export Photoshop files from
Illustrator CS.
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Import native files into InDesign and GoLive InDesign CS lets you place native Photoshop files in page layouts. Since you don’t have to flatten them first, this reduces or eliminates the need for labor-intensive DCS- and
separation-based workflows, and allows more efficient composite workflows instead. And InDesign CS supports
all kinds of Photoshop files, including multitones as well as PSD and TIFF files that contain spot channels. In
addition, you can also place or copy and paste native Illustrator files into InDesign.
Place native Photoshop
and Illustrator files
into InDesign layouts,
preserving transparent
effects.
If you need to make changes to an image or graphic after you’ve placed it in InDesign CS, no problem: use
the Edit Original Selection command to launch Photoshop or Illustrator and display the file. You don’t have
to manually find the file on your hard drive and launch the application. Then you can edit the original, and
when you save it and switch back to InDesign, the file is automatically updated.
To edit a placed image or graphic in
its creation application, use the Edit
Original button in the Links palette in
InDesign.
Working with Photoshop and Illustrator files in GoLive CS is equally easy. Smart Objects technology lets you
place native, layered Photoshop or Illustrator files right into HTML layouts in GoLive CS. GoLive automatically converts the content to sliced images and HTML; it will also import Macromedia Flash (SWF) content
generated by Illustrator CS and ImageReady CS in the same way. GoLive automatically detects changes to
the source images and regenerates the Web-ready files—so you don’t have to manually re-export images
and code anymore.
Similar functionality is available from Acrobat 6.0 Professional, where you can use the TouchUp Object tool
to open a raster object in Photoshop or open a vector object in Illustrator. When you save the changes to the
file and switch back to Acrobat 6.0 Professional, it automatically updates.
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Streamlined print-to-Web production
Few creative professionals today work in a vacuum where they create print pages and only print pages.
Increasingly, traditional print designers are creating images, illustrations, and layouts that are also destined to
be published on the Web. Whether you’re doing the actual Web production or simply preparing files to hand
off to a Web design colleague, the Adobe Creative Suite lets you efficiently optimize images for the Web and
package print pages for online delivery.
Package print pages for the Web After you’ve perfected your print page layouts in InDesign CS, package
them for the Web: export images and pages as Smart Objects and SmartXML: high-resolution CMYK
print-ready images can be downsampled, and style-tagged text will be saved as XML data and tracked
in GoLive CS. If changes are made to the InDesign file, just prepare the package again and links will be
updated throughout the GoLive site.
The Package for GoLive command in
InDesign CS lets you easily prepare
your print-ready content to be published on the Web.
ImageReady CS automation features New features in ImageReady CS dramatically reduce the time it
takes to prepare images for the Web. You can import data from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or database
and then batch-create images automatically in one step. You can export PSD layers as images or Flash files,
making it dramatically easier to integrate with Flash technology. You can even generate Flash files that contain
variable text to enable dynamically updated pages, and use new conditional logic in actions to build smarter
automated processes.
ImageReady CS features new support
for conditional actions so that you can
build smarter automated processes.
Batch processing The enhanced File Browser in Photoshop CS lets you move directly from raw images to
the Web using batch commands. Build a Web photo gallery that you can use to collect client feedback and
which can be e-mailed back to you, create a multi-page Adobe PDF file for secure image sharing and review,
or send digital images directly to online services for ordering professional-grade printing.
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The enhanced File Browser in Photoshop
CS includes batch-processing commands,
including such built-in processes as saving
files as Adobe PDF.
Shared core technologies
The Adobe Creative Suite features many shared core technologies that bring predictability to the design
process. Such shared technologies as the Adobe Color Engine, Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP), Flattener
and Separation Preview palettes, and support for OpenType® fonts minimize production glitches and provide consistency across the tools that you use to create, view, and print your masterpieces.
Adobe engines The Adobe Graphics Manager and the Adobe Color Engine are two foundational technologies in the Adobe Creative Suite. The Adobe Graphics Manager allows images, graphics, and text to be displayed consistently in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat 6.0 Professional, rendering the
same smooth gradients and the same high-quality display in all of those components.
