Adobe Systems to Offer Instructor Certification Program for Adobe
Application Software Trainers

New Program Ensures Quality Training and Provides Referral System for
Users

Mountain View, Calif. (Sept. 11, 1995)(Nasdaq: ADBE) -- Adobe Systems
Incorporated today announced a program to certify third-party trainers who
instruct users in working with Adobe's award-winning application products.
The Adobe Instructor Certification Program will identify and support
qualified instructors that have demonstrated expert product knowledge and
teaching ability. Once certified through Adobe's program, instructors will
be promoted through Adobe's referral system for customers in search of
qualified trainers. The first certification program will be available in
October 1995 for Adobe Photoshop, followed by an Adobe PageMaker program
in December 1995. To receive more information, candidates can come the
Adobe booth at Seybold San Francisco, Moscone Center, Sept. 26-29, or the
Computer Training and Support Conference & Expo in Orlando, Fla., Oct.
1-4. Candidates can also access Adobe's World Wide Web site at http://www.
adobe.com/Support/AICP.html, or call 1-800-833-6687.

"Adobe is recognized as a leader in professional level graphic application
software," said Robert Pedigo, manager of the Adobe Instructor
Certification Program. "Our certification program will benefit Adobe's
customers by providing them with easy access to recognized experts for
instruction. It also ensures that users receive the most out of their
investment in Adobe's industry-leading products."

Adobe certified instructors will receive pre-release versions of software,
training and information for new Adobe application products, toll-free
access to Adobe technical support and listing on Adobe's referral system
available on its World Wide Web site and by phone and fax. In addition,
upon successful completion of one of the required components of the Adobe
Instructor Certification program, instructors receive the Certified
Technical Trainer (CTT) designation from Educational Testing Service. This
industry-standard credential is considered a requirement by many computer
companies in their instructor certification programs and need only be
fulfilled once for recognition by companies requiring this designation.

"Educational Testing Service developed the Certified Technical Trainer
Program to help define and establish professional standards throughout the
technical training industry," said Alice J. Irby, vice president of the
ETS Center for Occupational and Professional Assessment. "The CTT
designation is becoming a recognized benchmark of ability in the software
industry bringing a meaningful credential to certified instructors. We
appreciate Adobe's support and commitment to this important effort."

Three Steps to Certification

The first step for candidates who want to become certified is to complete
Adobe's cost-free applica-tion and a certified instructor agreement
available via phone, fax, or Adobe's World Wide Web site. The second step
is to pass the Adobe Product Proficiency (APP) examination designed to
test candi-dates' knowledge of a specific Adobe software application on
multiple platforms. The hour-long, computer-based examination will be
conducted at Drake Prometric Authorized Testing Centers throughout the
United States and Canada. The APP exam fee is $395 for the first product,
and $295 for additional product certifications.

The last step is to earn the Certified Technical Trainer designation (CTT)
from Educational Testing Service. The CTT examinations measure an
individual's mastery of fundamental instructor knowledge and classroom
performance, as defined by the International Board of Standards for
Training, Performance, and Instruction (ibstpi). Candidates must pass both
a computer-delivered test and a videotaped performance assessment to earn
the CTT designation. The CTT exams will be administered at both Sylvan
Technology Centers and Drake Prometric testing centers. For more
information on the CTT, trainers can access Adobe's World Wide Web site,
or contact Educational Testing Service at 1-800-258-4914 or via the
Internet at cttp@ets.org.

Adobe Instructor Certification for a single product version is valid for
six months following a major product version upgrade. Recertification
testing will cost $150 for the first Adobe product and $130 for additional
product certifications.

Programs for Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Premiere and Adobe
After Effects will be available throughout 1996. For testing dates and
program applications, information and fees, contact the Adobe Instructor
Certification Program at 1-800-833-6687, or at certification@ adobe.com.

Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is headquartered in Mountain
View, California. Adobe develops, markets and supports computer software
products and technologies that enable users to create, display, print and
communicate electronic documents. The company licenses its technology to
major computer, printing and publishing suppliers, and markets a line of
applications software and type products for authoring visually rich
documents. Additionally, the company mar-kets a line of powerful, but easy
to use, products for home and small business users. Adobe has subsidiaries
in Europe and the Pacific Rim serving a worldwide network of dealers and
distributors. Adobe's 1994 revenue was approximately $598 million.

 
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