How to Activate the Free Adobe Acrobat License

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METHOD 1: For a subscription or an Acrobat plan purchased using the same Adobe ID that you used to access Acrobat in trial mode.

  1. Click the ACTIVATE button located in the tools pane on the right. The dialog box for confirmation that follows shows up.
  2. Press OK. To use Acrobat, restart it.

METHOD 2: For Acrobat plans acquired using separate Adobe IDs.

  1. Click the ACTIVATE button located in the tools pane on the right. The dialog box for activating Acrobat opens.
  2. After choosing the second choice, press NEXT. The screen to sign in appears.
  3. Select NOT YOUR ADOBE ID from the menu. The Sign In dialog box that follows shows up.
  4. Click SIGN IN after entering the Adobe ID that you used to buy your Acrobat plan. The dialog box saying "Thank You" opens.
  5. Select "Continue". A dialog box asking for confirmation opens.
  6. After selecting OK to exit the dialog box, launch Acrobat again to make it functional.

We will next look at how to get your Adobe Acrobat license activated offline.

  1. Until you come across a link that reads "I cannot connect to the internet" or "Having trouble connecting to the internet," follow the installation or product launch screens. To begin offline activation, click the link and adhere to the prompts on the next screen. You can find instructions there on how to create a Request Code.
  2. To generate a response code, use a device with internet access. Log in and enter the serial number of your product along with the machine-specific Request Code.
  3. When prompted to finish the offline activation process, enter the Response Code on your offline computer’s installation or launch product screen.
  4. For a period of 72 hours, the machine-specific Request Code is valid. Simply generate a new Request Code if the process takes longer than 72 hours to finish.

When packaging Creative Suite applications, volume customers might want to think about using the free Adobe Application Manager Enterprise Edition (AAMEE) 3.0. Because their volume license is packaged using AAMEE 3.0, only the IT Administrator needs to sign in and complete a one-time activation; users do not need to do this.