10.6.3 and Adobe CS4

I depend heavily on the Adobe Creative Suites for my business. I am currently running Adobe CS4. I have not yet upgraded to Snow Leopard 10.6.3 because I have heard about all of the problems with Adobe CS4. I really don't want to make that leap, until I know the issues have been worked out. Have any Adobe users been able to successfully upgrade yet?

Why upgrade if your system is working and stable?
If you feel you really need to upgrade get a second hard disk and install Snow Leopard and CS4 on that. Once everything has been tested you can shift to the new system.

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It's possible to transfer licenses but it must be done by contacting a Customer Service representative by phone or web chat. They'll probably have you submit a form.
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If Adobe denied me tech support (not that I've ever had any luck getting useful support from Adobe) because their testing and certification were behind and don't officially support the newer versions of 10.5, I'd be going 'round and 'round with them and it wouldn't be pretty. But that's Adobe for you; they're virtually a monopoly now since their buyout of Macromedia so they think they can do what they want.
BTW, in fairness, 10.5.7 did not come out almost a year ago, but 10.5.5 did, so your point about them being far behind in version testing is still valid.
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/win8/CompatCenter/ProductViewerWithU pdatedFilters?TempOsid=win8&Type=Both&CurrentPage=0&TotalPages=4&SortCriteria=Relevance&Sh owCriteria=0&Compatibility=All&TextSearch=cs4&ProductName=cs4&LastRequested=5&Locale=en-us

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U

Just got the latest ATI driver and what you see is from that, maybe I didnt make my initial post clear enough. What I want to happen in CS4 is to minimize a window, and have it set in the lower left of the program (like the image attached) but ROLLED UP, i do NOT want to see it "thru" the aero task bar, as I think a setting in CS4 needs to be checked somewhere.
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A

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Template.css
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@font-face {
font-family: Myriad Pro;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
src:url(Fonts/MyriadPro%20Bold.otf);
Change to:
@font-face {
font-family: Myriad Pro;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
src:url(Fonts/MyriadPro-Bold.otf);
Encryption.xml
For each type style you've used in your document, there will be a <enc:CipherData> element. If your font(s) has spaces in its name, you'll notice that a %20 has replaced the space here as well. Change each instance of the %20 to a hyphen. Here's an example:
<enc:CipherData>
<enc:CipherReference URI="OEBPS/Fonts/MyriadPro%20Regular.otf"/>
</enc:CipherData>
Change to:
<enc:CipherData>
<enc:CipherReference URI="OEBPS/Fonts/MyriadPro-Regular.otf"/>
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Font Files:
Within the EPUB package is a folder called "Fonts," where all the embedded fonts reside. You need to rename the files by replacing the spaces with hyphens.
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