Lab Software
The following alphabetical list shows most of the software available in the Information School's computer labs. Software available in OS X is denoted with an asterisk. To learn more about each product, follow the links to the manufacturer's website or tutorials. UW tutorials are available in two formats: online and as free Catalyst EPLT walk-in workshops.
| Adobe Acrobat |
9 |
PDF creator/editor/viewer |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe Bridge * |
CS4 |
Media manager |
|
| Adobe Captivate |
4 |
Multimedia presentation creator |
Adobe |
| Adobe Contribute * |
CS4 |
WYSIWYG HTML editor |
Adobe |
| Adobe Dreamweaver |
CS4 |
HTML editor/website designer |
Adobe |
| Adobe Fireworks * |
CS4 |
Image creator/editor |
Adobe |
| Adobe Flash * |
CS4 |
Flash presentation creator |
Adobe,
|
| Adobe Illustrator * |
CS4 |
Graphics creator/editor (illustration) |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe InDesign |
CS4 |
Design (print/web) |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe Photoshop * |
CS4 |
Image creator/editor (professional) |
Adobe, UW, UW adv. |
| Adobe Premiere Elements |
7.0 |
Digital video production |
Adobe, UW |
| Adobe Reader |
9 |
PDF viewer |
|
| Atlas.ti |
6 |
Data analysis |
|
| Eclipse |
3.3 |
Java IDE |
Getting Started |
| Endnote |
X2 |
Citation management and creation |
Endnote, UW |
| Firefox * |
3.5.2 |
Web browser |
|
| Internet Explorer |
8 |
Web browser |
|
| iTunes * |
9.0 |
Media player/manager |
|
| Microsoft Access |
2007 |
Relational database |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Excel * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Spreadsheet |
MS, UW |
| Microsoft Expression Web 3 |
2009 |
HTML editor (FrontPage replacement) |
MS |
| Microsoft Groove |
2007 |
Collaboration space |
|
| Microsoft InfoPath |
2007 |
XML form generator |
Tutorial |
| Microsoft OneNote |
2007 |
Notebook/information organizer |
Tutorial |
| Microsoft Outlook (Entourage on Mac) * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Email, calendaring |
Tutorial |
| Microsoft PowerPoint * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Presentation creator |
MS, UW |
| Microsoft Project |
2007 |
Project manager |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Publisher |
2007 |
Desktop publisher |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Sharepoint Designer |
2007 |
HTML editor |
|
| Microsoft Visio |
2007 |
Diagram/flowchart creator |
Tutorials |
| Microsoft Word * |
2007 (2008 on Mac) |
Word processing |
MS, UW |
| NetBeans |
6.7 |
Java IDE |
Quickstart |
| Oxygen XML |
10.3 |
XML Editor |
|
| PuTTY |
0.6 |
Telnet/SSH client |
|
| Quicksilver (Mac only) |
β53 |
Keyboard launcher |
Tutorials |
| Skype |
4.1 |
Voice chat |
Skype |
| SPSS |
16.0 |
Statistical analysis |
|
| TeraTerm Telnet/SFTP |
4.59 |
Telnet/SFTP client |
|
| Thunderbird * |
2.0 |
Email client |
FAQs |
| Windows Live Messenger * |
2009 |
Instant messenger |
|
| Windows Media Player |
12.0 |
Media player/manager |
|
| Yahoo! Messenger |
9.0 |
Instant messenger |
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