What are Adobe Student and Teacher Editions?

Student and Teacher Editions are the same full versions of the commercial software, priced at discounts for eligible students, faculty, teachers, and school staff.

Eligibility

To purchase and unlock the Student and Teacher Edition Software Products, Individuals must meet the eligibility requirements set forth below.

1. General. Adobe Student and Teacher Editions are for purchase and use ONLY by (i) students who are over the age of 18 or whose parents or guardians have agreed to purchase the software on behalf of the students, (ii) teachers and (iii) school staff ONLY. Proof of eligibility will be required after purchase in order to use this software.

2. Student and Teacher Edition eligibility. This Student and Teacher Edition Software Product may be used by:

• University and college students - students enrolled at a higher education institution defined as an accredited public or private university or college (including community, junior, or vocational college) that grants degrees requiring not less than the equivalent of two years of full-time study;
  
• Primary and secondary school students - students enrolled at an accredited public or private primary or secondary school providing full-time instruction;
  
• Faculty and staff - teachers and staff employed by an accredited primary or secondary school or public or private university or college.

3. Proof of eligibility. To receive an authorized serial number, you must provide proof that you are an eligible user of Adobe Student and Teacher Edition Software Products as follows:

a. Students - Students must provide a photocopy of a valid, current student ID that includes your name, date, and a photo of yourself. If you do not have such an ID, you must instead provide a photocopy of a valid photo ID and one of the following items:

• Official, current non-photo student ID with name and date;
  
• Official, current school transcript indicating name of school and student;
  
• Official, current school tuition bill indicating name of school and student;
  
• Official, current report card indicating name of school and student
  
• Other official dated proof of enrollment

Students who are under the age of 18 and do not have a valid photo ID may provide an official letter from their eligible educational institution stating their name and current enrollment status.

b. Teachers, Faculty and Staff - Teachers, faculty and staff must provide a photocopy of a valid current school ID that includes your name, date, and a photo. If such end user do not have such an ID, the end user must instead provide a photocopy of a valid photo ID and one of the following items:

1. Faculty or staff paycheck stub
   
2. An official letter from the registrar of the educational entity.

4. Formats for Digital Proof of Eligibility. The end user must use a digital camera or scanner to create a copy of his/her proof of eligibility. All documents must be clear, legible, and true to size. Acceptable formats include JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIF, and PDF. The file must be no larger than 3MB. Proof of eligibility shall be submitted in accordance with the instructions accompanying the Adobe Student and Teacher Edition Software Product.

5. Restrictions on Use. A Student and Teacher Edition End User may purchase only one license of any Adobe Student and Teacher Edition product. This license may be used only on your privately owned computer. Student and Teacher Edition Software Products may not be resold by the Student and Teacher End User.

Produce high-impact print designs and digital publications
Deliver high-impact print designs, moving fluidly and confidently from inspiration to output without compromising quality or precision. Plus, create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, annual reports, manuals, and other documents that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° rotation and panoramas, all for playback on a range of tablet devices. Also design elegant eBooks* with video and audio and greater control over layout and typography. If youre still using CS4 or CS3 Design Standard software, be sure to take a look at the dozens of timesaving and creative features introduced since those releases.

Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Standard combines:

• Adobe Photoshop CS5
• Adobe Illustrator CS5
• Adobe InDesign CS5.5
• Adobe Acrobat X Pro

Additional components:

• Adobe Bridge CS5
• Adobe Device Central CS5.5

Integrates with

• Adobe CS Live online services
  
  

Reliably and efficiently design and produce high-quality print documents, from business cards, brochures, and billboards to magazines, newspapers, and annual reports. Also go beyond print, captivating new audiences with beautifully designed eBooks, dynamic presentations, and immersive digital magazines that marry the allure of interactivity with the quality of traditional print design. Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard combines Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe InDesign CS5.5, and Adobe Acrobat X Pro. CS5.5 Design Standard also includes Adobe Bridge CS5 and Adobe Device Central CS5.5, and integration with Adobe CS Live online services. If youre currently using CS5 Design Standard, youll notice that the brand new features in this release equip you to explore the possibilities of digital design while leveraging your expertise in print.