The Adobe Color Engine (ACE), meanwhile, is the heart of the color management capabilities in the Adobe
Creative Suite. Color management helps to enable the consistent and predictable display and printing of color
across software tools and hardware devices. ACE is built into Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and
Acrobat 6.0 Professional, where you can use the Color Settings dialog box or Preferences panel to specify
whether and how you want each tool to manage color, and to synchronize color management profiles across
the tools. You can even share the settings files across tools. If profiles conflict, you’re prompted to resolve the
discrepancies when you open a file, ensuring accuracy and consistency for you, your clients, and your service
providers.
The Color Settings dialog box or Preferences panel lets
you synchronize color management policies across the
components of Adobe Creative Suite.
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XMP support XMP is an open, standards-based enabling technology that adds intelligence to files so that
they’re easier to find, re-use, archive, and exchange. Supported by all of Adobe’s native file formats, including Adobe PDF, XMP lets you capture, preserve, and share meaningful XML-based metadata across files and
workflows, opening the door for more efficient job processing, workflow automation, and efficient rights
management, among other possibilities.
XMP metadata such as title, author, subject, and keywords can be viewed or added to a file in the File Info
dialog boxes of Photoshop CS, ImageReady CS, Illustrator CS, and InDesign CS, or in the Document Properties
dialog box in Acrobat 6.0 Professional. In a Version Cue workflow, XMP file information is added when files are
saved to the Version Cue workspace. Version Cue uses the XMP file information to let you search for files.
XMP support, available through the File Info dialog box in
Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, and InDesign (shown
here), lets you capture and share metadata about native
Adobe file formats, including Adobe PDF.
Flattener and separation previews Transparent effects are essential elements of many designs today, and
transparency flattener previews in Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, and Acrobat 6.0 Professional now make them
easier than ever to check before sending files off to the printer. The Flattener Preview palette lets you reduce
last-minute surprises when files are rasterized and gives you greater control over how the effects are rendered.
Use it to control the degree of flattening applied to transparent effects and preview the results onscreen so
that you can identify any condition that may cause errors or incorrect output when the file is printed.
The Flattener Preview palette in Illustrator
(shown here), InDesign, and Acrobat 6.0 Professional lets you control and preview the degree
of flattening applied to transparent objects.
You can also preview overprints in Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, and Acrobat 6.0 Professional so that you
can see how overprinting, blending, transparency settings, and aliasing inks will affect color-separated
output—for example, whether and how underlying objects show through overprinted objects—to help
ensure the successful printing of transparent effects.
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Finally, InDesign CS and Acrobat 6.0 Professional offer a Separation Preview that allows you to view each of
the four-color (or more) plates that will be printed before you send them to your prepress partner. In fact,
you can print the separations themselves from Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, and Acrobat 6.0 Professional.
The Separation Preview in InDesign CS
and Acrobat 6.0 Professional (shown
here) lets you see how four-color plates
will be printed.
OpenType support Support for OpenType, the next-generation font specification developed jointly by
Adobe and Microsoft, is built into Illustrator CS and InDesign CS; in addition, more than 100 OpenType
fonts ship with the Adobe Creative Suite, and many of them are used in the suite’s professional templates
and sample files. The OpenType format offers cross-platform compatibility, so the same font file works
on Macintosh and Windows computers, providing easier font management. OpenType fonts also support
widely expanded character sets and layout features, which provide richer linguistic support and advanced
typographic control. Text set in OpenType fonts has fewer hyphens, more even spacing, and can contain
such sophisticated characters as discretionary ligatures, old-style figures, and true small caps.
Support for OpenType in Illustrator CS includes the
new OpenType and Glyphs palettes, which let you take
advantage of the font format’s support for expanded
character sets and its advanced typographic controls.
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Simplify your workflow
Version Cue is the glue that holds the components of the Adobe Creative Suite together: it keeps track of
changes and iterations of files, making it easier to find what you need whether you work solo or as part of a
team. With Version Cue, you never have to leave the Adobe environment that you know so well: you can see
thumbnail previews in Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, and GoLive CS to easily find the file you’re
looking for, or you can search on such file information as author or keyword. But Version Cue isn’t the only
feature in the suite that simplifies your workflow. The Adobe Creative Suite offers extensive support for the
Adobe PDF file format, allowing you to share files reliably with clients and colleagues, to conduct efficient
project reviews, and to print high-quality final output. And extras like scripts and templates automate tasks
and make it easy to prepare your content for both print and Web output.
Efficient file management
Version Cue tracks files for individuals as well as workgroups when you save them from Photoshop CS,
Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, or GoLive CS. You never have to leave the familiar interface of those Adobe tools,
and yet the most up-to-date file is always at your fingertips. Whether you’re looking for the most recent iteration of a logo for a brochure or searching for an older version so that you can update a client’s presentation,
Version Cue can save you from wasting hours on frustrating hunts for files, freeing you up to be creative.
Intuitive file management Version Cue saves all files in a workspace that you can access when you open and save
files from within Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, InDesign CS, and GoLive CS. Need to find or share a file? Access
the workspace by clicking on the My Projects button inside the Open dialog box to see thumbnail previews of all
of your project files, complete with such file information as version comments and previous authors. Or click over
to the Search tab to quickly find a file based on such information as version comments, date, author, and keyword.
Browse thumbnail previews of files available to you in
the Version Cue workspace by clicking on the My Projects
button in the Open dialog boxes in Photoshop, Illustrator,
InDesign, and GoLive.
After you make the necessary changes to the file, just use the Save a Version command to save it back to the
workspace, along with any comments you may want to add to make it easier for you or others to find the
right file later. It’s that simple. There are no extra steps, no extra applications. Version Cue lets you work the
way you always have but brings an end to the hassles of devising file-naming conventions and to frustrating
browsing across hard drives, networked servers, and FTP sites.
Choose File > Save a Version to save files back to the Version
Cue workspace, adding any relevent comments, such as a
description of the edits that you made.
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Local file serving If you work as part of a team, share projects from your desktop and provide colleagues
with easy access to files, so you can collaborate more efficiently and work more productively. Because Version
Cue is a natural extension to your everyday authoring tools, you don’t have to deal with scripts, customized
databases, file servers, or other complex, high-end, file-management solutions that are expensive to configure
and to maintain, and difficult to use.
Trusted file-sharing Version Cue is a trusted file-sharing environment. It saves all files in a single workspace and makes them available to everyone in a workgroup or team. When you access a file, a working copy
is stored on your hard drive until you save a version back to the workspace. Permissions can be set to provide
restrictions if needed. If someone else opens the file you’re using, Version Cue guides users to minimize editing conflicts and to preserve all versions of the file. This helps groups collaborate more efficiently and ensures
that everyone uses the correct versions of files.
If someone in the workgroup opens a file that’s already in use, Version Cue displays an “in use” message in the title bar (left) and guides them to
minimize editing conflicts (right).
Dependable Adobe PDF documents
The Adobe Creative Suite supports a complete Adobe PDF workflow, bringing a wealth of productivity benefits to creative professionals. Adobe PDF files preserve the visual integrity of your designs, including images,
graphics, and type, so that they can be shared across platforms and printed reliably. You can export Adobe
PDF files from all of the components of the suite, place them in InDesign and GoLive layouts, and embed
multimedia content, including Flash format, in them. Adobe PDF is a ubiquitous format in the Adobe
Creative Suite, giving you tremendous flexibility, reliability, and control as you create content, review it, and
output it. You can even optimize Adobe PDF files for online delivery and take advantage of such features as
preflighting and PDF/X compliance to streamline print production processes and ensure high-quality final
printed pages.
Ubiquitous Adobe PDF support You can export or save Adobe PDF files from any component of the
Adobe Creative Suite—Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, or GoLive—or you can create them
using Acrobat 6.0 Professional. Robust settings let you control image compression, embed fonts and subsets,
apply security, preserve printer’s marks and bleeds, and much more. You can even preserve transparency and
layers in Adobe PDF files that are exported from Photoshop CS, Illustrator CS, and InDesign CS.
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Save or export Adobe PDF files from
Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator,
InDesign, and GoLive. When you do so,
you can control everything from the
amount of image compression you
want to apply to whether and which
printer’s marks to include.
While Adobe PDF files can be opened by anyone with the free Adobe Reader,® they can also be opened as
editable raster files in Photoshop CS or as editable vector files Illustrator CS. You can even open Adobe PDF
files in GoLive CS, so you can preview a site’s Adobe PDF content without having to launch Acrobat. You can
place Adobe PDF files exported from Photoshop or Illustrator into InDesign layouts, and into GoLive designs
as Smart Objects. Support for layers means that you can do things like use layers to organize your work in
Illustrator or InDesign, exploring various design options, export the files and keep those layers intact, and
then let your clients view and hide those layers in an Adobe PDF file, making reviews much more efficient.
