Installation of Adobe CS3 on Leopard

Hello,
when inserting my first dvd of adobe CS3 the computer fails to recognize it. When I copy the CS3 folder onto my computer and open the setup.exe file a window full of code opens and i can hardly understand that the first line says ' does not run on DOS' .
How can i make it work / force it to read the file and start up the installation?
Thank you very much for your help
delila

BTW, since I don't know if your CS3 came in standard packaging, it is difficult to answer this question.
However, on my CS3, "mac" or "macintosh" is identified clearly in a few places...
1. On the colored cardboard box SLEEVE. Front, about 1/3 from the top.
2. There is a decal on the bottom of the product box that has a part number
3. on the plastic jewel box, on the back, there are two decals. One has an s/n the other a p/n and description.
4. On the disc itself, directly below the product name.
Again, this is on STANDARD CS3 packaging.

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