If youre still using CS4 or CS3 Design Standard, youll find dozens of new and enhanced features for venturing into new creative realms, expressing your ideas faster, and maximizing your design time by streamlining critical non-design tasks.

InDesign uses EPUB3 and HTML5 code to create eBooks with audio, video, and other advanced features. EPUB3 and HTML5 presentation, media playback, and double-byte character support (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean) may not be supported by all devices,browsers, or EPUB readers.
Preview interactive overlays—including panorama views, 360° rotation, scrolling and panning, and embedded websites—within the context of your publications using Content Viewer for Desktop, one of the Folio Producer tools included with InDesign CS5.5.

With Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard, you can:

Create innovative onscreen reading experiences. Want to explore new business opportunities and reach new audiences? Extend your ideas beyond print by authoring beautifully designed eBooks, along with dynamic documents and presentations. For tablet devices, craft a new generation of interactive documents such as magazines, newspapers, annual reports, and manuals that marry the allure of interactivity with the quality of traditional print design.

Deliver exceptional designs faster than ever before. Racing to meet another deadline? Save time with enhanced features for delivering more accessible publications in InDesign CS5.5, as well as powerful new and enhanced features in Acrobat X Pro.
CS5.5 Design Standard also includes dozens of timesaving features introduced in previous versions, including Truer Edge selection technology and Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop, beautiful strokes and accurate perspective drawing in Illustrator, and multiple page sizes in a single document and simplified object selection in InDesign. You can also streamline creative reviews with CS Review, one of the CS Live online services that integrate with your design software.

Let your creativity flow. Burning with a hot new idea? Use innovative tools introduced inCS5 Design Standard to make even your wildest visions real without sacrificing quality or control. For example, in Photoshop, paint much as you would with real-world brushes and paints, and in Illustrator, use a vector-based Bristle Brush to produce lifelike brush strokes.

Top new benefits in Design Standard

Next-generation interactive documents in InDesign CS5.5
Create innovative digital magazines, newspapers, annual reports, manuals, and other documents that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360° rotation and panoramas, using new Folio Producer tools in InDesign CS5.5 and integration with the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite hosted solution.§ These interactive documents can be played back on a range of tablet devices such as Apple iPad, RIM BlackBerry PlayBook and a wide variety of Android tablets including the Motorola Xoom.

Enhanced eBook authoring in InDesign CS5.5
As eBook reading devices grow ever more sophisticated, InDesign lets designers keep pace. Create visually compelling eBooks that take advantage of advanced capabilities in devices such as the Apple iPad, Sony Reader, and Barnes & Noble nook.

• Transform the eBook reading experience with compelling video and audio—whether its a soundtrack in a childrens book, a virtual-walkthrough video in a travel guide, or contemporary news footage in a history book. In InDesign CS5.5, add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.
• Deliver eBooks with images that resize automatically to look crisp on a wide variety of screens. Set conversion options for the entire document or individual images when you export to EPUB format. You can also rasterize InDesign shapes, text frames, placed graphics, and groups created in InDesign so that they export as dynamically resizing images.

To make images resize automatically to fit difference device screens, use the Object Export Options dialog box in InDesign. Select Custom Conversion, and then choose Relative To Page Width from the Size menu. (If you dont want the image to resize, choose Fixed from the Size menu instead.) The image size automatically adjusts to the page width in different layouts (right), displayed here on two different devices in Adobe Digital Editions—digital reading software from Adobe.

In InDesign, you can map styles to HTML, EPUB, or PDF tags in the Export Tagging pane of the Paragraph Style Options and Character Style Options dialog boxes. Though the tags don't affect the appearance of the layout in InDesign (below right, in color), they're mapped to the correct specifications when you export HTML, EPUB, or PDF documents for display in Adobe Digital Editions (below right, in black and white).

Alternate (alt) text is a brief description of a photograph or illustration that can be read by screen readers used by people with disabilities. Add alt text directly in InDesign (above), or use alt text added to placed images and objects.

Powerful new and enhanced features in Acrobat X Pro
Prevail over deadlines with professional PDF workflows using Acrobat X Pro. Automate routine tasks, streamline document reviews, and assemble a variety of file types into a polished PDF Portfolio.

