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Manage connections to web services



In Adobe® Creative Suite® 4, the Connections panel lets you manage connections to web services and the locally installed extensions that interact with them. The Connections panel itself is an extension. Additional extensions installed with Creative Suite applications include the following:

Adobe ConnectNow
Collaborate with dispersed working teams over the web, sharing voice, data, and multimedia.

Kuler™ panel
Quickly create, share, and explore color themes online.

Search for Help
In the upper-right corner of applications, enter search terms to access Community Help. Community Help includes Adobe product Help, plus additional content from the design and production communities.

Visit www.adobe.com to learn about additional services and extensions.

Log into Adobe web services

Regardless of which application you use to access the Connections panel, logging in automatically connects you to services such as ConnectNow meetings.

  1. In Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Fireworks, or Dreamweaver, choose Window > Extensions > Connections.

  2. Enter your Adobe ID and password. (If you lack an ID or can’t remember it, click the appropriate link.)

  3. (Optional) To remain logged in when you restart the computer, select Remember Me On This Computer.

  4. Click Log In.

Disable automatic extension updates

By default, the Connections panel automatically updates installed extensions. However, you can disable automatic updates and instead check for them manually.

  1. From the Connections panel menu , select Update Preferences.

  2. Deselect Check For Updates Automatically.

  3. Restart any open Adobe Creative Suite applications.

Manually check for updated extensions

 From the Connections panel menu , select Check For Updates.

Disable web services

If your work environment disallows online connections, you can disable web services. You can also use this option to disable your product from accessing online Community Help. When you disable web services and search for help, the product provides results from the local help system only.

Note: Local Help includes only a portion of the full version of online product Help.

  1. From the Connections panel menu , select Offline Options.

  2. Select Keep Me Offline.

To disable the Connections panel and web services only in Photoshop, deselect Allow Extensions To Connect in the Plug-Ins section of the Preferences dialog box.