Adobe Output Designer

Version 5.7

Before You Install

March 2009

Edition 3.0

Copyright 2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.

This file contains important information that was not available when the product documentation was written. Review this information before installing this version of Adobe Output Designer.


Contents

What's New

Supported Platforms and System Requirements

Installation Instructions

Installation Issues

The Documentation Set

Licenses and Copyrights


What's New

The What's New document (WhatsNew.pdf) contains details on the new features added to Adobe Output Designer for this release.

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Supported Platforms and System Requirements

The following are the supported Microsoft Windows platforms for Output Designer 5.7

Supported Platform

Supported Version

Microsoft Windows 2003  (x86)

Server - Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 2008  (x86)

Server - (32/64 bit)

Microsoft Windows XP (x86)

Service Pack 3

Microsoft Windows Vista (x86)

Service Pack 1

To run Output Designer on the platforms above, you require:

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Installation Instructions

The Getting Started guide (GettingStarted.pdf) provides all the information you need to successfully install Output Designer, as well as an overview of its features. You should read this guide before you install the Output Designer 5.7 software.

To view this guide, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You can download Adobe Reader from the Adobe Web site, at www.adobe.com.

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Installation Issues

Default Installation of All Presentment Targets

By default, the Typical installation option installs an extensive set of drivers associated with the different presentment targets. If you do not want the entire set of drivers and wish to choose specific ones only, select the Custom option.

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The Documentation Set

Output Designer includes a complete set of documentation to help you understand how to use the product and its components. The Output Designer Documentation Map (DocMap.pdf) provides access to this documentation set. To view the documentation, you must have Adobe Reader installed on your computer. You can download Adobe Reader from the Adobe website at www.adobe.com.

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Licenses and Copyrights

By installing this product, in addition to the Adobe license terms, you also agree to be bound by the third-party terms specified in the additional-legal-notices.html document, installed in the same location as the Output Designer executable. Adobe recommends that you review these third-party terms.

Adobe Output Designer includes technology from Symbol Technologies, Inc. Portions © 1994 Symbol Technologies, Inc.

The Freetype Project is © 1996-2000 by David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.

Portions based in part on the work of the FreeType team

Portions © 1995-1996 Access Softek, Inc. All rights reserved. 

© 1995-2002 Jean-Loup Gailly and Mark Adler

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