(For more on using Acrobat 6.0 Professional for efficient project reviews, see page 13.)
Optimize Adobe PDF As most designers today know, pages designed for print require high-quality, highresolution images and graphics. But if those same pages are going to be posted on a Web site, forget it: they
need to be much smaller so that they can be downloaded quickly. That’s why the Adobe Creative Suite gives
you the capability to optimize Adobe PDF files for the Web if they were originally created for print. Open
any Adobe PDF file in Acrobat 6.0 Professional and re-distill it using the Smallest File Size setting. Or use the
Reduce File Size or PDF Optimizer command to downsample images, apply greater ZIP and JPEG compression, change font embedding settings, flatten layers, and much more to make print-ready files more compact.
You can also use the optimizer to remove unnecessary objects and to save your Adobe PDF files to an earlier
version of Acrobat, for backward compatibility.
The PDF Optimizer command in
Acrobat 6.0 Professional lets you
prepare Adobe PDF files for the Web
by down-sampling images, enabling
byte serving (“Optimize the PDF for
fast web view”), and much more.
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GoLive CS offers similar functionality, allowing you to optimize HTML files as Adobe PDF, reducing file size,
recompressing images, and enabling byte-serving for efficient online delivery.
Reliable printing Save time and reduce late-stage errors at the printer by sending Adobe PDF files to your service provider for final output. Use Acrobat 6.0 Professional to print high-quality composite proofs and to create
host-based or in-RIP separations. You can also generate industry-standard PDF/X files directly from InDesign
and Acrobat 6.0 Professional that your service providers and prepress partners will be able to print reliably.
Acrobat 6.0 Professional offers many
advanced print controls to ensure
high-quality, reliable composite or
separated output.
In addition, Acrobat 6.0 Professional’s built-in preflighting tools let you easily examine Adobe PDF documents before you send them off to help ensure a smooth production process. You can check for PDF/X
compliance and PostScript-level compatibility, among other things, and you can embed preflight information into the Adobe PDF file itself, letting you efficiently communicate critical information about the files
to printers and service providers.
Preflight Adobe PDF files in Acrobat 6.0 Professional before you send them to the printer to ensure that they will RIP smoothly. Choose from
several predefined preflight profiles, such as the one that checks for PDF/X-1a compliance (left), and then view a report that describes potential
problems with the file (right) and correct them before you send off the final file.
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Efficient project reviews
Whether you’re proofing print or Web pages, Acrobat 6.0 Professional and Adobe PDF accelerate project reviews.
E-mail Adobe PDF files to colleagues and clients from Acrobat 6.0 Professional—you don’t have to pay for courier
costs, you don’t have to wait for overnight delivery. Then reviewers can use Acrobat’s robust electronic commenting tools to mark up documents, reducing errors caused by lost sticky notes, illegible handwriting, and so
on. Acrobat 6.0 Professional’s review-management tools make it easy to manage, sort, and incorporate feedback,
improving accountability and helping you meet tight deadlines without sacrificing quality. Finally, you can even
accelerate Web project reviews by converting HTML pages into Adobe PDF files from GoLive CS.
E-mail files for review One of the best ways to initiate Adobe PDF reviews is to e-mail the files from
Acrobat 6.0 Professional. Using the Send by Email for Review command launches your default e-mail application, attaches the Adobe PDF file, and provides reviewers detailed instructions on how to comment on the
file; a how-to pane also helps reviewers through every step of the process of marking up the file. Then
they can click Send from within Acrobat 6.0 Professional or Standard to e-mail the marked-up proof back
to you, saving you the inconveniences of printing and mailing proofs to clients overnight.
Send Adobe PDF files to clients and colleagues
for review by choosing the Send by Email for
Review command in Acrobat 6.0 Professional.
Then you can track feedback using Acrobat’s
review-management features.
Conduct electronic reviews With Acrobat 6.0 Professional, it’s easier than ever to provide and incorporate
feedback during the review process. You can do everything from create custom stamps to easily view, sort, and
filter comments. You can even indicate text corrections such as insertions, deletions, and replacement text with a
single click. Acrobat 6.0 Professional lets you format, reply to, and spell-check comments, as well as import comments or create comment summary pages. With Acrobat 6.0 Professional, you can easily integrate comments
into a single Adobe PDF file—a more efficient and accurate way to reconcile comments from multiple reviewers than traditional, paper-based review processes. All of these features make the review process run far more
smoothly for you and your clients.
