Trying to find the serial number for my InDesign

[_matt_perry_]

Greetings all,

I work in the art department of a printing company that has 11 artist on Macs using Adobe software. I'm currently reformatting some of the Macs we use to clear off old software. My problem is that I need to reinstall the same InDesign back onto the respective Mac, I have 11 copies of InDesign, and I'm not sure which one is on a particular Mac. As you can probably infer the organization of our software up to this point is not exactly well thought out.

So, long story short, how do I locate the serial number for InDesign on the Mac? I know it used to show you a partial serial number in the opening splash page, and in Illustrator you can find it in the system info panel under the help menu. But, I just can't find it in InDesign.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[NicknameBj]

Hi Matt,
Look for a file called Adobe registration database depending on model, the version of software etc., you may find it there.

[Mr. Met]

If you have CS, isn't the PS SN your suite number? Or any of the other components? Not at work so I can't check.

[_paul_kempin_]

I don't know what version of ID you're using. In CS2 you can get the first 10 digits of the serial number from the About InDesign under the InDesign menu column.

[Harbs.]

paul_kempin@adobeforums.com wrote:
> I don't know what version of ID you're using. In CS2 you can get the first 10 digits of the serial number from the About InDesign under the InDesign menu column.
>
It's the first 20...

He's probably using CS3 which doesn't have an easy way to find out.

[_Mark_Fulton_]

If you go to the 'Help' menu in Photoshop , assuming you're on CS3, Click 'System Info' and go to the twelfth line down, you will see the first 20 numbers.

Mark

[BobLevine]

Deactivate the software and then reactivate. Your serial number will be
displayed. (I think the credit for this goes to Peter Spier).

Bob

[mayamck1]

How do I deactivate?

[Steve Werner]

Help > Deactivate

[mayamck1]

Did deactivate. ID CS6 did not close. Did not show serial number. Scared me to death. Afraid I would not have access since I do not have serial #. Fortunately, altho "deactivate" is now grayed out, I still have ID open and usable. Hope I still do when I restart.