Welcome to Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5. This document contains late-breaking product information, updates, and troubleshooting tips not covered in the Dreamweaver documentation.
Adobe AIR Integration for Dreamweaver
Omniture Test&Target extension for Adobe Dreamweaver CS5
Adobe Browserlab Integration with Dreamweaver
Windows®
Mac OS
For updates to system requirements, visit www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/design/systemreqs
For CS Live system requirements, visit www.adobe.com/go/cslive_requirements
This product may allow you to extend its functionality by accessing certain features that are hosted online, including the Adobe CS Live online services ("Online Services"). The Online Services, and some features thereof, may not be available in all countries, languages, and/or currencies and may be discontinued or modified in whole or in part without notice. Use of the Online Services is governed by separate terms of use and by the Online Privacy Policy, and access to some services may require user registration. Some Online Services may be subject to fees and require a subscription. Fees subject to change. For more details and to review the terms of use and Online Privacy Policy, visit www.adobe.com.
1. Before you install, close all applications currently running on your system—including other Adobe applications, Microsoft Office applications, and browser windows. It is also recommended to temporarily turn off virus protection during the installation process.
2. You must have administrative privileges or be able to validate as an administrator.
3. Do one of the following:
Windows:
Mac:
4. If you are installing as an upgrade, the installer will check your system to find the valid upgrade product. If it cannot find it, it will ask you to input the serial number of the product being upgraded. You can also install the software in trial, then input your new and previous serial numbers in the serialization screen shown during launch.
5. For additional CS5 installation help, go to www.adobe.com/go/cs5install/.
Known issues
Note: In order to install additional components or reinstall your software after your original installation, you will need access to the original installer (CD, DVD or the download from the web). Repair is not an available option.
Note: If you want to install the product on a different computer, you must first deactivate the software on your computer. To deactivate, choose Help > Deactivate.
Entering a serial number
Enter the serial number for the software you purchased in the serialization screen. The serialization screen will load the first time you launch the application. You can enter a serial number for the application itself or a serial number for any Creative Suite that contains the application. If the product you purchased is one of the Creative Suites, you can enter the serial number in any of the applications contained in the Creative Suite. Other applications installed as part of the same Creative Suite will recognize the new serial number the next time the applications are launched.
Only applications running as a trial will recognize the new serial number. If any of the applications have already been serialized with a different serial number, it will continue to use that serial number until you remove the older serial number using the Help > Deactivate > Erase my serial number. Then on the next launch of the application, it will recognize the new serial number.
The serial number you purchased is for the use of the software in a specific language, and will only be accepted by a product installed in that language.
Volume licensing
Volume licensing customers cannot purchase from a trial directly. However, a volume licensing serial number can be used to serialize all Creative Suite applications, except the Acrobat 9 trial or retail versions that ship with Creative Suite. Acrobat 9 volume licensing software must be purchased from an authorized Adobe licensing center. Please contact your reseller or authorized Adobe licensing center to place an order for a volume license. To find a reseller in your area, go to http://partners.adobe.com/resellerfinder/na/reseller.jsp.
Adobe ID and CS Live
An Adobe ID is required to use this software as a trial and set up access to Adobe CS Live online services during your trial period. You will have 7 days from the first launch of your trial to enter an Adobe ID. If you do not provide an Adobe ID within 7 days from the first launch, you will no longer have access to your trial.
You must accept the license agreement and warranty terms to use this product. See www.adobe.com/go/eulas for details. This product may automatically attempt to activate over the Internet. See www.adobe.com/go/activation for details.
Creating an Adobe ID registers your software and sets up access to Adobe CS Live online services. In order to take advantage of your complimentary subscription of CS Live services, and get up-to-date product information, training, newsletters, and invitations to Adobe events and seminars, you must register your product.
The Adobe® AIR™ Extension for Dreamweaver® lets you transform a web-based application into a desktop application. Users can then run the application on their desktops and, in some cases, without an Internet connection.
Learn more and download the Adobe AIR Extension for Dreamweaver at http://www.adobe.com/go/dw_air_en
The Omniture® Test & Target™ extension for Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 enables you to easily create and manage HTML content for online marketing campaigns. This gives marketers the necessary capabilities to continually make their online content and offers more relevant to their customers—yielding greater conversion. The Omniture® Test & Target™ extension for Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS5 requires a Test&Target™ login
Learn more and download the Omniture Test&Target™ extension at http://www.adobe.com/go/dw_getomniture_en
Adobe® BrowserLab is an online hosted service that lets you test the pages of your web site across a variety of web browsers and operating systems. The service works by taking screen shots of your web pages in different browsers, and then displaying them in the BrowserLab application window.
You can use BrowserLab as a standalone service, or integrated with Dreamweaver CS5. The standalone service is available at http://browserlab.adobe.com and lets you test pages that you've posted to a server within the context of a web browser. If you use BrowserLab as an integrated service with Dreamweaver, you can test your pages from within Dreamweaver without publishing your pages to a server.
The Business Catalyst Platform is a hosted solution that allows you to build dynamic, data-driven sites with a wide variety of advanced features (including search, forums, blogs, password protected areas, web forms and online stores). This is a free extension that compliments the Business Catalyst Platform. This extension populates the Business Catalyst panel and makes it easy for Dreamweaver users to access many of the Business Catalyst features in a familiar development environment. If you are an existing Business Catalyst developer, you may have installed the previous version of this extension, named Triangle. You can continue to use Triangle while using the Business Catalyst extension--both extensions can be installed simultaneously.
Note: To start working with the Business Catalyst Platform, you must register for a 30-day trial site.
Visit businesscatalyst.com http://businesscatalyst.com/ or click the Learn More button in the Business Catalyst panel to register your domain.
After well over a decade of Dreamweaver development amidst the rapid pace of web technology, there are many features in the application that require significant resources to maintain release to release, but aren't being used with significant frequency. Correspondingly, we regularly need to make difficult decisions between maintaining these infrequently used features and outdated methodologies and developing new features to both streamline key web design and development workflows and support newer technologies and development models. Below are the features that have been deprecated in Dreamweaver CS5.
For a list of known issues, go to http://go.adobe.com/kb/ts_cpsid_84008_en-us.
Customer Service
Adobe Customer Service provides assistance with product information, sales, registration, and other non-technical issues. To find out how to contact Adobe Customer Service, please visit Adobe.com for your region or country and click on Contact.
Support Plan Options and Technical Resources
If you require technical assistance for your product, including information on complimentary and fee-based support plans and troubleshooting resources, more information is available at http://www.adobe.com/go/support/. Outside of North America, go to http://www.adobe.com/go/intlsupport/ and click on Change beside the country name in order to select your own area.
Free troubleshooting resources include Adobe’s support knowledgebase, http://www.adobe.com/go/forums, Adobe Support Advisor and more. We are continually making additional tools and information available online in order to provide you with flexible options for resolving issues as fast as possible.
If you are having any issues with installing or uninstalling any of your Creative Suite 5 applications, please try rebooting your system prior to contacting Support. For additional CS5 installation help, go to www.adobe.com/go/cs5install/.
Online Resources
For complete Help plus community-based instruction, inspiration, and support, go to www.adobe.com/go/dreamweaver_community_help
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