Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 01, 2013
Business Combinations [Abstract]
ACQUISITIONS	ACQUISITIONS On December 20, 2012, we completed our acquisition of privately held Behance, an online social media platform to showcase and discover creative work. During the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we began integrating Behance into our Digital Media reportable segment. Behance’s community and portfolio capabilities will accelerate our strategy to bring additional community features to the Creative Cloud. We have included the financial results of Behance in our condensed consolidated financial statements beginning on the acquisition date. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total preliminary purchase price was allocated to Behance’s net tangible and intangible assets based upon their estimated fair values as of December 20, 2012. The total adjusted preliminary purchase price for Behance was approximately $111.1 million of which approximately $90.5 million was allocated to goodwill, $28.5 million to identifiable intangible assets and $7.9 million to net liabilities assumed. The impact of this acquisition was not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements. On January 13, 2012, we completed our acquisition of privately held Efficient Frontier, a multi-channel digital ad buying and optimization company. During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, we began integrating Efficient Frontier into our Digital Marketing reportable segment. The Efficient Frontier business adds cross-channel digital ad campaign forecasting, execution and optimization capabilities to our Adobe Marketing Cloud, along with a social marketing engagement platform and social ad buying capabilities. We have included the financial results of Efficient Frontier in our condensed consolidated financial statements beginning on the acquisition date. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total purchase price was allocated to Efficient Frontier’s net tangible and intangible assets based upon their estimated fair values as of January 13, 2012. The total final purchase price for Efficient Frontier was approximately $374.7 million of which approximately $291.4 million was allocated to goodwill, $122.7 million to identifiable intangible assets and $39.4 million to net liabilities assumed. The impact of this acquisition was not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 01, 2013

On December 20, 2012, we completed our acquisition of privately held Behance, an online social media platform to showcase and discover creative work. During the first quarter of fiscal 2013, we began integrating Behance into our Digital Media reportable segment. Behance’s community and portfolio capabilities will accelerate our strategy to bring additional community features to the Creative Cloud. We have included the financial results of Behance in our condensed consolidated financial statements beginning on the acquisition date.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total preliminary purchase price was allocated to Behance’s net tangible and intangible assets based upon their estimated fair values as of December 20, 2012. The total adjusted preliminary purchase price for Behance was approximately $111.1 million of which approximately $90.5 million was allocated to goodwill, $28.5 million to identifiable intangible assets and $7.9 million to net liabilities assumed. The impact of this acquisition was not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

On January 13, 2012, we completed our acquisition of privately held Efficient Frontier, a multi-channel digital ad buying and optimization company. During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, we began integrating Efficient Frontier into our Digital Marketing reportable segment. The Efficient Frontier business adds cross-channel digital ad campaign forecasting, execution and optimization capabilities to our Adobe Marketing Cloud, along with a social marketing engagement platform and social ad buying capabilities. We have included the financial results of Efficient Frontier in our condensed consolidated financial statements beginning on the acquisition date.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the total purchase price was allocated to Efficient Frontier’s net tangible and intangible assets based upon their estimated fair values as of January 13, 2012. The total final purchase price for Efficient Frontier was approximately $374.7 million of which approximately $291.4 million was allocated to goodwill, $122.7 million to identifiable intangible assets and $39.4 million to net liabilities assumed. The impact of this acquisition was not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements.