Adobe Creative Cloud Installation on Personally Owned Device for Staff & Faculty

How To

Question

• How to get Adobe Acrobat Pro installed on my personal device?​​​​​​
  • Adobe Acrobat DC listed in Creative Cloud is Acrobat Adobe Pro, it is named differently from the Cloud.
  • Many other apps are available (ie., Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Lighroom Classic, etc...)

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Steps

• IMPORTANT: Adobe applications require pre-authorization for a license.

• For pre-authorization, create a software request through Anoka Ramey or Anoka Tech Service Desk Portal below.
  • ATC please request a license here:  https://services.anokatech.edu
  • ARCC please request a license here: https://services.anokaramsey.edu
• Once the authorization has been granted, you are free to begin the instllation with the instructions below.
• IMPORTANT: If you have an older version of Acrobat Pro or Creative cloud , make sure you log out of it first.

• Close ALL Microsoft products before installing Adobe products.
  • Outlook
  • PowerPoint
  • Excel
  • Word
• Sign OUT of Microsoft Teams before installing
• Go to https://www.adobe.com/
• Use the school email (@anokaramsey.edu or @anokatech.edu)
• If prompted, select Company or School Account
• Enter StarId and password

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• Welcome to your account will be the first page you see

• Click on: View plan details or Access your apps and services.
• Included applications and service will now appear.
• Click on the download button to view the available apps to install
• Click on Install to begin dowloading apps needed.

• The image above is a sampling of apps available but not all
• Whichever apps are downloaded a Creative Cloud Desktop App will download with it.(see below image)
• This app is what to use when opening Adobe apps and updating apps as well.
• You must be signed into it.
• Follow the instructions listed earlier to sign in to the Creative Cloud Desktop App.

• Creative Cloud will check the system for already installed apps. A popup notification may give information to follow if there are already older Creative Cloud apps installed.
• Please follow any directions received.
• Adobe discourages downloading more apps than needed.  Creative Cloud takes up a lot of space on a device.
• To use any of the apps installed on your device, open the Creative Cloud Desktop Icon on your desktop.
• If at any time an Adobe product needs to be signed into again, follow directions listed above to sign in.
• Detailed instructions for all products are available under Attachments