Adobe

Product

Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional.

License

California State University, Long Beach has purchased a license for the installation of Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional on all university-owned computers. This license has been made through the systemwide CSU Adobe CLP licensing agreement [opens new window]. and is coordinated by the Office of Academic Technology. The Acrobat 9 Professional license was purchased to support accessible document creation by the ATI steering committee and is in its first year.

Accessibility

California State University, Long Beach has purchased Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional to support faculty efforts to make their curricular materials accessible. Faculty, staff and students can visit the CSU website tutorials to learn how best to use Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional.

Guides, Video Tutorials, Tools, Resources and Best Practices [opens new window]

The CSULB Information Technology Services (ITS) provides training as well.

Accessible Technology Training and Resources [opens new window]

ITS has also made available Manual on Creating Accessible PDF documents: 

Accessibility: Creating Accessible Documents with Adobe Acrobat Pro 9

Faculty and Staff

Faculty and staff may purchase Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional at the University Computer Store [opens new window] for personally owned computers used primarily for university business.

Software installation always requires administrative privileges of which you may not have on your university-owned computer. Campus technology staff can download Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional from Software Depot. Please contact your division, department or college technologist for assistance.

Students

Students are not eligible to install CSULB's licensed Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional on their personal computers. Students can use the software wherever it is installed on university-owned computers such as the campus computer labs.

Students can also purchase Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional through the University Computer Store [opens new window] for personally owned computers used primarily for university business.

Key Features

Visit the Adobe website [opens new window] to learn about Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional and features.

Installation

Campus-owned Computers

If the software you download from Software Depot is in the ISO format and your CD-burning software does not support ISO images, OAT recommends downloading ISO Recorder [opens new window].

Support

Please submit questions, problems or suggestions [opens new window] regarding the Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional  license.