• Quick Tools. Quickly access the tools you use most often—from your favorite PDF documentediting tools to your most frequently used comment and markup tools—by adding them to the Quick Tools area.
• Optimized viewing mode. Maximize your screen for optimal reading and presentation of PDF files with the new Reading Mode. Menus and panels disappear and a transparent floating toolbar appears to help you navigate PDF files more easily.
• Improved web experience. Open and view online PDF documents from within websites with a streamlined loading and viewing experience.
• PDF Portfolio customization. Easily customize PDF Portfolios with included layouts, visual themes, and color palettes. Add corporate logos and colors to reflect your branding. Import custom PDF Portfolio layouts and themes developed by third-party designers and developers.

Impress a client or prospect with an easy-tocreate, customized PDF Portfolio. Brand new in Acrobat X Pro, visual themes provide many options for quickly changing the look and feel of a PDF Portfolio—without custom coding or writing scripts. You can also create custom visual themes using Adobe Creative Suite applications such as Illustrator, and easily share your visual themes with others.

• Action Wizard. Automate routine, multistep tasks using the new Action Wizard to more easily create, manage, execute, and share Actions. An Action is a sequence of steps that can be applied to a single PDF or to batches of files.

In the Acrobat Tools pane (below), the Action Wizard enables you to create new Actions and edit existing Actions. The Edit Action dialog box (right) allows you to drag steps into an Action, or sequence, that you can apply repeatedly in order to save time.

Top reasons to upgrade to Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Design Standard

Folio Producer tools in InDesign—Create engaging digital magazines, newspapers, annual reports, manuals, and other documents that incorporate eye-catching elements such as 360-degree rotation and panoramas—all for playback on tablet devices such as Apple iPad, RIM BlackBerry PlayBook, and a wide variety of Android tablets, including the Motorola Xoom. Upload these documents to the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite hosted solution for further production and distribution.

Enhanced eBook authoring† in InDesign—Create more engaging eBooks with less need for developers. Enjoy a smoother workflow as you include refined typography and images that resize automatically to fit virtually any screen. You can even add video and audio for eBook reader applications that support HTML5 video and audio tags.

More efficient delivery of accessible documents—Use features in InDesign CS5.5 and Acrobat X Pro that help you to deliver publications that meet Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 standards. Applyaccessibility features in InDesign CS5.5, and then check, adjust, and validate accessible PDF documents in Acrobat X Pro.

Action Wizard in Acrobat Pro—Automate routine, multistep PDF tasks more easily in Adobe Acrobat X Pro. The Action Wizard guides you through creating an Action, which is an automated sequence of steps that can be applied to a single PDF or batches of files.If youre still using Creative Suite 4 or Creative Suite 3 Design Standard, youll also benefit from features added in Creative Suite 5 Design Standard, such as:

Content-Aware Fill—Remove any image detail or object, and then watch as Content-Aware Fill magically fills in the space left behind. This breakthrough technology matches lighting, tone, and noise so it looks as if the removed content never existed.

Complex selections made easy—Get better-than-ever results in Adobe Photoshop CS5 software when selecting tricky image elements such as hair, and eliminate background color around selection edges.

Simplified object selection and editing—Save time by performing repetitive layout tasks efficiently in InDesign CS5. Manipulate frames and frame content without switching tools. Dynamically adjust white space between objects to reposition page items.

Innovative paint brushes with Photoshop CS5 and Adobe Illustrator CS5—Create scalable vector artwork with the nuance and subtlety of fine art, enhance photographs with painterly effects, and paint freely on screen much as you would with physical brushes and paints.

Beautiful Strokes—Dynamically create and edit strokes with infinitely adjustable widths, precisely position and scale

System requirements

Mac OS

• Multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6
• 1GB of RAM or more recommended
• 8.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on a volume that uses a casesensitive file system or on removable flash storage devices)
• 1024x768 display (1280x800 recommended) with qualified hardwareaccelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
• Some GPU-accelerated features require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs
• QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for multimedia features
• Adobe Flash Player 10 software required to export SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition