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Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems develops and markets a full line of desktop publishing software. The company s flagship product is Adobe Acrobat Reader, a tool that displays portable document format files on the Internet and is distributed free of charge. The company s digital imagining, Web publishing and print publishing software includes Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, Elements and Album. Adobe's offerings also include GoLive Web design and electronic book publishing software, as well as the Adobe InDesign, InCopy and Type Library publishing package that provides professional layout and design applications. The company s professional services group offers implementation, training and support for all Adobe products. Shantanu Narayen is president and chief operating officer of Adobe, one of the world's largest and fastest growing software companies. Narayen leads the company's day-to-day global operations; sets Adobe's long-term market strategies; and oversees all product research and development, corporate strategy and investments, and corporate and product marketing. Adobe Systems is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices throughout North America, South America, Mexico, Asia, Australia and Europe.