| Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | Period [Axis] |
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2011-12-03 - 2012-11-30 |
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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | |
Goodwill by reportable segment | Goodwill by reportable segment and activity for the years ended November 30, 2012 and December 2, 2011 was as follows (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2010 | | Acquisitions | | Other(1) | | 2011 | | Acquisitions | | Other(2) | | 2012 | Digital Media | | $ | 1,799,514 |
| | $ | 173,811 |
| | $ | (833 | ) | | $ | 1,972,492 |
| | $ | — |
| | $ | (616 | ) | | $ | 1,971,876 |
| Digital Marketing | | 1,583,738 |
| | 38,728 |
| | (4,292 | ) | | 1,618,174 |
| | 291,422 |
| | (6,675 | ) | | 1,902,921 |
| Print and Publishing | | 258,592 |
| | — |
| | (41 | ) | | 258,551 |
| | — |
| | (89 | ) | | 258,462 |
| Goodwill | | $ | 3,641,844 |
| | $ | 212,539 |
| | $ | (5,166 | ) | | $ | 3,849,217 |
| | $ | 291,422 |
| | $ | (7,380 | ) | | $ | 4,133,259 |
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_________________________________________ | | (1) | The change includes adjustments to our Day purchase price allocation through the second quarter of fiscal 2011 and foreign currency translation adjustments. We also recorded adjustments for tax deductions from acquired stock options associated with our Omniture and Macromedia acquisitions. |
| | (2) | Amounts primarily consist of foreign currency translation adjustments and adjustments for tax deductions from acquired stock options associated with our Omniture and Macromedia acquisitions. |
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Purchased and other intangible assets, net by reportable segment | Purchased and other intangible assets, net by reportable segment as of November 30, 2012 and December 2, 2011 were as follows (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | 2012 | | 2011 | Digital Media | | $ | 148,215 |
| | $ | 181,888 |
| Digital Marketing | | 396,786 |
| | 363,560 |
| Print and Publishing | | 35 |
| | 78 |
| Purchased and other intangible assets, net | | $ | 545,036 |
| | $ | 545,526 |
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Amortization expense in future periods | As of November 30, 2012, we expect amortization expense in future periods to be as follows (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | Fiscal Year | | Purchased Technology | | Other Intangible Assets | 2013 | $ | 70,613 |
| | $ | 64,429 |
| 2014 | 64,451 |
| | 56,995 |
| 2015 | 49,779 |
| | 50,977 |
| 2016 | 11,505 |
| | 45,359 |
| 2017 | 5,372 |
| | 40,026 |
| Thereafter | 3,316 |
| | 82,214 |
| Total expected amortization expense | $ | 205,036 |
| | $ | 340,000 |
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Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | Purchased and other intangible assets subject to amortization as of November 30, 2012 and December 2, 2011 were as follows (in thousands): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2012 | | 2011 | | Cost | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net | | Cost | | Accumulated Amortization | | Net | Purchased technology | $ | 366,574 |
| | $ | (161,538 | ) | | $ | 205,036 |
| | $ | 314,057 |
| | $ | (91,363 | ) | | $ | 222,694 |
| Customer contracts and relationships | $ | 318,027 |
| | $ | (74,214 | ) | | $ | 243,813 |
| | $ | 433,534 |
| | $ | (229,364 | ) | | $ | 204,170 |
| Trademarks | 53,293 |
| | (19,171 | ) | | 34,122 |
| | 52,734 |
| | (11,217 | ) | | 41,517 |
| Acquired rights to use technology | 104,402 |
| | (56,782 | ) | | 47,620 |
| | 106,865 |
| | (48,137 | ) | | 58,728 |
| Localization | 8,586 |
| | (4,654 | ) | | 3,932 |
| | 9,762 |
| | (6,591 | ) | | 3,171 |
| Other intangibles | 18,742 |
| | (8,229 | ) | | 10,513 |
| | 63,906 |
| | (48,660 | ) | | 15,246 |
| Total other intangible assets | $ | 503,050 |
| | $ | (163,050 | ) | | $ | 340,000 |
| | $ | 666,801 |
| | $ | (343,969 | ) | | $ | 322,832 |
| Purchased and other intangible assets, net | $ | 869,624 |
| | $ | (324,588 | ) | | $ | 545,036 |
| | $ | 980,858 |
| | $ | (435,332 | ) | | $ | 545,526 |
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