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What is activation? Activation is the process by which Adobe validates that your software and serial number are genuine and that they are being used in accordance with the license you purchased. Your machine must be online and connected to Internet for activation to complete. To the top
How to activate if your machine cannot connect to Internet? If you're unable to activate Acrobat because your machine cannot connect to Internet, follow the steps below to activate Acrobat. 1. Install Acrobat. 2. Launch Acrobat application and accept the licensing agreement.
3. Click Having Trouble Connecting to the Internet?"
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4. On the next screen, click Offline Activation.
5. Click Generate Request Code.
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6. A new request code is generated. Note: This code is machine-specific, and is valid for 72 hours only.
7. Write down the request code, go to an online computer and navigate to www.adobe.com/go/getactivated for generating a response code. 8. Click Generate a Response Code.
9. On the Offline Activation screen, sign in using your Adobe ID and . If you don't have an Adobe ID, then create one.
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10. Enter the Request Code that is visible in step 6 (above) and product serial number. Click Generate Response Code.
11. Enter the Response Code in the Acrobat activation screen that you see in step 6 (also shown below).
12. Click Activate.
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13. Click Launch to start Acrobat.
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