ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
 
                                   EXHIBIT 23
 
              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON SCHEDULE AND CONSENT
 
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Adobe Systems Incorporated:
 
The audits referred to in our report dated December 17, 1996, included the
related financial statement schedule for each of the years in the three-year
period ended November 29, 1996, included in this FORM 10-K. This financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule
based on our audits. In our opinion, based on our audits, such financial
statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated
financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects
the information set forth therein.
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (No.
33-10753, No. 33-18986, No. 33-23171, No. 33-30976, No. 33-36501, No. 33-38387,
No. 33-48210, No. 33-63518, No. 33-78506, No. 33-83030, No. 33-83502, No.
33-83504, No. 33-84396 , No. 33-86482, No. 33-59335, No. 33-63849 and No.
33-63851) on FORM S-8 of Adobe Systems Incorporated of our reports dated
December 17, 1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Adobe Systems
Incorporated and subsidiaries as of November 29, 1996 and December 1, 1995, and
the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended November 29, 1996,
appearing on page 41 of this FORM 10-K. As indicated in our report, for the year
ended December 31, 1994, we did not audit the consolidated financial statements
of Frame Technology Corporation and subsidiaries, a company acquired by Adobe
Systems Incorporated in a business combination accounted for as a pooling of
interests. Those statements were audited by other auditors whose reports have
been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts
included for Frame Technology Corporation, is based solely on the report of the
other auditors.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
San Jose, California
February 17, 1997