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We’re฀also฀giving฀increased฀attention฀to฀creative฀
professionals,฀developing฀powerful฀tools฀that฀allow฀
them฀to฀do฀their฀jobs฀more฀efciently,฀creatively,฀
and฀at฀a฀lower฀cost.฀Whether฀working฀in฀the฀creative฀
departments฀of฀large฀enterprises฀or฀as฀independent฀
professionals,฀these฀demanding฀power฀users฀depend฀
on฀Adobe฀products฀to฀help฀them฀create฀the฀visually฀
rich฀content฀found฀in฀newspapers,฀magazines,฀on฀
television,฀on฀the฀Web,฀and฀in฀marketing฀communi-
cations฀of฀all฀kinds.฀Besides฀continuing฀to฀improve฀
the฀industry-standard฀applications฀that฀are฀found฀in฀
nearly฀every฀creative฀professional’s฀toolbox,฀we฀plan฀
to฀offer฀newly฀designed฀software฀collections฀with฀
greater฀integration฀and฀interoperability฀for฀enhanced฀
creative฀workows.฀
Lastly,฀Adobe฀stands฀to฀benet฀from฀the฀explosive฀
trend฀of฀home฀and฀business฀users฀migrating฀from฀
analog฀to฀digital฀photography฀and฀video.฀For฀these฀
customers฀—฀including฀photography฀enthusiasts,฀
home฀users,฀educators,฀and฀ofce฀workers฀in฀charge฀of฀
producing฀corporate฀videos฀and฀internal฀Web฀sites—
we’re฀rolling฀out฀applications฀designed฀to฀help฀them฀
master฀the฀world฀of฀digital฀expression.฀In฀addition฀to฀
a฀new฀version฀of฀our฀well-received฀Adobe฀Photoshop฀
Elements฀software,฀we฀recently฀released฀Adobe฀
Photoshop฀Album฀software.฀This฀new฀Adobe฀soft-
ware฀will฀help฀people฀organize฀and฀share฀their฀digital฀
photos.฀We’re฀also฀developing฀a฀new฀professional฀tool฀
for฀video฀authoring฀that฀creative฀professionals฀can฀
use฀to฀deliver฀rich฀media฀on฀a฀new,฀portable฀broadband฀
platform:฀DVD.฀
An฀anniversary฀and฀a฀birth
We฀consider฀this฀year฀to฀mark฀not฀only฀a฀twentieth฀
anniversary,฀but฀also฀a฀birth฀;฀with฀solid฀solutions฀
developed฀and฀key฀partnerships฀established,฀we฀
are฀emerging฀as฀a฀key฀competitive฀player฀in฀the฀
enterprise.฀The฀following฀pages฀of฀this฀Annual฀
Report฀will฀show฀you฀how฀we฀are฀working฀to฀deliver฀
robust฀solutions฀that฀help฀enterprises฀communicate฀
better฀with฀their฀employees,฀their฀customers,฀and฀
their฀business฀partners.
As฀we฀take฀our฀mission฀to฀help฀people฀communi-
cate฀better฀into฀the฀enterprise,฀we฀are฀determined฀to฀
uphold฀the฀values฀that฀make฀Adobe฀Systems฀a฀great฀
company฀in฀every฀sense฀of฀the฀word.฀We฀plan฀to฀
continue฀to฀invest฀heavily฀in฀research฀and฀develop-
ment,฀creating฀innovative฀products฀and฀services฀that฀
meet฀our฀customers’฀diverse฀needs.฀We฀remain฀com-
mitted฀to฀seeking฀out,฀hiring,฀and฀retaining฀the฀most฀
creative฀employees฀in฀the฀industry.฀And฀we฀are฀proud฀
of฀our฀community฀involvement:฀our฀community฀
relations฀department฀sponsors฀a฀variety฀of฀programs฀
to฀benet฀our฀local฀communities,฀including฀software฀
donations,฀cash฀grants,฀and฀volunteer฀efforts.
We’re฀excited฀about฀the฀next฀twenty฀years,฀and฀are฀
committed฀to฀serving฀our฀customers,฀employees,฀and฀
you,฀our฀valued฀stockholders.
Sincerely,
“As฀we฀take฀our฀mission฀to฀help฀people฀communicate฀better฀into฀the฀enterprise,฀
we฀are฀determined฀to฀uphold฀the฀values฀that฀make฀Adobe฀Systems฀a฀great฀company฀
in฀every฀sense฀of฀the฀word.”
John฀E.฀Warnock
Chairman฀of฀the฀Board
Bruce฀R.฀Chizen
President฀and฀Chief฀
Executive฀Ofcer
Charles฀M.฀Geschke
Chairman฀of฀the฀Board