[NewJerseyJoe]

Yes, apparently RegulatorCountry's reply is the answer. I asked the same question on the Adobe forum. If you purchased a previous retail version, you still have it and can always use it -- but if you start on CC and download a previous version (as discussed on https://blogs.adobe.com/kevinmonahan/2014/01/29/revert-to-a-previous-version-of-premiere-pro-cc-or-any-creative-cloud-application/), you can use that previous version only as long as you have a current CC subscription. If your CC subscription stops, so does your access to the legacy apps.

My goal was to have a somewhat more recent version (I have CS2) without having to get stuck in the subscription cycle. But that just ain't gonna happen -- not in the way I was investigating, anyway.

Thanks for all the replies, fellow FReepers, I do appreciate it!

[minnesota_bound]

Here is a Adobe forum with some answers
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2265985

You rent the new software. Cannot buy old anymore.

Adobe Just Stopped Selling Creative Suite 6 Entirely – Here’s Why
http://prodesigntools.com/adobe-ends-cs6-sales.html

You can re-arrange the panels so it is like Adobe CS6
I use CS6 myself. I do not like the new look of the CC version.

Microsoft Expression Web 4
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36179

This is something I have been looking at:

Pinegrow Web Editor - it makes Adobe CC look archaic and clunky. View video.
https://pinegrow.com

Online HTML Editor - Free
https://html-online.com/editor

Best Online WYSIWYG HTML Editor - Free
http://bestonlinehtmleditor.com/