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Revenue (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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