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Software/Hardware Guides
Adobe Acrobat | Bibliographic Management | CD Burning | FTP | Graphics | Hardware/Utilities | Language Keyboards | Macintosh | Microsoft Office |MS Visio | Scanning | SPSS | Web Page Creation | Zip/Unzip files
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 (This version no longer available in the Information Commons.)
Bibliographic Management
Manually tagging an existing bibliography for import to RefWorks
Using RefWorks Write-N-Cite to add Citations and Bibliographies to your Paper
CD Burning
Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Explorer
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/Utilities
Laptops
Laptop Use in the Libraries
Scanners - See Scanning
Zip or Unzip Files (Windows 7)
Language Keyboards
Type it Easy - Use this for language keyboards not installed on our computers. (Type in the box, then copy and paste text into your application.)
Macintosh
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)
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.
Visio 2007 Help and How-to [MS web site]
Scanning (Images, OCR Text, Creating PDFs)
Easy Scanning for Pictures, PDFs, Text and Slides/Negatives (for CanoScan 8800F scanners in Main Library)
Easy Scanning for Pictures, PDFs, Text and Slides/Negatives (for CanoScan 8600F scanners in Science, Fine Arts and CCP Libraries) NOTE: These instructions have not been tested in the branch 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
UITS Statistical Consulting [UA affiliated only]
Web Page Creation
Dreamweaver CS3 - Basic web page authoring (This version no longer available in the Information Commons.)
Web Accessibility (UA Web Developers Group) - includes guides on making your site ADA-compliant
Zip/Unzip files
Zip or Unzip Files (Windows 7)
Online Tutorials
DesignerToday Magazine Tutorials - includes specific task-oriented tutorials on various graphics programs
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
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 700 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.
UA Outreach College Professional Development courses – fee-based, hands-on applied education offered through the Outreach College (formerly the Office of Continuing Education and Academic Outreach). View the available classroom-delivered courses and online training.
Pima Community College - fee/tuition, offers a variety of computer-related courses.
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.