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Revenue (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 03, 2021
Revenues [Abstract] |
Schedule of Revenue by Segment | Our segment revenue and results for fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
(dollars in millions) | Digital Media |  | Digital Experience |  | Publishing and Advertising |  | Total
Fiscal 2021 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | $ | 11,520 |  |  | $ | 3,867 |  |  | $ | 398 |  |  | $ | 15,785 |
Cost of revenue | 429 |  |  | 1,321 |  |  | 115 |  |  | 1,865 |
Gross profit | $ | 11,091 |  |  | $ | 2,546 |  |  | $ | 283 |  |  | $ | 13,920 |
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue | 96 | % |  | 66 | % |  | 71 | % |  | 88 | %
Fiscal 2020 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | $ | 9,233 |  |  | $ | 3,125 |  |  | $ | 510 |  |  | $ | 12,868 |
Cost of revenue | 352 |  |  | 1,126 |  |  | 244 |  |  | 1,722 |
Gross profit | $ | 8,881 |  |  | $ | 1,999 |  |  | $ | 266 |  |  | $ | 11,146 |
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue | 96 | % |  | 64 | % |  | 52 | % |  | 87 | %
Fiscal 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue | $ | 7,707 |  |  | $ | 2,795 |  |  | $ | 669 |  |  | $ | 11,171 |
Cost of revenue | 290 |  |  | 1,056 |  |  | 327 |  |  | 1,673 |
Gross profit | $ | 7,417 |  |  | $ | 1,739 |  |  | $ | 342 |  |  | $ | 9,498 |
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue | 96 | % |  | 62 | % |  | 51 | % |  | 85 | %
Schedule of Revenue by Geography | Revenue by geographic area for fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Americas: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 8,104 |  |  | $ | 6,745 |  |  | $ | 5,903 |
Other |  | 892 |  |  | 709 |  |  | 603 |
Total Americas |  | 8,996 |  |  | 7,454 |  |  | 6,506 |
EMEA |  | 4,252 |  |  | 3,400 |  |  | 2,975 |
APAC |  | 2,537 |  |  | 2,014 |  |  | 1,690 |
Revenue |  | $ | 15,785 |  |  | $ | 12,868 |  |  | $ | 11,171 |
Disaggregation of Revenue | Revenue by major offerings in our Digital Media reportable segment for fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Creative Cloud |  | $ | 9,546 |  |  | $ | 7,736 |  |  | $ | 6,482 |
Document Cloud |  | 1,974 |  |  | 1,497 |  |  | 1,225 |
Total Digital Media revenue |  | $ | 11,520 |  |  | $ | 9,233 |  |  | $ | 7,707 |
Subscription revenue by segment for fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Digital Media |  | $ | 11,048 |  |  | $ | 8,813 |  |  | $ | 7,208 |
Digital Experience |  | 3,379 |  |  | 2,660 |  |  | 2,280 |
Publishing and Advertising |  | 146 |  |  | 153 |  |  | 146 |
Total subscription revenue |  | $ | 14,573 |  |  | $ | 11,626 |  |  | $ | 9,634 |
Allowance for doubtful accounts rollforward | During fiscal 2021, 2020 and 2019, our allowance for doubtful accounts activities were as follows:
(in millions) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Beginning balance |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 15 |
Increase due to acquisition |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Adjustments to reserve balance |  | (3) |  |  | 31 |  |  | 5 |
Write-offs, net of recoveries |  | (5) |  |  | (20) |  |  | (10) |
Ending balance |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 21 |  |  | $ | 10 |

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