Information Commons - Software/Hardware Help
Software/Hardware Guides • Online Tutorials • Workshops & Classes
Software/Hardware Guides
Adobe Acrobat | Bibliographic Management | CD Burning | FTP | Graphics | Hardware | Macintosh | Microsoft Office |MS Visio | Scanning | SPSS| Web Page Creation
Guides are for current or recent software versions available on Information Commons computers. Guides are in PDF form.
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All UA Library guides are Copyright, Arizona Board of Regents, 2001- present. All guides on this page created by University of Arizona Libraries/Information Commons are licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Adobe Acrobat
Acrobat 8 - Scan & Create PDF Files
Acrobat 7 - Scan & Create PDF Files (This version no longer available in the Information Commons.)
Bibliographic Management
EndNote 6 - Introduction (This software is no longer available in the Information Commons.)
Downloading citations from EBSCOHost databases
Downloading citations from EI Compendex
Downloading citations from ProQuest databases
Downloading citations from SciFinder Scholar
Downloading citations from WebSPIRS 5 (Ovid/Silverplatter)
Downloading citations from Web of Science (Citation Indexes)
Downloading citations from the UA Library Catalog to RefWorks
Manually tagging an existing bibliography for import to RefWorks
Using RefWorks Write-N-Cite to add Citations and Bibliographies to your Paper
CD Burning
FTP (Uploading files)
Uploading your Web Pages to U.ARIZONA.EDU (Secure Shell File Transfer) - includes instructions for activating "public_html" directory
WinSCP (Secure file transfer) - Setup and login instructions - Basic tasks
PuTTY (Telnet)- Setup and login instructions
Graphics
Screen Shots— without special software (using Print Screen Key)
Hardware
Floppy Disk Troubleshooting
Floppy Disk Troubleshooting/Norton Disk Doctor (This software is no longer available in the Information Commons.)
Laptops
Laptop Use in the Libraries
Saving
Saving Your Work in the Information Commons
Windows PC & Mac Compatibility
Macintosh
Windows PC & Mac Compatibility
Microsoft Office
Office 2007
New Characteristics of Office 2007 Software
Basic overview of the Office button, quick access toolbar, ribbons
Common Word 2007 functions including setting margins, creating numbered or bulleted lists, adding headers, footers and page numbers, and changing line spacing.
Page Numbering Options in Word 2007How to NOT display page numbers on introductory pages
How to use Roman numerals on Introductory pages and begin new numbering sequence with Arabic numbers
For more specific information and instructions, see the following sites:
LTS Online Help (University of Wisconsin) - includes guides to Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Publisher
Microsoft Office Online Training - includes lots of free self-paced training courses on all of the Office programs.UA CBT (See below under Online Tutorials)
Office XP (This software is no longer available in the Information Commons.)
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007 files - download and install this free patch if you are running earlier versions of Office and need to be able to open and edit Office 2007 files.
MS Visio
Creating a Business Process in Microsoft Visio [PDF] from UA MIS Dept.
Microsoft Office Visio 2003 Assistance [MS web site]
Visio Tutorial (from Prof. Suzie Weisband's MIS 341 course)
Scanning (Images, OCR Text, Creating PDFs)
Easy Scanning for Pictures, PDFs, Text and Slides/Negatives (for CanoScan 8600F scanners in Main Library)
Easy Scanning for Pictures, Text and PDFs (for Epson scanners in Science, Fine Arts and CCP Libraries)
Scanning Text Using OmniPage Pro - scan printed text using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software and save as a Word file
Scan & Create PDF Files with Adobe Acrobat 8 - create PDF files from a scanner or from Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint documents
SPSS
SPSS - UA Information Technology Services
Learning Technology Center Statistical Consulting [UA affiliated only]
Web Page Creation
Dreamweaver CS3 - Basic web page authoring
Dreamweaver 8 (This version no longer available in the Information Commons.)
Web site Accessibility web site (UA Web Resources) - guide to making your site ADA-compliant
Online Tutorials
DesignerToday Magazine Tutorials - includes specific task-oriented tutorials on various graphics programs
ECAT Tutorials & Classes (UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Educational Communications and Technology) - various guides, tutorials.
LTS (Learning & Technology Services) Online Help Documentation (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) - offers many useful guides to a variety of software and computing applications, including Windows and Mac operating systems
OSCR (UA's Office of Student Computing Resources) workshop materials - available for various software. Intended for use in conjunction with workshops offered by OSCR.
UA CBT (Computer-based Training) - Available only to current UA students & employees. Access is by UA NetID. QuickTime 5 or 6 is required. Includes over 220 online tutorials from Virtual Training Center on various computer programs, such as Business Applications, Programming, Databases, Operating Systems, Internet & Web Design, Graphics & Page Layout, Animation & 3D, Multimedia & Video.
Workshops & Classes
Arizona Health Sciences Library workshops and online tutorials - free, available to UA persons and include Word, PowerPoint, EndNote, Reference Manager, RefWorks and scanning.
OSCR (UA's Office of Student Computing Resources) workshops - offered on various software. Check back often as more are being scheduled.
Office of Continuing Education & Academic Outreach courses – fee-based, hands-on applied education offered through the Center for Computer & Professional Education. View the current course schedule.
Pima Community College - fee/tuition, offers a variety of computer courses and non-credit computer classes.
Pima County Public Library classes (under Find Classes, click on Online Calendar to find a list of classes being offered and the times and locations) – free, basic classes are offered each month on computer use and searching the internet.