Adobe Creative Cloud - Apps Installation Guide

Overview

This article is for staff and faculty. 

Adobe Creative Cloud desktop app is easy to install on your university or personal computer, available for PC or Mac. Note: Only two licenses (office, personal) can be simultaneously logged into the app.

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Who has access to Adobe Creative Cloud Suite?

SVSU staff and faculty have access to the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite through their login credentials. The Enterprise license for Adobe includes a full suite of over 20 applications for graphic design, video editing, web development, and Acrobat DC for editing PDFs.

Access Adobe Apps by your Role at SVSU

Faculty and Staff

Registered Students

  • Creative Cloud Desktop Apps
    • Office
    • Labs 
    • Home
  • Adobe Express Premium
    • Office
    • Labs
    • Home
  • Creative Cloud Desktop Apps
    • Labs
    • Student Employee Work Stations (upon request) 

FAQs and How to Install Adobe Creative Cloud

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Windows (university-owned) - How do I install Adobe Creative Cloud?

MacOS (university-owned)How do I install Adobe Creative Cloud?

Personal computer (Windows or MacOS)How do I install Adobe Creative Cloud?

Sign into Adobe Creative Cloud

  1. Open the Adobe Creative Cloud icon on your desktop or Start menu (Windows), or from Applications (Mac).
  2. You will need to sign in to install the available Adobe apps.
  3. On the Adobe ID Sign In the window, follow these steps:
    • Type in your SVSU email address username@svsu.edu
    • Click "Company or School Account"
    • After your account login in verified you will be logged into Adobe Creative Cloud.

Install Specific Adobe Applications

Adobe App categories

You can install specific Adobe apps on your university or personal computer (Windows and Mac) from the top menu, see sample image below. When you click on a category you will see the related apps with the feature. 

Adobe Creative Cloud - top menu

  1. In the top navigation, you will see all the categories (e.g., Photo, Acrobat & PDF, Graphic Design, etc. ).
  2. Click the category to find a specific app.
  3. Click Install, you will see a progress bar, you may continue working.
  4. When installation has finished you can Open your app from inside Adobe Creative Cloud or open it as a single application from your Windows or Mac computer.
As a reminder you can only be logged into 2 devices at a time, you will need to log out of one of devices

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