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Whatisactivation?
ActivationistheprocessbywhichAdobevalidatesthatyoursoftwareandserialnumberaregenuineand
thattheyarebeingusedinaccordancewiththelicenseyoupurchased.Yourmachinemustbeonlineand
connectedtoInternetforactivationtocomplete.
Tothetop

HowtoactivateifyourmachinecannotconnecttoInternet?
Ifyou'reunabletoactivateAcrobatbecauseyourmachinecannotconnecttoInternet,followthesteps
belowtoactivateAcrobat.
1. InstallAcrobat.
2. LaunchAcrobatapplicationandacceptthelicensingagreement.

3. ClickHavingTroubleConnectingtotheInternet?"

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4. Onthenextscreen,clickOfflineActivation.

5. ClickGenerateRequestCode.

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6. Anewrequestcodeisgenerated.
Note:Thiscodeismachine-specific,andisvalidfor72hoursonly.

7. Writedowntherequestcode,gotoanonlinecomputerandnavigateto
www.adobe.com/go/getactivatedforgeneratingaresponsecode.
8. ClickGenerateaResponseCode.

9. OntheOfflineActivationscreen,signinusingyourAdobeIDandpassword.Ifyoudon'thavean
AdobeID,thencreateone.

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10. EntertheRequestCodethatisvisibleinstep6(above)andproductserialnumber.ClickGenerate
ResponseCode.

11. EntertheResponseCodeintheAcrobatactivationscreenthatyouseeinstep6(alsoshownbelow).

12. ClickActivate.

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13. ClickLaunchtostartAcrobat.

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