I am going to upgrade from leopard to snow leopard ( I just purchased the snow leopard disk today).  Will I be able to keep my data and third party programs after installation?

Hi Apple Community,
This is my first time using the Apple Support Communities.  After installing/upgrading to snow leopard from disk will I lose my data and my third party programs like Adobe Indesign?
Thank you in advance,
John

John... welcome to ASC,
You could if you don't backup everything to an external drive first. Always backup your important data before upgrading from one Mac OS to the next.
"Backup"  most important word in computing 
Make sure your Mac meets Snow Leopard's minimum requirements before upgrading >   Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard - Technical Specifications

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