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Intuitive electronic commenting tools in
Acrobat 6.0 Professional streamline Adobe
PDF-based review cycles; a How To pane
provides step-by-step guidance on marking
up files.
Export Adobe PDF from GoLive Among the many new features in GoLive CS that beef up support for
Adobe PDF is the capability to convert HTML Web pages to Adobe PDF files, fully linked and scaled to the
appropriate design size. Those Adobe PDF files can then be sent out for review, making it easy for clients to
proof Web pages in Acrobat, instead of having to manage multiple HTML, GIF, and JPEG files.
Preview and convert HTML Web pages to Adobe PDF
files, fully linked and scaled to the appropriate design
size, in GoLive CS.
Other simplifying extras
Professional templates and built-in scripts give creative professionals a leg up on the design process, especially
when it comes to automating tasks and bridging print and Web design layouts. The professional templates in
the Adobe Creative Suite, for everything from presentations to postcards to coordinated corporate stationary
and Web sites, will inspire your creativity, while the robust scripts included with the suite will keep you working productively.
Templates and scripts The Adobe Creative Suite comes with numerous professional templates and productivity enhancing scripts to help you make the most of the tools at hand. You can use templates as is, or
customize any or all of the elements in the designs to your heart’s content.
Scripts, meanwhile, let you automate such functions as saving comments from layer comps as metadata in
Photoshop files, which will make it easier to search for the file later. AppleScript and Visual Basic allow you to
connect applications to databases and other tools so that you can automate tasks across components of the
suite, while JavaScript support lets you create scripts that enhance productivity across platforms.
Enjoy unprecedented value
Let’s face it. Budgets are tight, and good deals are hard to come by. But the Adobe Creative Suite isn’t just a
good deal, it’s a great one. The Adobe Creative Suite offers everything you need to create image compositions, cutting-edge graphics, stunning print page designs, and vibrant Web sites, all while helping you work
more productively. Such components as the Version Cue file version manager and a collection of educational
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resources that help you use the tools together efficiently give you everything you need to carry your business
into the future—without breaking the bank.
A complete toolset Use a complete set of professional design tools built from the ground up to work
together, and priced affordably.
Educational resources Discover new ways to work between Adobe tools with a workflow guide, digital
video tutorials, and other educational materials.
Cross-media publishing Position yourself for the future and take your skills to the next level by creating
content for both print and the Web.
One installer Control what you install and when you install it: install the functionality most suited to your
needs in one easy step and add more capabilities later, or install everything at once to ensure that the right
tool is always there when you need it.
Unified support and service Because there’s one serial number for the Adobe Creative Suite, you have only
one number to call for support and service, greatly simplifying the process of troubleshooting technical issues.
Receive complimentary warranty support that includes toll-free and online support for installation and bug-fix
issues. For other types of technical and workflow support issues, you may purchase one of Adobe’s Expert Support options. For more information, please visit www.adobe.com/expertsupport or call 1-866-MY-ADOBE. You
may also take advantage of Adobe Studio™, www.studio.adobe.com, a one-stop resource that helps creative professionals manage the design process more efficiently while maximizing the value of their Adobe software.
Upgrade ease Eliminate interruptions and minimize frustrating incompatibilities by updating your Adobe
toolset all at once.
Availability and pricing
In the United States and Canada, the Adobe Creative Suite will begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2003.
The price for the Adobe Creative Suite Premium Edition at the Adobe store is $1229 (U.S.) for all platforms.
Upgrade pricing in the United States and Canada Licensed users of Photoshop or of the Adobe Web,
Design, Publishing, Digital Video, or Video Professional Collection may upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite
Premium Edition at the Adobe store for $749 (U.S.).
Educational pricing Educational pricing for the full version of the Adobe Creative Suite Premium Edition
at the Adobe store will be as follows:
Region
Price
U.S. and Canada
$399
Europe
469
Japan
¥69,800
Volume licensing is also available. Please visit www.adobe.com/store/openoptions/main.html for information.
