Information Services Student IT

Percy Baxter: Computer Setup

      Standard PC Multimedia PC
(group 6)
  Number of computers available  
8
         
SOFTWARE      
Office Applications      
  Microsoft Office Suite
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Frontpage, Publisher, Proofing Tools 2003)
  tick tick
  Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Office 2007 file formats   tick tick
  OpenOffice Suite   tick tick
  Open Workbench   tick tick
  EndNote   tick tick
  Write n Cite Refworks plugin for Word 2003   tick tick
         
PDFs      
  Adobe Reader   tick tick
  Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0   4-3 & 4-4 tick
  CutePDF   tick tick
  GhostScript   tick tick
  GSView   tick tick
         
Internet & Communication      
  Internet Explorer   tick tick
  Mozilla Firefox   tick tick
  FileZilla   tick tick
  Putty   tick tick
  QVT Terminal   tick tick
  Google Earth   tick tick
  SSH Secure Shell   tick tick
  Xming   tick tick
         
Maths & Statistics      
  Matlab   tick tick
  Minitab   tick tick
  SAS   tick tick
  SPSS   tick tick
  Answer Tree   tick tick
  Amos   tick tick
  SamplePower   tick tick
  GenStat   4-3, 4-4  
  Scilab   tick tick
  Maxima   tick tick
  FreeMat   tick tick
  GeoGebra   tick tick
         
Science      
  ISIS/Draw   tick tick
  NCBI   tick tick
       
Research      
  SciFinder   tick tick
  Discovery Gate   tick tick
         
Graphics & Web      
  Adobe Photoshop CS2   4-1, 4-2,
4-3, 4-4
 
  Adobe Photoshop Elements   4-5, 4-6,
4-7, 4-8
tick
  Adobe Web Standard CS3 (Bridge, Contribute, Device Central, Dreamweaver, EndScript Toolkit, Extension Manager, Fireworks, Flash, Stock Photos, Video Workshop)   tick tick
  KompoZer   tick tick
  GIMP   tick tick
  IrfanView   tick tick
  XnView   tick tick
  Google SketchUp   tick tick
  Blender   tick tick
  Picasa   tick tick
  Scratch   tick tick
  Microsoft Photostory 3   tick tick
         
Multimedia      
  CyberLink PowerDVD   tick tick
  iTunes   tick tick
  QuickTime   tick tick
  Real Alternative   tick tick
  Windows Media Player   tick tick
  Media Player Classic   tick tick
         
LaTeX      
  TeXnicCenter   tick tick
  WinTeXmacs   tick tick
  MiKTeX   tick tick
         
Utilities & Plugins      
  Citrix   tick tick
  SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)   tick tick
  Chime   tick tick
  Authorware   tick tick
  Shockwave   tick tick
  Flash Player   tick tick
  Zoomifyer   tick tick
  Nero Burning   tick tick
  7-zip   tick tick
  Windows Zip   tick tick
  Dvorak Keyboard   tick tick
         
Anti-Virus      
  McAfee VirusScan   tick tick
         
Miscellaneous      
  Squeak   tick tick
  Twitch   tick tick
  CAJ Viewer   tick tick
  FreeMind   tick tick
  Stellarium   tick tick
         
HARDWARE      
Disk Drives      
  3½ Floppy Disk   tick tick
  DVD-R/RW   tick tick
  ZIP Disk Drive      
         
Multimedia Hardware      
  Audio Jack   tick tick
  Scanner   4-3, 4-4 tick
  Wacom Graphics Tablet   tick tick
         
Ports      
  USB Ports   tick tick
  FireWire   tick tick
         
Printers      
  B+W Laser Printer   2 printers available
  Colour Printer & Photocopyer   1 printer
 

Standard computer software setup

Microsoft Office Professional Suite, Adobe Web Suite, Open Office, EndNote, Internet Explorer, FireFox, FileZilla, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, FileZilla; SciFinder Scholar; DiscoveryGate, Citrix ICA Client, Java plugins.
Check full list on the left.

Training room computer setup

The training rooms have the standard setup, plus the Photoshop and NVivo.

Additional software

Specialised software is installed on some computers. Please ask at the Helpdesk for locations. This software includes: Photoshop; Adobe Acrobat Professional; NetOp School.

Standard computer hardware setup

Computers are Pentium 4 3.2 GHz and 2Gig RAM with DVD/CD burner, floppy, USB ports, speaker port, microphone port and FireWire port (at back).

Additional hardware

Scanners are available on all the computers in group 6 of the open area. info how to scan

Speakers on all computers in training rooms (room 1 by request), consultation room and Disabillity Liaison Unit room.

Zip drives and a graphic tablet may be borrowed from the Helpdesk for use with PBCLC computers.

 

tablet  
Wacom tablet (drawing / writing tablet) is available for loan - query at the Helpdesk

 

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