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Faculty and staff are able to access the entire suite of Adobe applications for installation on up to 2 home computers. The following instructions will walk you through logging in to Adobe's website to access the software.
Students are currently licensed for accessing Adobe applications on their personal machines and the Adobe products are installed on most computer labs on campus.
How to download and install Adobe applications
To watch a video that shows the steps to install Adobe products please click the window below.
On Bowdoin-issued computers
Windows Computer
Install the Creative Cloud app from the Company Portal
1. Click the search field next to the start menu and search for "Company Portal"
2. select Adobe Creative Cloud and click Install
Mac OS
Install the Creative Cloud app from Self Service
1. Click Finder
2. select Applications
3. Open Self Service
4. Select Adobe Creative Cloud
5. Click Install
On home computers
The steps shown in the video are as follows:
- Open a web browser, go to www.adobe.com and click the "Sign In" link in the upper-right hand corner of the page.
- Enter your full Bowdoin email address and click Continue.
- Choose Company or School Account
- You will be brought to Bowdoin's login page (the same page that is used for logging in to other Bowdoin services). Enter your email address and password. Once you login, you'll be redirected to Adobe's website where you'll be able to download the product(s) that you'd like to install.
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