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Download and use the Help PDF for your Adobe product
Use the Help PDF from within your Adobe product

Applies to: After Effects Audition CC Bridge CC Dreamweaver Extension Manager CC Flash Professional Illustrator InCopy CC Media Encoder CC Photoshop Photoshop Lightroom Prelude CC Premiere Pro SpeedGrade CC

When you are connected to the Internet, and you select Help in your Adobe product, your web browser opens the product's Help page on the Adobe website.

To view your product's Help when you are not connected to the Internet, download the Help PDF for your Adobe product on your computer.

Note:

You can also configure your product to open the PDF on your computer when you select a Help menu choice or press F1.

Important: The Help PDF is the version of the product Help that released with your product. It is possible that it's not the most up-to-date version. Product Help available on the Adobe website is the most up-to-date and is periodically updated to include information even after the product has been released.

Before you begin downloading the Help PDF, ensure that you are connected to the Internet.

Find the Help PDF (English) for your Adobe product from the following table.

To download the Help PDF for a language other than English, see Help PDF in localized languages.

Product	Link to latest Help PDF (English)
Acrobat	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/acrobat_reference.pdf
After Effects	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/after_effects_reference.pdf
Audition	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/audition_reference.pdf
Bridge	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/bridge_reference.pdf
Dreamweaver	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/dreamweaver_reference.pdf
Elements Organizer	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/elements-organizer_reference.pdf
Extension Manager	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/extension_manager_reference.pdf
Flash	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/flash_reference.pdf
Illustrator	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/illustrator_reference.pdf
InCopy	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/incopy_reference.pdf
InDesign	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/indesign_reference.pdf
Lightroom	https://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/lightroom_reference.pdf
Media Encoder	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/mediaencoder_reference.pdf
Photoshop	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/photoshop_reference.pdf
Photoshop Elements	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/photoshop-elements_reference.pdf
Prelude	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/prelude_reference.pdf
Premiere Elements	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere-elements_reference.pdf
Adobe Premiere Pro	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere_pro_reference.pdf
SpeedGrade	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/speedgrade_reference.pdf
Adobe Reader	http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/adobe_reader_reference.pdf

Right-click (or Control-click on Mac OS) the link to the Help PDF.

Note:

To download the Help PDF for CS6 or earlier versions of your product, see the Previous versions section.

Select the option to save a linked file.

Note:

Depending on which web browser you use, this option could be called Save Link As, Download Linked File As, Save Target As, or something similar.

Follow your web browser's instructions to download the PDF file to a location of your choice on your computer.

View the PDF using Adobe® Reader® software.

Download Adobe Reader if it's not already installed on your computer.

You can configure your product to open the downloaded Help PDF when you select a Help menu choice or press F1.

Copy the downloaded Help PDF to the appropriate location on your computer, as applicable to your operating system and language.

Important: Ensure that you don't change the default filename of the downloaded PDF file.

English Help PDF

Note:

If the folder structure Adobe\PDF\pdf does not exist within the "Documents" or "Public Documents" folder, create the required folders before copying the PDF.

Creative Cloud, Acrobat, and Elements products:

Windows 7
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe\PDF\pdf\
Windows 8
C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Adobe\PDF\pdf\
Mac OS
/Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/pdf/

Example: /Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/pdf/photoshop_reference.pdf

Creative Suite CS6 products:

Important: Copy CS6 Help PDF inside Adobe\PDF\pdf\cs6\ folder to make it work with CS6 version of Adobe products.

Windows 7
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe\PDF\pdf\cs6\
Windows 8
C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Adobe\PDF\pdf\cs6\
Mac OS
/Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/pdf/cs6/

Example: /Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/pdf/cs6/photoshop_reference.pdf

Localized Help PDFs

Note:

If the folder structure Adobe\PDF\<locale>\pdf does not exist within the "Documents" or "Public Documents" folder, create the required folders before copying the PDF.

For example, to download the Help file in French language, create the folder structure as Adobe\PDF\fr\pdf. To download the Help file in German language, create the folder structure as Adobe\PDF\de\pdf.

Creative Cloud, Acrobat, and Elements products:

Windows 7
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe\PDF\<locale>\pdf\
Windows 8
C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Adobe\PDF\<locale>\pdf\
Mac OS
/Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/<locale>/pdf/

Example: /Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/de/pdf/photoshop_reference.pdf

Creative Suite CS6 products:

Important: Copy CS6 localized Help PDF inside Adobe\PDF\<locale>\pdf\cs6\ folder to make it work with CS6 version of Adobe products.

Windows 7
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Adobe\PDF\<locale>\pdf\cs6\
Windows 8
C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Adobe\PDF\<locale>\pdf\cs6\
Mac OS
/Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/<locale>/pdf/cs6/

Example: /Users/Shared/Documents/Adobe/PDF/de/pdf/cs6/photoshop_reference.pdf

After installing the PDF:

Disconnect from the Internet.
Quit and relaunch your product.
Select Help > [product name] Help or press F1 (Windows) to open the Help PDF stored on your computer.

Note:

If your computer has an Internet connection, selecting Help or pressing F1 opens the online help even if you install the PDF. Disconnect your computer from the Internet to ensure that the PDF launches correctly when offline.

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