Question before installing

I currently am running 10.4.11, and I just bought Leopard today.
My concern/question is concerning CS2, and what will happen once I install Leopard. I was given CS2 by a teacher of mine on my laptop so I could do layout for my school newspaper, but I am no longer involved in that class, so I don't have the installation disks anymore.
Will I have to re-enter the registration numbers? Is there any way that I can keep CS2 and still install Leopard?
Thank you for your advice in advance.

I can't address the C2 issue since I don't use those items. However, since you're no longer associated with that work, bite the bullet and buy the latest Adobe things if you really need them.
However, before you proceed, get a bootable, external HD (preferably FireWire), and make a bootable backup/clone before upgrading and ensure that it's bootable and works like the original. That allows you to revert to the previous good state without having to reinstall anything. See these for details:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106941
http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/installswupdates.html
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/backuprecovery.html
Once that's accomplished, see these for various installation options:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5757385
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5666369
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5646414

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