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Adobe Illustrator for Windows

What is Illustrator?

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful graphics program used for making flyers, pdf's and all sorts of documents with images or graphs. In general, Illustrator is better for line art or clip art; Photoshop is better for full color graphics.

So, How do I install it?

  1. On the Software Center webpage, click on Windows Download download icon next to Adobe Illustrator 10.
  2. The download should automatically begin in a few seconds. If it doesn't, click the word 'here' to begin the download.
  3. Once it's finished downloading, Double click on the install file.
  4. A window will pop up telling you the installer is about to run. Write down the product serial number exactly as it appears in this window for later use.
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  5. On the Adobe Illustrator 10 Setup dialogue box, click next and then Click OK.
  6. Select your language and click next.
  7. Accept the End User License Agreement.
  8. Choose the destination directory for installation, (the default destination is usually fine) and then click next.
  9. Choose type of installation, and click next. NOTE: typical installation is recommended.
  10. Enter user name, company name and the product serial number you wrote down in step 4. Click next, then click yes.
  11. Click next one more time and then Click OK. You're done!
  12. Note: Illustrator requires KeyAccess. If you have not already done so, you will need to Install Key Access.
November 22, 2009

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