Online ordering The Adobe Creative Suite may be ordered directly from Adobe (please visit www.adobe.com/
products/creativesuite for availability). Orders placed online will be shipped to customers. The suite is also available through Adobe’s worldwide distribution network of software retailers and mail-order outlets, as well as
through Adobe value-added resellers and system integrators. In addition, Adobe transactional and contractual
volume licensing plans provide flexible options for enterprises that want to make volume purchases of the
Adobe Creative Suite. Details are available at www.adobe.com/store/openoptions/main.html.
Availability of other language versions Japanese, French, and German versions of the Adobe Creative
Suite are expected to ship within 45 days of the initial release. Adobe also expects to ship Danish, Dutch,
Italian, Spanish, and Swedish versions of the Adobe Creative Suite. The availability of other language versions,
as well as all pricing, upgrade, and support policies for other countries, will be provided separately.
System Requirements
Macintosh
• PowerPC® G3 or G4 processor
• Apple Mac OS X v.10.2.4 enforced
(v.10.2.6 recommended) and Java
Runtime Environment 1.4.1
• 192 MB of RAM to run any one application (256 MB recommended)
• Additional RAM required to run
multiple applications simultaneously
• Additional 128 MB of RAM required
to run the Version Cue desktop workspace
• 1.775 GB of available hard-disk space
to install all applications
• 1024x768 monitor resolution with
16-bit or greater video card (24-bit
screen display recommended)
• CD-ROM drive
• For Adobe PostScript® printing:
PostScript Level 2 or Adobe
PostScript 3™
• Internet connection recommended
• QuickTime 6 required for multimedia
features
• Internet Explorer 5.5, Netscape Navigator 7.0, AOL 5.0, Safari 1.0, Opera
7.0 required for GoLive CS
Windows
• Intel® Pentium® III or 4 processor
• Microsoft Windows 2000 with
Service Pack 3 or Windows XP
• 192 MB of RAM to run any one application (256 MB recommended)
• Additional RAM required to run
multiple applications simultaneously
• Additional 128 MB of RAM required
to run the Version Cue desktop workspace
• 1.55 GB of available hard-disk space
to install all applications
• 1024x768 monitor resolution with
16-bit or greater video card (24-bit
screen display recommended)
• CD-ROM drive
• For PostScript printing: PostScript
Level 2 or Adobe PostScript 3
• Internet connection recommended
• QuickTime 6 required for multi–
media features
• Internet Explorer 6.0; Netscape
Navigator 4.
4.xxx,, 6.1, 6.2, or 7.0; AOL
6.0 or 7.0; Opera 7.0 required for
GoLive CS
Package contents
Premium Edition
Standard Edition
Description
Photoshop CS
with ImageReady CS
✔
✔
The professional standard in desktop
digital imaging
Illustrator CS
✔
✔
The industry standard vector graphics
software
InDesign CS
✔
✔
Setting new standards for professional
layout and design
GoLive CS
✔
Integrated tools for powerful Web design
Acrobat 6.0
Professional
✔
Advanced control over document exchange
and output
Version Cue
✔
✔
Integrated file version management
Design Guide
✔
✔
Educational material
About Adobe Systems
Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems Incorporated (www.adobe.com) builds award-winning software solutions
for network publishing, including Web, print, video, wireless, and broadband applications. Its graphic design,
imaging, dynamic media, and authoring tools enable customers to create, manage, and deliver visually rich,
reliable content. Headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe is the second largest PC software company in
the U.S. with annual revenues exceeding $1.2 billion.
Adobe Store Pricing
$1229 (U.S.) Premium Edition
$999 (U.S.) Standard edition
Adobe Store Pricing for Upgrades to
Premium Edition
$749 (U.S.) from Adobe Photoshop
7.0 or from the Adobe Web, Design,
Publishing, Digital Video, or Video
Professional Collection
Adobe Store Pricing for Upgrades to
Standard Edition
$549 (U.S.) from Adobe Photoshop
7.0 or from the Adobe Web, Design,
Publishing, Digital Video, or Video
Professional Collection
Expected Availability
Fourth Quarter 2003
Adobe Systems Incorporated
345 Park Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110-2704 USA
World Wide Web
http://www.adobe.com
Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, GoLive, Illustrator, ImageReady, InDesign, Photoshop, PostScript, PostScript 3, Reader, Studio, and Version Cue are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Apple, Mac, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and
other countries. Intel is a registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Pentium is a registered trademark or a trademark of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries
in the U.S. and other countries. PowerPC is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation in the United States. Microsoft, OpenType, and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. © 2003 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.