CS2 to CS3

I have a question about upgrading from CS2 to CS3...
Obviously, CS2 does not include Dreamweaver or Flash, so when
I install the upgrade version of CS3, will it install Flash and/or
Dreamweaver CS3? (even though I have no previous versions of
Dreamweaver or Flash)
Thanks
Kit

On Tue, 6 May 2008 18:10:59 +0000 (UTC), "kitster79"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a question about upgrading from CS2 to CS3...
>
> Obviously, CS2 does not include Dreamweaver or Flash, so
when I install the
>upgrade version of CS3, will it install Flash and/or
Dreamweaver CS3? (even
>though I have no previous versions of Dreamweaver or
Flash)
>
> Thanks
>
> Kit
Actually, that's not obvious as my CS2 included DW8.
You'd have to read the upgrade policy on the Adobe site and
pick which
version you were upgrading to. There are several different
packages.
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