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Thread ID: 91714	2008-07-16 06:48:00	Multiple users of software?	Beemer (6956)	Press F1

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689427	2008-07-16 06:48:00	I have just bought Adobe InDesign CS3 for a publishing course I am doing and have loaded it onto my PC. I got the academic edition and have registered it using the serial number. Can I also load it onto my laptop or is this a no-no? I am going to be the only one using it, and I will only be using the PC or the laptop at any one time, and I know with some things (like Office 2007) you get a licence to use more than one copy on a PC and a laptop for instance. I'm not trying to do anything dodgy, but is there a way to use it on both or am I stuck with it on the PC OR the laptop?	Beemer (6956)
689428	2008-07-16 06:56:00	I'd say yes that's fine, the "install on one PC and one laptop" rule would apply even more to academic editions as this would be the case a lot of the time with students.	sal (67)
689429	2008-07-16 07:39:00	I have just bought Adobe InDesign CS3 for a publishing course I am doing and have loaded it onto my PC. I got the academic edition and have registered it using the serial number. Can I also load it onto my laptop or is this a no-no? I am going to be the only one using it, and I will only be using the PC or the laptop at any one time, and I know with some things (like Office 2007) you get a licence to use more than one copy on a PC and a laptop for instance. I'm not trying to do anything dodgy, but is there a way to use it on both or am I stuck with it on the PC OR the laptop? Yes, academic licensing is somewhat more liberal than commercial licensing with the only catch being that you can't produce and sell any work or publications for financial gain on academic software. Good luck with InDesign - it can be a RAM hog if you are dealing with lots of Hi res images but it is great to use. I have CS3 on Mac which is what 98% of the print industry uses - except ACP Media who do all the Women's Day mags, they use InDesign on Windows for some strange reason. Who are you doing the course through?	vitalstatistix (9182)
689430	2008-07-16 07:57:00	Sorry vitalstatistix, but where did you get the 98% from?	the_bogan (9949)
689431	2008-07-16 08:37:00	Sorry vitalstatistix, but where did you get the 98% from? Common knowledge although it will vary country to country. The general rule of thumb is that the print publishing and design industry is Mac orientated.	vitalstatistix (9182)
689432	2008-07-16 08:58:00	I know of a couple of local places that do publishing and use Windows, they may be small places, but they dont have any MAC's at all. But I do agree that a lot of places use MAC's for publishing, but I would say 98% is a bit over rated.	wainuitech (129)
689433	2008-07-16 09:31:00	I know of a couple of local places that do publishing and use Windows, they may be small places, but they dont have any MAC's at all. But I do agree that a lot of places use MAC's for publishing, but I would say 98% is a bit over rated. Most of the small corner store copy print places would be Windows orientated but the bulk of your ad agency, print management, marketing depts and design studios would be Mac orientated. Any time you have a look in the paper or on Seek for design/ print jobs you would be looking under the title Mac Operator.	vitalstatistix (9182)
689434	2008-07-16 10:33:00	The EULA normally would tell people what they can do.	Sweep (90)
689435	2008-07-16 23:03:00	Thanks guys, I am doing the Diploma in Publishing course through Whitireia - done the editorial and project management modules and am now about to start the typography and marketing modules. It is very unlikely I will ever be using it to make stuff to sell as I am a journalist and editor and am more likely to write the stuff to go on the pages than do the layout, etc! If I enjoy it, it's more a case of having another skill up my sleeve than using it as part of my business, although it could be handy being able to understand how it works when writing for magazines. I can't remember exactly what I had to do when I loaded the software onto my PC but at some point I was given an option to insert the serial number or choose a 30 day free trial. If I load it onto my laptop, what will happen when I get to that point - will it say "sorry, that serial number has already been used, bugger off" or will it tell me that once I do another installation I will have installed the maximum number of copies using that serial number? I know last year I had huge problems with Photoshop after my computer died. I loaded it onto the new computer then that had major problems and had to be replaced after a few weeks, so I loaded it again onto the new one and of course it stopped working because I needed a new activation key. It took me AGES to get hold of Adobe to get one and I certainly don't want to go through that again!	Beemer (6956)
689436	2008-07-17 06:37:00	When you put the serial number in did it go online and register sometimes you get the option not to do this	gary67 (56)
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