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PDF file creation and collaboration

Make your PDF documents come alive with video and audio content or applications created in Adobe Flash, or enrich high-impact PDF Portfolios with custom navigation and interface elements using Flash software.

All-new versions of essential creative tools

Experience a highly productive creative toolkit with Adobe InDesign CS3 for professional page layout, Adobe Photoshop CS3 for unrivaled image editing, Adobe Illustrator CS3 for inspired vector graphics creation, and Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for efficient Adobe PDF workflows.

Unprecedented integration for exceptional productivity

Enjoy a consistent design experience across InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop with shared interface elements such as self-adjusting panels that dock out of your way when not in use. And use native file formats smoothly across software component to streamline design and production.

Support for the latest Macintosh and Windows systems

Get the most out of Adobe Creative Suite Design Standard, available for both Mac OS X Leopard and Microsoft Windows Vista systems. Work smoothly on legacy PowerPC based Macintosh and Windows XP systems as well.

Efficient, powerful page design with Adobe InDesign CS3

Explore more creative possibilities and experience new levels of productivity using InDesign CS3, which offers powerful features for creating graphically rich, complex documents; professional typographic controls; and robust, reliable printing.

Powerful color and printing capabilities

Print Photoshop composites, Illustrator artwork, and InDesign layouts with confidence thanks to robust color options, consistent color settings, and professional output controls for high-quality printing.

Exceptional native file format support

Open Photoshop images in Illustrator and Illustrator artwork in Photoshop, and place both types of native files, as well as Adobe PDF files, in InDesign layouts. Streamline your design and production processes in myriad ways using native file format support.

Reliable Adobe PDF workflows

Use Adobe PDF to create reliable and consistent final output, streamline print production including automatically fixing mistakes found during preflight and automate processes using JDF.

Cross-media publishing

Contribute your assets to other, cross-media workflows. Hand off Photoshop image comps for use in web prototyping, preview Illustrator artwork as it might appear on a mobile device, and export InDesign layouts as XHTML for use by colleagues in web page layouts.

Visual media management in Adobe Bridge CS3

Efficiently organize, browse, locate, and preview assets with Adobe Bridge CS3, which offers faster performance; customizable workspaces; nondestructive batch-editing of TIFF, JPEG, and camera raw files; direct playback of Adobe Flash files; and direct access to useful services such as Adobe Stock Photos.

Shared features and services

Work more efficiently using a host of shared features and services, including Adobe Stock Photos for purchasing royalty-free images; Acrobat Connect for hosting web-based, interactive meetings; and Version Cue CS3 for workgroup file management.

System requirements

Design Standard

Windows

• Intel Pentium 4, Intel Centrino, Intel Xeon, or Intel Core Duo (or compatible) processor
• Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise (certified for 32-bit editions)
• 1GB of RAM
• 4GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services*

Macintosh

• PowerPC G4 or G5 or multicore Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.4.1110.5 (Leopard)
• Java Runtime Environment 1.5 required for Adobe Version Cue CS3 Server
• 1GB of RAM
• 5.3GB of available hard-disk space (additional free space required during installation)
• 1,024x768 monitor resolution with 16-bit video card
• DVD-ROM drive
• QuickTime 7 software required for multimedia features
• Internet or phone connection required for product activation
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services*