How to install and activate InDesign CS4

Question

My coworker has a license that the company bought years ago. She currently has InDesign installed on her computer.

I installed the newer version on my computer and want to 'activate' the license so I can use InDesign on my computer,

however there is no 'activate' option in the InDesign that I have open, I can see the button that says 7days left in Trial,

when I click on it, it asks to buy a monthly subscription. This license was purchased years ago (I believe from the CD installer box for the whole suite)

help???

John T Smith · Accepted Answer

Serial numbers are version specific... you may not use a CS5 serial number with CS6

Some general information for a Cloud subscription

Cloud programs do not use serial numbers... you log in to your paid Cloud account to download & install & activate... you MAY need to log out of the Cloud and restart your computer and log back in to the Cloud for things to work

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Does your Cloud subscription properly show on your account page?

https://www.adobe.com/account.html for subscriptions on your Adobe page

If you have more than one email, are you sure you are using the correct Adobe ID?

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If yes

Log out of your Cloud account... Restart your computer... Log in to your paid Cloud account

-Sign in help http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/account-password-sign-faq.html

-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/sign-in-out-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html

-http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-network-issues.html

-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/trial--1-launch.html

-ID help https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?step=ZNA_id-signing_stillNeedHelp